You miss my point. The articles are not aimed, written, or primarily read by people such as yourself, and at any rate won't have any impact when they are. The Times audience, and the audience of the entire "mainstream press", is not gamers, though there are some mixed in such as yourself. It's the
manstream, by definition not enthusiasts, who are what ultimately makes up the bulk of game sales each generation. And when the mainstream press is preaching a concensus story to the mainstream readers, it will have an impact. Informed gamers such as ourselves are not the target of the article.
It's not for you.