Why play a video game when I could watch a letsplay
Why watch a movie when I can watch a YouTube video essay
Why eat food when I can watch a mukbang
Why look at an art piece when I can have somone describe it to me
many reasons
1. accessibility
1a. money
1b. age
1c. platform/device
1d. region
1e. game is not on market
2. enjoyment
2a. game is more story than gameplay
2b. gameplay is lackluster/not necessary
3. previewing before buying
4. etc
who are you to be policing?
every person in the watching letsplay crowd thats given examples of games that you dont need to play to experience has single handedly proven the point of the needing to play the game crowd