Why are those long in-app game ads always misleading/showing a completely different game than what it actually is. Why would a company choose, marketing-wise, to put money and effort into an add that doesn’t represent its product at all?

Question

Why are those long in-app game ads always misleading/showing a completely different game than what it actually is. Why would a company choose, marketing-wise, to put money and effort into an add that doesn’t represent its product at all?

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Answer 1

I think the question asked that isn’t being answered is, why do they not just make the game that’s shown in the advert? That apparently is a game that’s popular enough for people to want to play.