This topic is totally misleaded it's not about graphic at all if you want graphic watch sci-fi movies
it's all about story / game-play however having good graphic is a bonus
so what kind of game you are into?
If you are going to massively multiplayer online games then Game play for sure however having a good graphic is a bonus
however offline/multiplayer it's all about the story and the game-play however having a good graphic is a bonus

Gameplay from quality

Super Mario Bros, Capcom vs Street Fighter 2 Alpha, Megaman 8, Metroid Prime, Golden Eye 007, Perfect Dark, Legend of Zelda, and Shenmue all prove that gameplay is king. That is why there are people who still play retro arcade games. That said graphics are always icing on the cake. Gameplay will always be King.

Gameplay

With the current technology it should not be a problem to have both. I mean if we only had an NES today I would understand the limitation on gameplay and graphics but we have some pretty powerful hardware, especially with the next generation of consoles coming in.

i think gameplay is important for the real gamer

Gameplay

I would care more for gameplay mechanics than Graphics.

Kind of depends on what type of game it is. But since I'm a huge fan of those jRPGs.. I have to go with gameplay/story. Blowing the budget on badass graphics won't save a sloppy story, not in a million years.

Gameplay is very nice.