Absolutely. Graphics get gamers. The lesson learned by Nintendo with the Wii’s prev-gen graphics has not been forgotten by the games industry. When crispy photo

Absolutely. Graphics get gamers. The lesson learned by Nintendo with the Wii’s prev-gen graphics has not been forgotten by the games industry. When crispy photorealistic graphics set the standard, you either have to expensively match the industry or go cartoonish to smooth over the rough edges. The golden era of gaming was during the PS2. Not only did it have unprecedented market penetration, but the hardware was both advanced enough to make decent 3D games while not being so powerful that a few deep-pocketed studios could make stunning graphics that blew the completion out of the water. Those days are long gone. On one end of the spectrum you have the indie market, which uses retro designs to make up for the lack of asset designers (think Rogue Legacy or Shovel Knight), or you have the massive AAA developers that dominate ad-spaces. Anything in between (~PS2 graphics) isn’t taken seriously. So it’s either indie or AAA. No middle ground anymore.