There are more ready-made realistic assets at this point in time, and there aren't that many assets with low retro graphics, and they're also free, so they have to make them themselves.
Come on, itch.io ask for a low-polygonal something, so it goes over the edge.
On ischia, many low-poly cassettes cost decent money, but realistic assets don't really cost anything.
Well, at least one low-poly very expensive one show me
GUYS, REALISM AND LOW-POLY GAMES SUCK. BETTER NOVELS WITH DRAWING IN PAINT
OMG! ARE YOU CRAZY?