theMickey_ You know, I'm kinda mixed on this point of yours so if you don't mind I'd like to add a bit more; Evolving the technology is always a good thing and that means progress, I do fully agree with this, however I have to also refer to cyberpunk 2077 as an icon of how bad it can be, that game can render a 13900K + 4090 rig to it's knees with all the bells and wistles activated wich is technically "pushing the tecnology"... Doesn't excuse the fact that the game begun as a shallow and disappointing mess, even today with update 2.0 and many revamped systems, the story is still very mediocre considering the whole "life path" debacle. So all in all I'll say that before pushing any boundaries (wich again it's a good thing), game has to be a good game first, either a great story, or mindblowing gameplay, for this look at Elden Ring, gameplay wise is great, story is great if you dive into the lore (bless my boy Vaaty xD) and that game is nowhere pushing any graphycal boundaries really.
this next one you can disregard as is much more a personal gripe but... For me all this RT and 4K is marketing gimmic as is, tech is very unmature and hits performance too much for the "inmersion" gains, like I said I'd take good gameplay and great story before 4K and RT any day, though I'm a FPS and RPG man so to me stable FPS, art direction and story are king over graphycs, but to anyone their own I guess.