Was talking to my brother about the Witcher TV series and mentioned the games to him since he's not really a gamer. And it occurred to me.. The graphics in the Witcher 2 are just a small step below even some AAA games now in 2020, and that game came out in 2010. If you look in the past decade leaps such as 1990-2000 and 2000-2010, video game graphics on both console and PC took HUGE strides compared to 2010-2020. Is there a specific reason for this?
Example: Metal Gear Solid (2000) which was known to have amazing graphics at the time VS Mass Effect 2 (2010)
Obviously graphics don't make a good game, but with the jumps in technology over a decade, should we have expected more?
The graphics in games like Battlefield 3, Red Dead 1 and Chrysis 2 are 10 years old but still look really good. BF3 still looks like it could be a recent title: