This is exactly how ridicules Gaming industry is these days. Graphics progress is almost NOTHING yet they keep forcing you to require upgrading cards to play them at the highest settings.
And people are actually doing it!!!
Think about it, you are spending $300 to upgrade your video card for 10-20% visual difference IF that.
Skyrim graphics suck to begin with.
I won't even get into the fact that we require 3-5x the horsepower for games that look the same as games from 2-3 even 5 years ago.