system
A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
Lol yes, why would I add artifacts of a poor optic. Same as lens flares, optics research and development works very hard to get rid of all that stuff, and its added to games to somehow add something? :D
gpt
If you ask most successful Directors of Photography, they'll probably prefer lenses that have these "poor" optic qualities because it adds to style and character.

I feel like a lot of people forget that video games are art in the same way that movies, books and illustrations are. When used correctly, these "imperfections" are there to contribute to the visual storytelling and mise-en-scen. I will say that only a few major games in a year actually do this tastefully and most of them seem like they just throw effects on because they think it looks cool, which is a bad reason to add anything to visuals.