The Graphics update was unnecessary

[Johners]

But the faces? why? What was the point in remodeling them, the system was not deficient on expressions.
Gposers have hundreds of thousands of photos out their with the most amazing expressions that were done with the current system we have now

Not only that, you can improve facial topology without resculpting the entire face.
"Adding more bones" isn't an excuse, you could add as many bones as you wanted to the current faces without changing a single polygon if you really want to go that far
Not only that, it's already been *done* by people for the entire body

Are you by any chance a modder? You sure sound like one and you're conveniently forgetting that a ton of people play on the Mac, PlayStation and Xbox versions of the game that don't have access to mods. Updating the existing models is a huge W for people playing without mods or a platform with no support entirely.