How can a videogame be in development for 5+ years, but have up to date graphics when it releases?

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How can a videogame be in development for 5+ years, but have up to date graphics when it releases?

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My ELI5 answer is the bottleneck for fancy graphics will always be the end user’s hardware. The tricky part is estimating what that hardware will be several years in advance. Underestimate and your game will look bad, overestimate and nobody will have the specs to play it

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