Just to use my classic Playstation vs. N64 screenshot comparison, here is Madden 2001 (a late generation game for both platforms):
Playstation

N64:

In my opinion this generation represented the most meaningful difference in the appearance of games out of all generations, at a time when the difference between the capabilities of systems was the most important to consumers, and yet the countless non-technical advantages Sony built up for the Playstation were what mattered for consumers.
To put it another way, the difference in processing power never really mattered that much to consumers ...







