You really sell the younger generation short if you think all of them care only about graphics. If that were true, Minecraft wouldn't be a thing. The Binding of Isaac is a 2D dungeon crawler of the old school variety, and it is incredibly popular.
Both of which are far more graphically advanced then BM, but is also ancillary. I used graphics to demonstrate part of the evolution of games in general. Their are numerous area's that BM needs work in before it will broadly appeal to most demographics. Regedit and other such groups are full of games with promises, and many without that did not resonate at the time of their posting and subsequently were largely ignored. BM is in the ineviable position that we need more players, yet the game is not perhaps in the best shape to attract those players. A push to early will only lead to disappointment from those new players, push too late and we may no longer have the player base to generate the in game content
