I have to admit I am oddly fascinated by this story/situation. I would normally call myself someone who puts gameplay
way above graphics but I find myself not just fascinated but also a little upset I have to admit. (A guy can't love Knights of the Chalice, Spiderweb games, etc and care that much about graphics can he?
)
Sure I'll still buy the game. I'm confident I will enjoy the game. My current rig can't run the game maxed out anyway (a year/year and a half from now when I actually get around to playing Witcher 3 who knows).
Old gameplay footage/trailers: Yes I know in the real world "everyone" doctors things. That said, I am going to be a little bit happy anytime a company gets hammered for making fake/BS trailers that are not representative of actual gameplay even if "everyone" does it.
CDPR has handled this very badly. A lot is their own fault for saying the game would would look as good or better than the old footage. Part is the loose/loose situation they are in by either going back on what they said in the past or having to admit that consoles held them back. (whether they took out things already in or just decided to aim for a lower target and never put in things they originally thought they could doesn't matter).
Of course companies are going to make business decisions with consoles in mind, they sell a lot of copies. Of course an up to the second, cutting edge $3000 computer will vastly outperform a console. Of course companies need to design with the average consumer in mind. We all know this intellectually.
But it's not just intellectual anymore. Here is the evidence of just how much "next gen" consoles are holding things back. Here it is easy to see exactly what is missed out on. Other examples like Watchdogs fuel the fire. Even for those of us who can't run things maxed it's nice to see at least some companies pushing the envelope and now that almost can't happen because to sell tons of copies you
have to do consoles. So even if you see the realities it is still frustrating. Add to that most people saw CDPR as above that, rightly or wrongly.
Well, not sure I meant to write quite that much. And even reading my own post I feel some "get over it already dude!" But I'll keep following this topic non the less