Do Graphics really matter?

[Michael-5]

Captain_Tom said:

Michael-5 said:

No really, think about all the games you're playing, and the games you're hyped up for. Are you hyped up for something like X, Smash Bros, Tales of Xillia, or The Last of Us because of graphics specifically?

Now that the PS4 has been announced, and some games shown, I feel our threads are exploding with optimistic thoughts that PS4 will vastly outsell the Wii U, and I always hear graphics are the reason.

Then I was thinking, I'm really excited to play Pandora's Tower, and Tales of Xillia in the future. Hm.

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Obviously graphics do matter, I'm very excited to play HD Nintendo games on the Wii U, but do they control what you buy?

No, the enhanced graphics of the PS360 haven't benifited games at all.  Nevermind the fact that games can't be large scale with the PS2's view distance, but brahgh we should be using NES's!

Graphics and gameplay go hand-in-hand.  GET OVER IT!

Do they? XenoBlade was one of my favorite games last gen and despite low polygon counts, it still blew me away. Plus the draw distances in that game were the same as in Skyrim.

Skyward Sword, Metroid Prime, heck everything Nintendo was just awesome.

Even on PS3/360, Catherine, Tales of Vesperia, Halo 3 & Reach, Valkyria Chronicles, Call of Duty, Portal, etc, etc. They were also awesome!

Graphics did not make Portal a better game, they don't go hand in hand with good gameplay.