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5 Sep 2024 23:15:10 EDT (-0400)
  Re: False "minimum system requirements" in modern games  
From: clipka
Date: 7 Jun 2009 16:50:00
Message: <web.4a2c27cb7c77dcf4d3c810450@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> > Or, the game distributor may want to deliberately exaggerate the game's minimum
> > requirements, to reassure high-end gamers that the game is indeed laden with
> > cutting-edge graphics and effects, and not just lame old standard stuff.
>
> Once upon a time, this seemed to be Microsoft's strategy. Every new
> product they realised required more and more hardware to run. Because if
> it requires more hardware to run, that's "better". Right?

Well, I didn't have the impression they deliberately *exaggerated* the minimum
requirements - they *were* that high...


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