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The only shift I've seen in consoles is went from nebulous (Blast processing! FX Chip!) terms we frankly barely understood as kids to concrete 60fps/1080p metrics which became noticeable to me about 7-8 years ago.

Graphics have been a selling point of games for a long time because it is the easiest thing to convey, especially in an advertisement.