And correct me if I’m wrong, but in the pre-Internet days, weren’t we lucky to find a review within the first 2 weeks? All the magazines I remember were monthly installments, and reviews were either based off the Demo released by the developer, or a month after release for the actual retail copy.

With AAA games like Fallout (or COD, Assassins Creed, Metal Gear Solid, Halo, etc.) and the way pre-orders have been going the last decade or so, most of the available copies are gone Day 1. Purchased by people who don’t care about a review, they were going to buy the game regardless...hence the pre-order. Anybody ‘on…