[flyinglizard]

That's the Nintendo way. Avoiding the photorealism war altogether by making things intentionally sparse and cartoony. Then you can sell cheap hardware, make things portable etc.

[tonyhart7]

also nintendo vision which is "mobile gaming" are

handheld devices like switch,steam deck etc is really the future while phone is also true for some extend but gaming on a phone vs gaming on a handheld is really world of a differences

give it few generations then traditional consoles would obsolete, I mean we are literally have a lot of people enjoy indie game in steam deck right now

[xiande04]

I.e., the uncanny valley.

[gyomu]

Cartoony isn’t the uncanny valley. Uncanny valley is attempted photorealism that misses the mark.

[pipes]

I think games like dishonoured also managed to side step the uncanny valley. Not cartoony, just their own thing (actually more like an oil painting).