It always comes back to the fact that these are machines to play GAMES. Graphics are beautiful and creative but they are secondary. The evidence is in the fact that in the last decade, as graphics have become near-realistic, 'retro look' games have become popular. Many people prefer to play a diverting, simple game than to be immersed in a realistic world that requires 100s of hours and investment in a convoluted story line. Movies are 2 hours long for reason!
Personally since Nintendo has focused on games in the last 3 generations and put graphics on the back-burner I've only bought Nintendo consoles and I'm never disappointed.







