My proof that graphics matter

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how many games are there that have horible graphics but get high sales/reviews?

none that i know of and games such as mario, zelda, gears of war, god of war, they all have extremly good graphics/art, if zelda did not have the same nice art but horible dull graphics do u think it would of been such a big success? no, but then again zelda is based strongly on story and presentation so graphics are key for that type of game.

post here if u agree or disagree that graphics can make or break a game more than u think

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I agree graphics do matter who wants to play around a bunch of cubes in a world of other cubes

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Graphics are a persons first opinion of a game. even before they switch it on, when they are in the store. The first thing you see is the box art. The graphics are a good insentive to actually play the game.

Also after you switch it on and start playing. Before you can really get into the game, its the graphics that keep you interested enough so that you can then get hooked on the actual game play.

I know a few games with excellent graphics that sucked balls but got huge sales because of that, only to get pawned off or resold after a day or so, cause the game sucked. The initial retail sales are still high, despite the game being sucky.


On the other end of the spectrum, there are games that a heaps of fun to play, but don’t get good sales because of the initial impression of the graphics.

IN short......GOOD GRAPHICS = HIGH RETAIL SALES

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I posted this before, except i went into greater depth and proved it...

But it’s not really graphics DO matter, it’s that graphics CAN matter.

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They don’t to me, this by far is my favorite game ever


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Graphics don’t automatically matter, they help a great bunch, though.

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Keep in mind, in it’s day, that was top of the line graphics.

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Graphics only make the game look good they do not affect the gameplay. It is gameplay that makes people like them. Keep in mind anything can fool the naked eye, so what you see is not always true. Graphics on the PSP are close to the PS2 but that is not helping the PSP in any way at all, the DS is beating it because its games have good gameplay. Same thing with the wii the PS3 is outpreforming it in graphics but that is not helping it keep up in sales, people have been buying the wii because of its gameplay.

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Half-Life.
Nuff said.

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What about halo 3
horrible graphics
i mean i rather play tetris

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that game might be a fun game but it has weak shit graphics

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Wind Waker.

owned.

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But gameplay is much more important than graphics. Just because a game has eyecandy doesn’t automatically mean you will have fun playing it.

And yes, Wind Waker owns.

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Wii Sports, nuff said.

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OF COURSE WINDWAKER OWNS!

*uses cheats to have infinite fly abilities*

SCREW YOU TALKING BOAT!

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I loved the wind waker, but it’s not really a definition of bad graphics... it looked cartoonish, but it was graphical masterpiece, just in a cartoony way.

Wii Sports is still proof that good graphics don’t matter, or else it wouldn’t have outsold every other game in Japan.

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Windwaker was pixel shaded.



Does anyone agree with this?

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I agree that they can determine initial sales, but after a while people will learn that the game is crap and not buy it *if the game is indeed crap*

like Firewolf said, they’ll buy it and then pawn it within the next couple days.

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GRAPHICS EFFECT GAMEPLAY!

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Physics affect gameplay...