Would you trade new ingame content for an engine upgrade?

[Ath192]

Show me your evidence. I've seen no indication whatsoever that graphics is what causes people to leave MMOs. It's just not that important to players and a lot of people play on potatoes so their graphics settings are low regardless.

Old school Runescape and WoW Classic have older graphics and do fine. New World is a beautiful game and that did fuck all.

I've seen the opposite much more often: inaccessible graphics requirements reducing player population. Rift had this issue significantly at launch.
I seriously doubt people are leaving FFXI due to graphics lol

This is a nonissue for the vast majority of people. For a new MMO to come out and grab players in an established MMORPG, it would need considerably more than graphics, I assure you.

Here is an article of a study saying that around 75% of gamers do think about graphics when buying a new game. MMO or not bad graphics will prevent new players from wanting to try it out and make old veterans want to try new games with new graphics. So long as the gameplay is good.

https://www.cinemablend.com/games/75...ame-64659.html

Me and my friends left FFXI for FFXIV because it looked much better. Unfortunately it wasn’t too good at the beginning but we waited for the game to be re-released and it paid off big time.

We would do the same if another FF MMO came out that looked better.

Eyeballing this thread it does seem the majority would put off content to improve the graphics engine and all the system improvements that said work would bring to the rest of the game. (Glamour dressers)

I do not see the opposite more often. And you are confusing the reasons better looking MMOs have failed. New World, PSO2 NG launched with great anticipation and healthy playerbases but it was the unpreparedness of the game and gameplay issues that so far have tanked them.

Finally Nvidia and AMD combined cannot supply the world with enough new next gen GPUs for new PCs and consoles throughout the world right now even with shortages (they said demand was unprecedented). A high indication people are ready and investing in new graphical technology. Presumably to not play RuneScape.

Old games have fans that make them do “fine” yes.

Now I need to see your evidence that people prefer worse looking games please, and that they wouldn’t leave said games if a newer and better looking version of them came out.

By your logic everyone would still be running the PS2 because all newer consoles bring to the table is more horsepower for better graphics. Gameplay can be good or bad in any device after all. But that isn’t the case is it?