How the fuck did video games start looking more as

.ass but still get more demanding like maybe i got eye problems or bad taste but holy even if we take sth like gta 5 for instance 2013 game and the base version still looks stunning and runs in whatever modernish pc there is but nowadays ion even see the appeal in the latest released games' aren't THAT impressive but shit takes like an rtx 5090 w 128gigs of ram or sth just to run at 1080p wtf happened?

And no im not using a 15yo old rig and complaining mine was built around 2024 w 6700xt n 5800x3d but my complaints still stand games look shittier or just as good but demand way more also shit now requires a shitton of storage now aswell ion even know how valorant is still so decently optimized tbh

real answer is that game companies make a really bad job optimizing games because they assume good graphics = 4k60fps with extreme detail on everything instead of a good art direction so everything comes really big and really heavy for no particular reason other than "look how realistic this horse ballsack is"

simply game optimization became worse as specs became better

game companies started changing from their own engines to shit unoptimized engines such as unreal, so it's easier for new hires to get accustomed to it/find new hires that have experience with it. likewise, game companies don't care about optimization anymore, given that gpu companies will launch peepeepoopoo aliasing that gives you 2 more frames on their awfully optimized games

Capitalism did corrupt video game, they all want low risk high reward, no risk is the death of creativity