There should be a gaming law.

[street1]

I am seeing constant complaints about gaming.Through the drive for money,companies seem to put minimum system requirements at a all time low.I believe they are getting as bad as micro$oft.If a game will only play good,to the specifications intended,then the companies should advertise as such.I am not a gamer but,if I bought a game,I would expect it to play flawlessly.It is a shame that governments let them continue down this path.There is nothing wrong with a superior game unless,the gaming company lies to sell it.

[TechZ]

I dont see the minimum specs anymore, I look at the recommended specs for the game, it gives a more clearer picture of what you need to play the game. The minimum specs are just that though, the absolute minimum to be able to use the game, not use it well.

[confus-ed]

I dont see the minimum specs anymore..

Not if you also want to associate 'play good' with it you won't , as said you want at least recommended or depending how good you want good to be ... way over !

[Omnivorous]

Well there are certain game producers that appear to be cooperating with the hardware producers... everytime a new game is released, the minimum and recommended specs are raised. Of course, new and better programming/technology allows this, the games keep raising the bar and are getting more realistic. But if they really put an effort in programming they would allow newer and better games to also run on the slower systems. Most new games however require a lot and it makes people constantly buy new hardware to play them.

One example is EA... the largest producer out there. They had this game 'medal of honour; pacific assault' a WW2 shooter that i could hardly run on my pc, it just requires too much of my system. Call of Duty 2, another WW2 shooter recently came out, produced by people that used to work for EA, and it runs very smoothly with the highest graphics options enabled. How could this be? Lazy programmers who just use the newest graphics engines, which in turn ask for the newest graphics cards (etc)? Or could it be that software and hardware producers share the market in a way that's not entirely "bona fidae"?
With a market running in the 10's of billions of dollars, everyone wants a piece of the cake. I don't know if there are agreements between software and hardware producers, but there sure seem to be...

[TechZ]

Its not unknown that nowadays Hardware & Game makers are working together, look at so many games that have the nVidia or ATi logo, even the Intel logo. Just because a similar game is made the same company, doesnt mean they are going to need the same specifications Making a game is so much more complex than what it used to be, its not cheap either. Hardware makers want a return, so do software developers.

[Ferrit]

This isnt unlike software manufacturer's and their bloated software.
They think gamers pc's are in every person's house, so they dont have to worry about how bloated it is.
They have huge cpu's, ton's of ram and harddrive space