nothing controls specifically what i play, not even gameplay (to the moon says hi) but great graphics are an important factor to me, as is gameplay, story or sound.

the last of us would be good without great graphics (for consoles) but i'm very happy that it will have good graphics.

when i walk through columbia and i see some nice lighting it just makes me smile, awesome!

and yes, there are games i wouldn't buy with bad graphics. i woud have never bought a game like metro with bad graphics.

yes

I would say graphics plays a big roll in a game, but doesn't determine rather a game is good or not.



I feel dev spend too much time on the graphics, too much that they overshadow the gameplay. Best example: Final Fantasy 13

You're introducing other variables, CoD sells on brand recognition, other things etc. FPS = Frames per Second.

2 exactly the same games, on the exact same system, released at the exact same time, exact same controls. WIth only different graphics. Which one would you pick? That is my point.  In order for them not to matter, you'd have to have no preference in this hypothetical situation. I'm not saying graphics are more important than something else, or even that important.

Animation, and artistic design I would consider graphics in videogames.Graphics are obviously not the most important factor, otherwise everyone would have PC SLI'ed Geforce Titans.  

Yea, but if two identical games released, with the only difference being graphics, who wouldn't choose the better looking game?People will always buy the version with more.

I think what you consider graphics, is not what most people consider graphics.

My question is straight up graphics, resolution, polygon count, highly rendered facial animations, etc. How important is that? I mean the PS4 is more powerful then the Wii U, but, who cares?

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I play games for what they are, I tend to like really unique and interesting games like Fallout 3, XenoBlade, Catherine, Fire Emblem, etc. From what I've noticed on these threads, most people here really like games like this, but in general they don't really sell that well. In general they don't, but there are exceptions (Last of Us, Fallout, etc)

So with the PS4 just that much more powerful then the Wii U, is that enough to get the PS4 over the Wii U?

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I should have asked if people are buying a PS4 because of the graphical jump or because of the games, but right now PS4 has almost nothing for it IMO.

No, the enhanced graphics of the PS360 haven't benifited games at all.  Nevermind the fact that games can't be large scale with the PS2's view distance, but brahgh we should be using NES's!

Graphics and gameplay go hand-in-hand.  GET OVER IT!

Do they? XenoBlade was one of my favorite games last gen and despite low polygon counts, it still blew me away. Plus the draw distances in that game were the same as in Skyrim.

Skyward Sword, Metroid Prime, heck everything Nintendo was just awesome.

Even on PS3/360, Catherine, Tales of Vesperia, Halo 3 & Reach, Valkyria Chronicles, Call of Duty, Portal, etc, etc. They were also awesome!

Graphics did not make Portal a better game, they don't go hand in hand with good gameplay.

I'm currently playing Cave Story, so...

...graphics don't matter.

Graphics can help the immersion of a game, thus making the gameplay even more enjoyable.

Look at PC games for example. You can turn the graphics all the way down without affecting the gameplay, but for some reason it becomes less enjoyable when you do that.

Always matter.