The 2000s saw great improvements in video game graphics. In just a few years we went from low poly counts to realism. The great graphics race peaked in the 2000s when devs of all platforms raced to be the first with lifelike graphics. Spawning images such as "this will be Mario in 2011." However, graphics stopped improving in the 2010s, and have not seen any improvement since the 2010s. In fact, graphics got worse. Lol.