I grew up with magazines (and demo CDs) before the Internet. I worked for a while in the game industry, so I've always kept up with it.

I just don't have time to play another 100+ hour RPG or slog my way through a FromSoftware game, but I do want to keep tabs on what is being done. Sampling 5 or 6 hours of the 100 hours of gameplay for games I know I am unlikely to purchase was a compromise. Then it became a habit. I now definitely spend more time watching people play new release games than watching Netflix, etc.

And this habit has resulted in me buying and enjoying games I never would have found otherwise.