I love how this is the only thing nintentards can say. "Its not about the graphics, its about the gameplay!!!!111".
I have one thing to say to you, Gameplay is built around graphics. Gameplay is built around disk size. Without spiffy graphics and a large disk (or cartridge) you wont be able to have a modern fun game. I say modern because there are hundreds of old crappy looking (atleast by todays standards) games that are still fun. But compare the original MGS to MGS3, which game is better? MGS3. Graphics are an evolution of games, gameplay will usually alwase stay the same unless you change the size of the game and the graphics of the game.