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TheGoldenEel posted...

all those bells and whistles take more man-hours to implement for things barely anyone notices, at a certain point they gotta ask, is it really worth it?

From the sounds of things, the ray tracing makes it easier (not harder) to do certian things.

Also - the other advantage is that the more powerful hardware is, the less effort needs to be put into optimization. AAA games that push the machine to its limits will still need to optimize; but indie developers can focus on making their game the way they want instead of worrying about how powerful the system is and optimizing to stay within that.