Friday, February 12, 2016

PC game system requirements are off the chain

Another week, another AAA PC game release with nutzo system requirements.  As has been widely reported, suspected not-so-Xbox One-exclusive "Quantum Break" is going to be released on Windows 10 (yay!) and will even have cross-purchase and save sync capability across both platforms.  Basically this means that (higher-end) gaming laptops can now effectively function as cloud-save enabled portable Xbones.  Or so the hype suggests at this point, as it remains to be seen how it will work in practice.  But I digress....

Quantum Break's PC system requirements are high.  Like, overall, the highest I've seen, and sits among other offenders such as the Wolfenstein reboot, etc.  Check them out at the bottom of the page right here.  This example highlights a lot of issues I've had with PC game system requirements lately.

(Image from Remedy's Quantum Break website)