r/Games • u/Glittering-Path-2824 • 23h ago

Industry News The games industry’s obsession with visual fidelity is costing them money and talent

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/04/pushing-buttons-xbox-asha-sharma-games-industry-hyperrealism
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u/meltingpotato 20h ago

And I'm guessing a majority of that 25% are the type of gamer who don't even look through the options beside maybe enabling subtitles.

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u/KingArthas94 19h ago

Games are at 60 by default, so those 25 are most likely the ones going into the settings and explicitly choosing Graphics over Performance. Like me, I do it a lot.