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| System Name | Personal \\ Work - HP EliteBook 840 G6 |
|---|---|
| Processor | 7700X \\ i7-8565U |
| Motherboard | Asrock X670E PG Lightning |
| Cooling | Noctua DH-15 |
| Memory | G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Black 32GB 6000MHz CL36 \\ 16GB DDR4-2400 |
| Video Card(s) | ASUS RoG Strix 1070 Ti \\ Intel UHD Graphics 620 |
| Storage | 2x KC3000 2TB, Samsung 970 EVO 512GB \\ OEM 256GB NVMe SSD |
| Display(s) | BenQ XL2411Z \\ FullHD + 2x HP Z24i external screens via docking station |
| Case | Fractal Design Define Arc Midi R2 with window |
| Audio Device(s) | Realtek ALC1150 with Logitech Z533 |
| Power Supply | Corsair AX860i |
| Mouse | Logitech G502 |
| Keyboard | Corsair K55 RGB PRO |
| Software | Windows 11 \\ Windows 10 |
Times change, game requirements change too. You are asking Blizzard to support OS, which itself has been dead since 2014. Meaning, if anything happens, let's say there is a new update, but it crashes on XP due to some very rare and specific condition, Blizzard might not be able to fix it without MS assistance. But the MS will not provide this assistance. What now?
Plus, it is not economical to catter the absolute minority by now. I am pretty sure Blizzard want's to get rid of the legacy code, especially for the graphics (XP was what, DX7.0 originally?) and just move everything over to DX11.
What's more, will you also argue that Blizzard is bad because they have raised system requirements for WoW? It used to run on max on Pentium 4 back in 2004, yet the minimum required CPU has been a dual core and DX10 capable GPU at least since the WoD. Are they guilty that WoW is not supposed to be run on single core systems anymore? Or what about removing Windows 98 compatibility? ME? 2000?
P.S.
Pretty sure they also don't want to deal with stolen account info because someone run on XP, which got some keylogger. Chances of getting one increases greatly if the OS is unsupported by it's creators.