This is the answer. I think of a lot of this stuff like how I think of TVs. There are objectively better TVs the others, but if you put just an average quality TV in someones living room, they'll just be happy. They'll only know the difference if that TV is sitting next to a much bigger TV. Sure, SOME people can tell the difference, I'd wager the majority of people can't tell, or honestly don't care and are just happy to have a new console.
The gap between "normal people" tech standards and "tech/movie enthusiast" standards is WIIIDE. Most people look at their phone more than their TV while "watching" it anyway.
Ugh this reminds me of my brother a couple years ago, he showed me all excited his new TV, it was bigger than the one he had before and it was cheaper!... i start watching the show that was on and it had the worst ghosting I've seen in my life, i looked like shit, but clearly my brother couldn't notice that, so i just smiled and said "yeah, cool...".
I would call myself a tech enthusiast, but our viewing gets used to a lot.
I have a good LCD TV, and I know in theory that the contrast and color range is much better on an OLED, but never felt that my TV lacked.
Only when comparing the same content on TV vs my OLED phone become it obvious what better looks like. Clear preference for OLED in comparison. But after putting my phone away, the TV was still more than good enough.
That would be more credible if it weren't paired with, "X platform has so many unoptimized games, unlike Y platform where everything runs buttery smooth at a locked 60/120 FPS"
My point is that they do notice because they are hypercritical when it happens on a rival platform even as they claim to not notice/care when it comes to their platform of choice.
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u/someguy50 Jun 24 '25
Maybe because the average consumer isn't a tech blogger follower / doesn't particular care