Yeah there is possibility. In my case (win 8.1, 4gb ddr3, and video 512mb, cpu - sigh...) my pc is very old. So gpu problems(drivers mostly - too old or too new) maybe or OS or some program or antivirus... in some cases game will not run on much newer drivers (programs for games). too much possibilities.
and if program even not staring up .it mostly with OS, try virtual machine win 8.1. Or your antivirus killed exe file (try to check mostly in quarantine).
Please guys help me i'm stuck, can't find someone from the corporation after talk with Luno...