@hellomiakoda
I'm pretty sure that the drive towards ULTRA-REALISTIC GRAPHICS is driven mainly by manchildren who are utterly convinced that the more realistic a game is, the more mature and well-endowed and badass they are, and the slightest break from photorealism reveals their childishness. >_>
Graphics got good enough as of the PS3. That's the point where a 3D game's style was decided more by the artists than the hardware.