When choosing hardware requirements there needs to be a balance between how many people can play it and what is needed for the creative vision. You also need to

When choosing hardware requirements there needs to be a balance between how many people can play it and what is needed for the creative vision. You also need to factor in development costs and expected sales among users as well. Also consider that what is common hardware today may not be common when development is complete. These factors can make choosing a minimum platform to target quite hard.