OP: Have you considered that most people who bought HD consoles did it because they enjoy the gameplay of those games? A lot of games with impressive visuals, tech-wise, have fantastic gameplay as well.
This whole polarizing position of "gameplay vs. graphics" is unfair, unbalanced and flat out wrong.
I have played a lot of games with shitty visuals and shitty gameplay, I have played a lot of games with shitty visuals and amazing gameplay, I have played a lot of games with amazing visuals and amazing gameplay and I have played a lot of games with amazing visuals and shitty gameplay.
This whole "Nintendo own the concept of good gameplay" kind of reminds me of religious people claiming that one cannot have a proper, functioning moral code without being religious.







