since when did graphics > gameplay?

[Veknoid_Outcast]

GribbleGrunger said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:

There's plenty of insecurity to go around, Gribble. Maybe some Nintendo fans are embarrassed about graphics so they focus on gameplay. And maybe some PS gamers are embarrassed about gameplay so they focus on graphics.

It goes both ways.

I can't deny some PS fans (and XB1 fans ... funny you overlooked that one ...) might be like that but I think you'd have to agree it's a much MUCH bigger stretch. I don't see many people starting threads asking 'when did gameplay trump graphics'. I'd say 99% of 'modern' gamers expect both.

I didn't want to scare away the three Xbox enthusiasts on the site.

But I don't think it's a bigger stretch at all. I've seen a lot of PS loyalists (and to a lesser extent Xbox loyalists) downplay the potential of Nintendo games because of a perceived graphical inferiority -- we're seeing it every day with these Switch threads. You can't claim that most Nintendo fans are lying to themselves and that few Sony fans do the same. Human nature applies to all denominations.

In any event, I agree that folks care about both graphics and gameplay. I think Nintendo gamers care more than they admit, and I think PS gamers care less than they admit.