Well, consider that Steinberg want to highlight what’s popular about an audio workflow without doing too much work.
I didn’t buy 6.5 because I didn’t see a reason for it when I had 6 - but I did buy 7.5 immediately, mainly because I liked the new GASE and integration it offers. I thought I’d like the new way track Instruments worked, too, and while it does function and I do like it, VSTs in general are a bit too buggy for me to use in anything big.
The odd workflow enhancements like adding a new something-something in the prefs only annoys me when they set it to default, but it being possible already by other means doesn’t strike me as trickery. They just want to highlight and market it, and the way Cubase is made, it’s easy to miss those kinds of things.
Steve has it right. Better dox and tuts would help.
Then again, if their only ammunition for marketing is revealing hidden features, what incentive do they have for that? It’s only a small QOL boost for existing users, and they only want newbies aboard their hype train.