Us as in... the general public ? I don't think I'm mistaken in saying that first trailer made us want to see what it's like to live in Night City, more than anything else. That's what it was about.
Pool because :
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It looks like a neat cyber variation
Poker because I've seen it mentionned a lot and it fits that gangster feel the game is trying to convey.
But again, they were examples.
Finally, I'm not expessing any early judgement on the game, I clearly said in the very message you're responding to, that I expressed a fear.
I'm sure the story / RPG aspect of the game is going to be absolutely excellent. They insisted on that. Unfortunately we don't yet know what the open-world is really going to be about. What we have heard about it until now, is not great however, in my opinion. (apart from a purely "aesthetic" standpoint, I mean)