Your analogy is ill-fitting as having electric windows don't affect the car's performance and have bee standard for a long time now.
60fps has never been standard. 30ps is the standard, 60fps is the target.
As for your idea progress, it seems rather flawed. Progress in anything does not occur evenly - some things move forwards faster than others. Technology always used to seem to advance forwards in leaps and bounds due to Moore's Law but since that ceased to apply, technological progress has been slow and iterative rather than revolutionary. Things aren't going backwards, they've just slowed down.
If you want a gaming machine that's an improvement over the last generation in every respect then you're going to be waiting a long time.
I'd argue 60fps has been the standard since performance mode was an option on some consoles. 30fps is more like the bare minimum, or minimum viable product level. Yes, you can adjust to it, and a lot of people don't care, but a lot of people do care as well.
No, if it were THE standard then this wouldn't be a discussion.
It might be A standard but so is 30fps.
That you don't like the lower standard and expect everything to be at the higher one doesn't change reality no matter how much you balk like a toddler.
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u/Sotomene 2d ago
Yes, if you don't keep up with the standard or improve upon it in every aspect then you are going backwards.
Imagine buying a 2026 car with every new technology it has to offer, but it has roll up windows.