| h2ohno said: What's really odd about that is that there were plenty of games that released on both the PS2 and the Wii where the Wii had substantially better graphics than the PS2 versions, like Silent Hill Shattered Memories, Sonic Unleashed, and The Force Unleashed. |
It's honestly not surprising when you think about it. It was "almost" pre-youtube and way before the digital foundary era of tech breakdowns. Peoples appreciation of graphics and assessment of them was a lot more approximated and assumed, they didn't watch direct comparisons, it was mostly just going off vibes outside of a very core/forum orientated audience. I genuinely miss that. I remember when something crazy would happen in a game and it would cause slowdown and that wouldn't be perceived as some failure of the developer but instead a reflection of how intense that attack/explosion was lol
Still to this day I think its way overestimated how much the average gamer perceives most presentation details in modern games, just social media amplifies everything and puts a magnifying glass on flaws for people to react to and feel cheated over.
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