Why to games publishers make a game that will only work with one version of microsoft's os, (win7)? and why make any game so demanding of system resources, ? Do they seriously think that we will all go out and upgrade hardware or even build or buy a new rig solely to play a game? that's excluding the fact we are in a recession with virtually no job security
Things need to move foward cant keep using the same old hardware and software, vista and windows 7 are the two supported microsft software.
Money may be tight for alot of people and job secuirty is a issue but a software upgrade is not that expensive, hardware depends where you buy and what you budget for.
You dont have to play the game if you dont want to, nothing is forcing you to buy the game and upgrade.