Mass Effect Andromeda minimum system requirements

There's nothing out there on the internet about the next ME's difficulty level, and here in Answer HQ, we have no access to any insider information you cannot find using an internet search engine.  I don't think anyone is even naming a date that it will be released.  Have you joined the Initiative yet? 

https://www.masseffect.com/andromeda-initiative

P. S.  (Added in Edit) Now that a "general" projected date of release is announced (March of 2017), you can anticipate that a set of requirements (at least preliminary ones, related to Alpha / Beta test versions) will be available this coming January. 

Hello

You can follow official twitter account of Mass Effect Andromeda https://twitter.com/masseffect?s=09 and you will learn about system requirements.

@MAIKS1900 

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that is not a solution, not even a proper reply. Many of us if not most do not use twitter, and linking the ME:A twitter doesnt give us info in any way shape or form. The bottom line is the minimum system requirements should have already been officially posted a long time ago but havent been yet, likely due to EA trying to push ME:A to be only for windows 10 and not wanting to release that information in fear of it hurting pre-orders. Bad news is alot of people will not pre-order is on PC at all until they know they can run it so the tactic us self defeating. With only 3 months from release there is no excuse for sitting on the system requirements for any other reason. - in short this issue is currently unresolved and should not be marked as such. 

@badmojo88

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@badmojo88 wrote:

likely due to EA trying to push ME:A to be only for windows 10 and not wanting to release that information in fear of it hurting pre-orders.

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What is this even supposed to mean?

Mass Effect Andromeda is using the Frostbite 3 engine and Origin as platform. That means that the game will be compatible to Windows 7, 8.1 and Windows 10. 

For the system-requirements, we probably will see them soon now, it is likely that they will be in the same compartment as for the last Frostbite 3 title, BF1. 

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@badmojo88 wrote:

The bottom line is the minimum system requirements should have already been officially posted a long time ago but havent been yet

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The game is coming out in over two months. Usually system requirements are shared a few weeks before release. This isn't out of the ordinary.

The last BioWare game, Dragon Age Inquisition, was released in November 2014 and the system requirements were revealed in October of the same year.  I expect we will get the system requirements of MEA around mid-February.

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@badmojo88 wrote:

likely due to EA trying to push ME:A to be only for windows 10 and not wanting to release that information in fear of it hurting pre-orders.

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You mean they want to limit their market potential by making the game exclusive to only one operating system? Why would they want to do that? And how will transparency hurt pre-orders? Do you think more people will pre-order if they don't know if their PC can run it? That seems backwards to me. Besides, pre-orders can be cancelled and EA has a refund policy.

The ugly rumor thats been going around is their trying to have the games minimum requirements include directx 12 for the effects which would sadly make it windows 10, anyone using windows 7, 8, or 8.1 would not be able to play, by not releasing that info they could get people to pre-order for the pc without knowing that the buyer might not be able to run it. One thing leading this rumor is that on EA's Origin all windows 7,8, and 8.1 uses were given a message saying that Origin would no longer be supporting some features on those OS's. Personally, i hope the rumor is wrong, i love Mass Effect and would hate to miss out on Andromeda.... but i just cant upgrade my OS, I myself am on windows 8.1.

@badmojo88

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@badmojo88 wrote:

The ugly rumor thats been going around is their trying to have the games minimum requirements include directx 12 for the effects which would sadly make it windows 10, anyone using windows 7, 8, or 8.1 would not be able to play, by not releasing that info they could get people to pre-order for the pc without knowing that the buyer might not be able to run it.

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That is simply absurd.

Even if if BW or EA would decide to make Andromeda a DX12 only game, something that as @Fred_vdp rightly said would limit their market potential, (and not only by a small margin) all people who pre-ordered the game could return it according to EAs Great Game Guarantee, so it only would increase EAs administrative cost.

I hope your right, I truly do. we'll just have to wait and see next month when is when they said they'll finally announce the specs

@badmojo88 I haven't heard this rumour but I have to agree with Holger, I'd be very surprised if this was the case. 

While I'm sure there will be a DX12 option for the game -as in BF1- Frostbite 3 games have all had DX11 support and I don't see this changing any time soon. 

This is speculation of course and not official until we get the specs, but I wouldn't worry too much yet.