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Joe Foley

DARK SECRETS: Have video game graphics really reached a plateau | Rare Historical Photos

Battlefield 6.

For decades, graphics were the visible part of the evolution of video games. The leap from 8-bit to 16-bit in the late 1980s, the 3D revolution of the 1990s and the move to HD in the 2000s were night-and-day moments that transformed the look of the leading games. of the time.

But have video game graphics reached a plateau? It's a discussion I've seen come up again and again in recent years. If people are still asking the question, does it mean that advances in game graphics really have stagnated, or is it that our expectations of the best games consoles are unrealistic?

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