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Insiders say cutting-edge graphics are too costly for AAA games
(www.tomshardware.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I can only really think of two games that really justify enormous development costs, and that's Red Dead Redemption 2 and Baldur's Gate 3.
If your game isn't pushing things to that level of expectation, you really need to rethink what you're doing with that budget.