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[-] Psythik@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't know how old you are, but I feel like younger people say this more often than older people.

As someone who saw the transition from 8-bit to 16-bit to 32/64-bit in their childhood, graphics were everything from the 80s until at least the 2000s. Each new generation was leaps and bounds better than the last; I remember the discussions in the playground being centered around nothing but graphics every time a new console was announced. Nobody talked about the games.

Nowadays we have incremental updates at best, so now people care less and less about graphics like they used to. Not me, though. I'm still a graphics slut and an absolute whore for path traced games. I'll play a game I don't enjoy if it has the latest in graphics tech.

[-] Jwmartin0988@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

I'm old and hold the opposite opinion. Those first few generational leaps were amazing. But I feel like we've long reached the point that almost any experience can be conveyed with impact.

I enjoy the new bells and whistles. But these incremental upgrades come coupled with skyrocketing costs, longer development times, and fewer risks. Indie gaming is still innovating of course, but I miss when AAA studios were churning out risky, unique titles.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Same. The PS3/360 era was the last one where graphics wowed me. The 2 gens since have been incremental graphically.

[-] MJKee9@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm likely older than you.

Edit: why down vote? Were you born in the 60s?

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