Standards have certainly changed over the years. This takes me straight back to 2003 when SimCity 4 came out, turned out to be an absolute resource hog, and I'd have been overjoyed with 20fps.
As the late Henry Petroski said: "The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the computer hardware industry."
As the late Henry Petroski said: "The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the computer hardware industry."