Graphics plateaus

to a degree this is true, but like the comment below you (/u/fenrir511) points out a certain plateau has been reached. that happened in the years following skyrim. skyrim was almost there, but looks janky. games that came out after that will look good pretty much forever, or at least for a long time. basically this plateau was hit 2012-2015. actually devs have commented on this, Tod Howard e.g.
i spend a lot of time thinking about this since i can basically only play games if they look good. 2011 game like metro 2033 is almost there. i could literally make a list of games that made it, or that almost made it. games that obviously made it are e.g. gta vPopular opinion: Todays game developers should stop trying to create photorealistic graphics. But form memorable moments like this. : gaming (reddit.com)