Marketing only influences perception and awareness, it doesn't influence the quality of the product at the end of the day.
Indirectly it does. The more hype that is generated around a game pushing it up in wish lists etc the more money is pumped into the game, refining it and making sure it doesn't disappoint those new customers that may be playing the ip for the first time
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