These are all good points, but the underlying reason why visuals are discussed so thoroughly should not be dismissed as stemming from a need for controversy. there's actually a very simple reason: Sight is our Primary means of judging ANYTHING. As a race, being able to make rapid judgments is a survival trait, and that means making that judgement on whatever information we have as early as possible.
The easiest thing for games to do to let us know about a game is to SHOW us something. Usually a screenshot. Even if we've never played a game, we can still look at it, and when we do play any game, it's always done through a visual medium. Seriously, go find a decent game that doesn't have any visual at all. So therefor the judgement that can be made the earliest is going to be based on visuals, and visuals will always be the initial aspect we notice about any game.
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