cm0002Helldivers 2 is locking out players who use older CPUs
supernicepojoThe headline is pretty harsh sounding. Avx2 support on AMD processors goes all the way back before Zen with some late model FX chips. Intel all the way back to 4th gen Core i# cpus. 99% of everything made after those should have no compatibility issues.
We can argue about how much we should support aging systems and such, but attacking the game for it seems overtly mean. Anyone thats been around games long enough knows that support for older systems and games is nonexistent except for the hobbyists and well GoG now…
deegeeseThe problem is not that they don’t support 13 year old CPUs.
The problem is they used to work just fine, but an update broke support for people who already bought it.
It’s a bait and switch.
Don’t Clive service games do this all the time? Try running an early 2000s MMO like EVE on 20 year old hardware now.
You could, technically, put a system together with a Pentium D or Athlon 65 X2 (both are 2 months away from being 20 years old), and a Radeon 5450 or Geforce 420 (both are roughly 15 years old), and be able to play Eve within it’s minimum requirements.
It would be a horrible experience, even with potato mode, but could be done.
They have dropped OS support and raised DirectX and hardware requirements over time. 15 years ago is 2010, EVE came out around 2003.