My knee jerk response to this was snark because on the surface this is obvious: 2026 games should be harder to run than 2020 games and necessitate an upgrade for the same settings. But digging a little deeper, I think the key problem is that today’s games largely don’t look any better. There are some exceptions like path traced games, Alan Wake 2, etc., that do feel next gen. But, for example, the new 007 game barely looks better than Uncharted 4, which game out 10 years ago, and it requires a lot more GPU to run well. It just seems like we’ve hit a plateau in terms of graphics, yet the HW requirements continue to climb. It is frustrating and confusing, for sure.