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In this day and age, a common fear is not being seen as cool, so if someone feels that a game is considered "cool," then they won't play it. I'm certainly not talking about everyone but even if a game receives critical acclaim, like Tearaway for example, people will ignore it because it isn't considered cool, which is also the reason games like CoD and Assassin's Creed continue to sell so many. Everyone has a different definition of quality as well but popular appeal will end up garnering more attention than high quality in most cases but there are always exceptions.