75% Of Gamers Say That Graphics Matter When Buying A Game

Full Article: http://www.cinemablend.com/games/75-Gamers-Say-Graphics-Do-Matter-Purchasing-Game-64659.html

"As much as it's touted throughout gaming communities that gameplay is king (and it is) graphics still matter quite a bit when making a decision on whether or not a game is worth buying. In fact, 75% of gamers feel that graphics do play a part in their decision to purchase a new title.

According to a new Consumer Electronics Association market research survey from the membership section, we learn a ton of new details about playing and buying habits of the core gaming audience, as well as some bits about mobile gaming.

Unsurprisingly enough, graphics still play a pretty big part in purchasing titles for home consoles, but game quality still comes out as king with 89% of gamers saying that a game has to be quality-made to get them to make the dive. 79% responded that they would purchase a game based on the price of the game, showing that some games could make or break their presence on the market based on price (the first thing that comes to mind is a lot of gamers may be purchase-reticent about Battlefield: Hardlineif it carries a $60 price point since there's a lot of chatter from the community that the game feels like a Battlefield 4 expansion)."

Of course they do. Nobody wants to play an ugly game.

There is a difference between a game with a simple art style and a straight up ugly game.

Go back to endless backlog where you belong wasdie.

When it was ps3/360 the numbers would've been completely different.

Battlefield: Hardline is a reskinned BF4. It could've been made for free if mod support was enabled, but EA seeks profit.

Look everyone, statistics. Not necessarily disagreeing. Just saying.

75% of gamers are idiots

Absolutely. When it was SNES/Genesis it wouldn't have been much different either , and graphics were discussed. I specifically think graphics become even more important when comparing the same game or different platforms , because then the gameplay is irrelevant because the primary focus/difference is graphics

graphics > gameplay

Of course graphics matter.

What doesn't matter though are the negligible differences between multiplats that digital foundry points out.

@Gue1: not sure if serious...

LttP is one of the top 10 games of all time. As is Super Metroid. Those are both sprite based.

Yeah, 99% of the time I'm going to want the game to be visually appealing. Not necessarily from a technical standpoint, but just easy on the eyes overall.

That said, I can look past some shitty graphics to enjoy a good game but I won't play a shit game just because it has great graphics.

Especially the ones on CinemaBlend.

Actually the ones on CinemaBlend are hardcore Sony Fanboys, especially William Usher....

Avoiding a game because it's not pretty enough. Cool.

No , you just have to pick the platform it looks best on.

We are a "how does it look?" society. That doesn't surprise me.

Then PC is best, got it.

@vickissv2: There was a ton of interesting data in that article. Why did you only mention graphics?

They do matter, to an extent, so they aren't wrong.

Graphics are just one component.

If graphics weren't important, we'd all still be playing on our SNES.

That being said, gameplay is supposed to advance as well. It was a shame last gen it was so much about streaming things down, and making them "easily accessible". That held back some games I think.

Well duh. If you launch BF4 and get a black screen, you are not happy.
And 'play a part in their decision' is absolutely not the same thing as 'matter quite a bit'. The importance is not measured. Just the awareness.

They do matter, right after gameplay and fun.

Holy hell was that annoying... two weeks of this.

Going by the number of people on here who carry on about the graphical differences between PS4 & XB1 games, this doesn't surprise me.

With fun gameplay graphic dont matter, look at games like Minecraft and Terraria...

I guess the 42 million people who purchased minecraft didn't get a say in this poll?

Graphics enhance the gameplay in a lot of cases so it does matter.

Gameplay & graphics together make a game. Of course they matter. Did you know good health matters to people who want to be happy?! Duh!

Artstyle > Technical Visuals imo. I still think FFIX is 1 of the best looking games cos of the fantastic artstyle/level of detail.

Video games are a visual medium, so there's nothing wrong with giving graphics high priority. I think the whole "graphics don't matter" mindset is weird.

What I don't agree with is the idea that the most powerful/latest tech is all that matters when it comes to good visuals. Some games on the SNES still look really freaking good.

While the vast majority of PS1 games look like ass, FFVIII and FFIX still look amazing and even FFVII looks pretty good minus the terrible looking character models. Dat prerendered art is timeless.

Off course they matter. They always have. Now being the number 1 priority is a all another discussion. I remember buying Killzone 2 mainly for graphics but not only because of them. I'll be buying The Order because of graphics AND artsyle. The gameplay might not be anything original but it seems good enough

"Graphics" can mean a lot of things:

• Performance/framerate
• Fidelity/detail/resolution
• Art style/lack of one

To me, there are two aspects of graphics that matter quite a bit. The other one, I honestly couldn't care less about if the other two are front and center.

That can backfire tho.

Killzone: Shadowfall is immensely gorgeous and one might be tempted to buy it for that reason, but the game is so boring it hurts.

Gamers have always been graphics hoes. Suddenly lemmings are acting like they're not important to them. Go figure...

Of course they are. Aesthetics have a lot of sway. It's one of the first things that can be judged when looking at a game. You can't look at complex game systems when looking at screenshots. If a game looks interesting through a screenshot then it's based on the aesthetics.

Of course they matter, I don't think anyone is going to debate that.

They just don't matter as much as other elements like gameplay.

No one wants a game that looks like poop. That being said, crying about only graphics will have developers pump out beautiful games that have absolutely no substance.

this is true. Till this day I still have people who want to get an xbone (nothing wrong with that btw) bring Ryse and how awesome it looks. I just shake my head. Graphics are like dunks in basketball. Or home runs in baseball. It's what sells the tickets. It is what it is.

Graphics can break a game - but they sure as hell don't make one.

At the time of release were those not some of the best graphics on the market? Are they still not visually pleasing? Do people still look at screenshots of those games and think that could be interesting?

Sprites are graphics.

Graphics DOES matter . Yes , it is not the most important thing unlike gameplay but better visuals enhance immersion and makes you want to explore the world . It can also make story telling a lot better (better facial expressions etc) .

However 900p vs 720p battle is stupid at best .

Yeah, I don't see the conflict. Most gamers really do value gameplay over anything else, but that doesn't mean we don't value any other part at all. If gamers didn't care at all about graphics we'd all still be on Commodores and Ataris.

I was the 25% when I was playing MGS4 using SDTV (my eye sores) ....... the same TV I was using for my PS1 and PS2 since 1997 ........ (...sob....)

But when I finnaly can afford an HDTV ........ Graphic matters ....... now I'm an HDTV Jihadist

Graphics "DOES" matter, or "DO" matter? Grammar DOES matter. :P

And the next 20% are lying when they say gfx don't matter.

@wis3boi said:

Indeed.