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The number 2,147,483,647 is the eighth Mersenne prime equal 2^31 – 1, and one of the only four known double Mersenne primes. It was the largest known prime number until 1867.

The number is popular in computer science because it is the maximum positive value for a 32-bit signed binary integer in computing.

How it affects video games
Many old video games use 32-bit integers for virtual money, scores, speed, etc., causing these values to do not be able to exceed 2,147,483,647. Attempting 64-bit integers was impossible during the time these games were made, because most computers or consoles used 32-bit processors at the time, and attempting to integrate 64-bit processors into them used to be too expensive.

2,147,483,647 itself is a small number for a maximum possible score in some video games, so most modern video games stick to bigger integers to exceed that value.

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