I want to believe people just like stupid jokes, but your last sentence might be right. Lots of gamers don't care about quality just want to play the latest popular titles.

There are so many negative SF reviews with dozens of hours of playtime. These people already gave their money and game stats to Bethesda so what's the point of whining?

As long as people preorder and buy stuff because of the FOMO effect the AAA industry will not improve.