But this is a expensive, full priced game from Microsoft. They are not aiming to accomodate budget players of all kinds. Save that money and one from few other games and upgrade your graphics card - sorry but no other way.
I’ve wrote about it enough here, take a look:
If they take restrictions from avx i buy it - Age of Empires IV - Age of Empires Forum
It won’t be removed because it can’t be removed ‘just like that’. It’s not a bug, nor it’s included to make anyone angry.
Roughly 5% of computers with Steam installed can’t support it:
Steam Hardware & Software Survey (steampowered.com)
Almost the same number as machines with Win7 x64 that is not being supported in modern games. 5% is not a lot, certainly not for people making decisions there.
It’s not a bug.