While it's true that a lot of those games are well suited for a portable experience, I think the notion of feeling like you need to be getting a technical marvel with every game on your console to "justify" the power under the hood and buying the machine is a bit narrow-minded and old-fashioned.
Again, you're free to want what you want but you should consider that maybe you've been limiting yourself and your experiences. The first game on PS4 that I truly loved was Transistor!
You are absolutely right, and as I said, it's really a personal feeling. If you're curious, here is a list of what I would consider indie-equivalent games I've played on my console (Xbox One & 360):
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
- Scott Pilgrim The game
- From Dust
- OutLand
- BattleBlock Theater
- Terraria
- Plants vs Zombie
- Super Meat Boy
- I am Alive
- Ilo Milo
- Child of Ligth
- The Deer God
- Another World
- Limbo
- Super Meat Boy
I could go longer but I think you get the idea. I bought all those games and I wasn't disappointed by any of them. They were all great and a lot of fun to me! I know some can't be truly considered as indie games, but I think they all share the same scope as what indies can do.
It's not like I want great graphics, to be honest I really don't care about graphics at all, I'm much more interested by the gameplay and the gamefeel. But thing is, I play with a controller for games that require me to be really invested and require specific skills (as I would for PC if it was my thing haha). Most the of the games I quoted earlier are games with a very chill pacing, and because of this, I really feel disconnected from them when I'm playing them on my big TV, with a controller, sitting on my sofa.
Child of Light is probably the best example I could have. I loved the game, being the art, the sound design, the gameplay, the story, etc... But playing it on my couch, I couldn't play it more than 2 hours before feeling like it wasn't the best I could get from it because of how I was playing it, and especially on the support I was playing.
That's why I'm actually so happy Switch (and Vita, but for other purposes) exist, it's because I'm able to enjoy most of those games within a situation I can get the best experience, being in the bathroom, on the go, in my bed or even on the couch, but not sitting and looking at a big screen (I play with my Switch like 99% handled). My "To-Buy-game" on Switch is full of indie titles I can't wait to buy when my memory card will be delivered.
I'm not against buying those games because of graphics, just because I don't enjoy them with the way I play with my Xbox. Like, I would not enjoy Stardew Valley or even Owlboy on my Xbox One with my controller, but I'm in heaven when I'm playing them on my Switch.
I think it's much more about the feeling of being closer to your game when you're playing them actually close to your, than looking at them from a distance because they are on your big screen at home.
I don't know if I explained my point very well, but I hope I made it clearer. ^^
