Core i5-4460 (3.40GHz) for minimum requirements are insane.
I bought that exact processor 15 months ago.

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (4GB) or better (DirectX 11 graphics card required)

really? .-.

Why? The only thing questionable is the processor requirements. A 760 is the recommended GPU and its not even that powerful compared to the newest cards released.

Its nothing like FC3's minimum suggestions before release where they said you needed an i7 @ 3.5 or 4ghz? and an GTX x80 SLI config with 8GB system RAM or something ridiculous like that. After it was released, the game ran fine maxed out on a i5s @ 3ghz and a single x70 cards.

Right. Idiots for being a dev that's finally making a true next-gen game engine that will only scale up and be able to produce ridiculously lush visuals and physics simulations as it's used by more and more games over time. Idiots for finally truly advancing the industry and giving those that have had proper gaming rigs a game that actually makes use of all that powerful hardware we've been sitting on all these years, unused (or abused by horrible ports / badly optimised games).

Why does it bother you that more people can play it?

Why would you need a reason to get it on PC ? I don't own neither PS3 nor 360, no PS4 nor Xbone. I'm glad they're finally considering the PC platform.

Also you don't need to have played previous games but the scenario is a big part so you'll be missing on a lot if you haven't. Most of them can be played on emulators.

I owned PS2 and PS3, where i could play the whole saga. But for certains monetary reasons i had to sell both.
A computer is necessary nowadays for almost everything, so here i am, with a computer and in love with MGS saga.
Have a nice day :)

You can read the story online and get yourself up to speed if that's a concern at all. There is this thing called the internet.

Everything already been said, but Ill add that the original was on the NES, and then the solid series was released for the PS1 and then PS2. Why do you insist a game remain a console exclusive? Its not like previous gens where it takes a significant amount of time and resources to port over the game from PS4 or Xbox1's environments to windows.

Fox Engine is made to be PC friendly.

Why?
WHY!?

BECAUSE GLORIOUS PC MASTER RACE

Ehm.. minimum yes. Recommended is way more than the average pc gamer is packing

True, my older Geforce GTS 8800 can with it in modest resolutions 1280 x 1024 with no problems at all.

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People still forget X360/PS3 is last-gen, so new games won't work on GeForce 9800.

Time to start saving for GeForce 980 if you want to be playing games on PC in next 5 years...

4 gb is for hard drave on your videocard, remember to put your rig in a bath to keep it cooler

You put the "" marks around the wrong word.

How many people upgrade their rig just to run a single game? More so, how many people do that BEFORE actually getting the game and trying it on their current rig?

Seriously, in order to "Just" upgrade the cpu, you would need a new mobo AND ram. There is easily 380-420 right there.

This isn't a prologue, at all. This is a tiny vertical slice "demo". Go look it up on youtube. It's about 30 minutes of play time, maybe 45 - an hour if you take your time.

Well, MGR did have overestimated specs on its store page.

Like almost every other big title to come out lately? Seems to be a thing now.

ex. The Evil Within calls for 4GB of vram, but it didn't even use 2 gigs on max settings. /shrug

it's just one mission

paid demo.