For me its about 50/50. A fantastic story with great gameplay mechanics, but horrible graphics is no good. A horrible story with horrible mechanics but superb graphics is no good either. It needs to have sufficient story, gameplay, and graphics. If I had to pick or choose either, I would sacrifice graphics for better story and gameplay, but only say 60/40.
For this reason I can't buy NiN consoles anymore because they are just to far behind in terms of graphics. Their stories and gameplay are fantastic, but the graphics are weak (other than Zelda, which just has a different style). Even if Switch has XB1 specs, its 3 years too late. If Switch has an upgraded model, or SCD to provide say 2.0-4.0 TFlops while docked, for a competitive price, that would be acceptable to me and would be worth a purchase, considering Pro is out now at 4.2 TFlops, and Scorpio next fall at 6.0 TFlops.
PS1 - ! - We must build a console that can alert our enemies.
PS2 - @- We must build a console that offers online living room gaming.
PS3 - #- We must build a console that’s powerful, social, costs and does everything.
PS4 - $- We must build a console that’s affordable, charges for services, and pumps out exclusives.
PRO -%-We must build a console that's VR ready, checkerboard upscales, and sells but a fraction of the money printer.
PS5 - ^ -We must build a console that’s a generational cross product, with RT lighting, and price hiking.
PRO -&- We must build a console that Super Res upscales and continues the cost increases.
