Quoted from ReplayRyan:Video games have always been more sophisticated. Some of the video games that came out in the 90s from Sega alone were always pushing the limits, well ahead of console games. Today's videos (mostly Raw Thrills and Global VR) are basically mid-level OTS desktop computers with dedicated graphics cards.
I used to work at an arcade around the 2000s, and installing the newest Tekken into our big cabinet meant grabbing a PS2 with a special lock-out chip and putting in the game disc. Makes perfect sense. If you're going to eventual release it at home, why not just develop for the system the first time?