- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Heyyo,
4 words: Low-Sysem Specs Appeal.
They did it so people with lower-end comps would be like "oh, this works on my old comp, I'll buy it." M$ gets the profit, and screws over the dude with the old comp. Like taking candy from a baby, M$'s all aboot the profit, and not the soul.