Can’t trust that there won’t be a patch soon after release that censors or does something else to ruin the game these days. So I’m ok with waiting a few months before getting a game
If it's a game I've had my eye on through development and I like what I see then I'll go immediately on release. If I don't know a ton about it I always wait for reviews, there's so many developers putting up slop now need a reliable way to sift through everything
I used to follow release dates quite tightly before, but nowadays not so much. I just suddenly realize there's a game I want to play weeks or months after release and then I play it lol.