Qotw- Could you sacrifice graphical fidelity if it can help devs stay in business to make more games?

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Those graphics are expensive and the majority of a game's budget goes towards developers making their games pretty. Would you sacrifice some graphical fidelity to ensure that these hard-working devs can make a technically polished product and hopefully stay in business to create more titles?

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[Mister_Nep]

Considering I don't give a hoot about graphics. Yes. Very easily yes. I'm the worst person to ask when it comes to a game's graphics.

Graphics have reached a point where you 100% of the time know what you're looking at. You see that tree? It's a tree. Always!

Back in the day that wasn't always the case. So graphics of the past bother me more than the graphics of the present.

In fact, "not pretty" games is my preferred choice for modern games. It works to their advantage more. The part I like about games is not the graphics, but the game itself. I don't consider the graphics a part of the game. It's just a coating for the game. Its what's beneath the coating that I care about. So I believe developers that forsake graphics have greater potential to make a great game.