Aielyn said:
He was pretty clear in saying that, if the gameplay is bad, then wonderful graphics won't help, not that wonderful graphics don't improve the experience for great games. The Avatar movie has great visuals, but it will never be a great game... because the gameplay is practically (or rather, actually) nonexistent. Graphics is one of those "all other things being equal" type of things - better graphics won't make a game better than another game that has better gameplay. But for two games with equally good gameplay, the one with better graphics will be the better game. Iwata is arguing for more focus on making better gameplay, because graphics are more than good enough as it is, and improving them won't make anywhere near as much impact, now. |
That's a good point. I guess my post is directed at the "who cares about graphics/graphics aren't important" camp rather than Iwata himself or his comments. Good catch
