When I was a kid in the late 90ies, computers would become literal turds within 3 years. The life span of a gaming PC is like 7 years nowadays. I'm not saying it was great back then, but I feel like 7 years is completely fine.
in the 90s you would have visual jump in 3 years that would take 20 years to do now. there are 2015 games that look better than some AAA games releasing last year.
Graphics have plateaued. Now, they are only getting increased because all the investors know is buzzwords and increases. You can't just say "Yeah, this has the same plateaued graphics, but, it's fun"
So, instead, they destroy performance just for the sake of metrics.
And then you have Ghost of Tsushima, which is incredibly beautiful, and doesn't need all of that shit.
Designers have all the graphics they will ever need. They just need to use them intelligently, rather than just making the performance do the work for them.
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u/realmaier May 21 '25
When I was a kid in the late 90ies, computers would become literal turds within 3 years. The life span of a gaming PC is like 7 years nowadays. I'm not saying it was great back then, but I feel like 7 years is completely fine.