Graphics have been used as a selling point since forever.
What's interesting is that those with the financial power to stockpile as many triangles as possible have pushed said method (and restricted to achieve realistic looking graphics, I must add) as the one and only legitimate way to achive good graphics. And they were successful. That's why the graphics of games like Rayman Legends, Muramasa or Mario Galaxy get dissed for having 2D graphics, or a low poly count, or being cartoony. Who cares if they look good? This is about graphics!







