Thank-you. This has been one of the few real question answering posts. So, I suppose they can, but there is a standard to uphold. Yeah, I guess I understand that. Thanks.
Posted by: Count Blinkula
And yeah, you can, but pretty much all companies (that like to put a focus on good graphics in their videogames) like to uphold a certain quality of the game, so that it looks like a good game to play even if it's running at it's lowest specs. With computers changing every day, the quality of new computer parts changes as well, so there is a very wide scale of performance; the same computer you have now might not be able to run any "modern" games of 2015 or 2018. That's why they have to set a bar; they have to say "basically to run this game, you should have a computer that's at least 2-3 years old"
Posted by: JohnyRL
I'd really and genuinely like some form of an explanation. I dont see how its technically impossible to simply dum down textures and things of the like to lower system requirements. What am I missing?