Gnizmo on 10 October 2008
Depends on the jump in technology. The early era were extremely limited in what you could do. The jump from 2D to 3D was monumental. Since then though we have not really seen a graphics upgrade that is vital. The move from PS1/N64 to PS2/GC/Xbox was just a smoothing out of graphics. Rather than adding new gameplay elements we are seeing old ones being refined and made to look better. We are at a stage wehere new gameplay mechanics will not come from simply adding more graphical power to a system. We need new and more inventive concepts of how a game can be done rather than how a game can be pretty.
