Big bucks in game strat guides. But why?

Hardcore gamers tend to think that game strategy guides are for players who lack natural skill, patience,
common sense, or all of the above. A New York Times article that examines the creation of these guides is unlikely to redeem them from gamer disdain. The Times argues that guides are becoming a necessary part of figuring out increasingly complex game challenges.

Who'da thunk that finishing a game would require a book?
Perhaps that's why most games are not played to completion.