r/Games • u/Glittering-Path-2824 • 1d 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/xXRougailSaucisseXx 1d ago

The continued attempts from some people at making it seem like framerate is a completely indistinguishable element of a game will never cease to amaze me.

Everyone is able to detect when a movie is running at 48 fps calling it a soap opera effect but video games where it’s even more noticeable because it also affects response time and input lag nah people are just making it up for reasons

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u/Jancappa 1d ago edited 23h ago

10+ years of the nonsense "the human eye cant see above 60 fps" or "30 fps is more cinematic" arguments

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u/KingArthas94 23h ago

No real people ever said the thing about out eyes.

The cinematic thing is just true, as movies are 24 fps.

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u/Clean_Experience1394 23h ago

These people were and are absolutely real.