Minimum requirements

To run every game a set of minimum requirements are needed in order to allow the general public to make an informed choice regarding purchasing/downloading/installing your game.

You need to figure out what are the minimum specifications needed to let the game run smoothly so as to avoid getting into the crosshairs of your audience as proposing too low requirements can become a regular scandal if people having purchased/downloaded/installed your game are unable to play it or can only do so with great difficulty.


Here is an example from a real worl minimum requirement list - Tabula Rasa by Richard Garriot so that you can ponder upon what your game asks of your players hardware



Requirement
	

Minimum
	

Recommended

Operating System
	

Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP
	

Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP

Processor
	

2.5GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent
	

3.5GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent

Memory
	

1GB RAM
	

2GB RAM

Optical Drive
	

DVD-ROM drive
	

DVD-ROM drive

HDD
	

5GB available HDD space
	

5GB available HDD space

Graphics
	

ATI™ Radeon® 9600 or NVIDIA® GeForce FX 5700 series video card with 128MB of VRAM
	

ATI™ Radeon® x1800 or NVIDIA® GeForce 7800 series video card

Audio
	

16-bit sound card
	

16-bit sound card

Internet Connection
	

Broadband internet connection
	

Broadband Internet connection

Input Devices
	

Keyboard and mouse
	

Keyboard and mouse

DirectX
	

DirectX 9.0c
	

DirectX 9.0c

General Info
	

Release Date
	

November 2, 2007

Developer Name
	

NCsoft® Corporation (Destination Games™)

Developer URL
	

http://www.ncsoft.com/

Platform
	

Microsoft Windows PC