I was interested in realistic graphics more when there was rapid progress being made with every iteration, because the technology was cool and impressive, but now there seems to be increasingly diminishing returns with only marginal improvements year on year, and they just increase in bloat and can’t afford to be niche. I look more for interesting and inventive gameplay these days, and indy/small budget games are where it’s at. I started gaming in the 8 bit era, btw.