If you're talking about people doing things because they want to, then yes, go for it, have fun. But performance does matter. The technical state of the art (r

If you're talking about people doing things because they want to, then yes, go for it, have fun. But performance does matter. The technical state of the art (ray tracing etc) is largely irrelevant. If you make a game with cutting-edge technical features, the performance of it will be judged accordingly. If a game with a modest feature set demands resources in excess of its apparent need, it's wasting those resources. In other words, a washing machine that uses more water than others is a worse washing machine. To be clear, this isn't to say that you're wrong. Everyone can continue doing what they're doing -- really.