Additionally, Naughty Dog famously been pushing/punishing gaming systems for a long time, even games like Crash Bandicoot (1996 - PlayStation 1) and Jak and Dex

Additionally, Naughty Dog famously been pushing/punishing gaming systems for a long time, even games like Crash Bandicoot (1996 - PlayStation 1) and Jak and Dexter (2001 - PlayStation 2) really went up against the limitations and lots of hacks were incorporated to get the games to run well. Uncharted and The Last of Us is just continue what is tradition at this point :)