Next generation graphics - Do the majority of people really care?

[Bodhesatva]

Does anyone here believe that the games last generation were better than those released during, say the Genesis/SNES generation? Did anyone who was playing games then feel like they're having more fun now? I bet the answer is "no." If so, then that shows you what graphics are worth. If graphics were a particularly relevant portion of the fun factor, we would literally be able to say: "I am having much more fun with my video games now" every time a new generation of systems is released. Is that the case?