Quote Originally Posted by Wildsprite View Post
this is a possibility. however it's a huge risk.
on the other hand they could do a census with PC players asking them for a submission the specs of their PC. it wouldnt be hard to do either they could have them use the benchmark and submit the file it produces(when you save the results).
The minimum specs will need to be updated eventually. They can't be using the same hardware limitations in a few years. I saw this article on WoW's minimum specs from 1.0 up to WoD and thought it was pretty apt.
http://kotaku.com/world-of-warcraft-...-lo-1638506551

A census would be a good idea actually. It would certainly make it easy to find out what kind of hardware the community is running and what kind of base line to set.