| maverick40 said: whats holding the ps3 back is ram i think.Once m$ come out with the 720 the ps4 will out pretty much straight after. |
More is of course always better, but RAM speed is just as important and limits the amount of RAM needed (the faster data is being moved around and processed, the less one has to rely on more RAM). Look at the Neo Geo's RAM for example, with its very limited amount of RAM for its time yet superior games. Limited RAM also sparks developers to be more efficient, which as a side effect often results into much faster code as well. Large amounts of RAM is mainly important for processing the graphics and audio data which are streamed from disc, this streaming performance and the capacity I actually consider more of importance for a console and for most games a lot can be improved in software with regard to that.
Naughty Dog at this point feels as if the PS3 provides a bottomless pit of processing potential. Guerilla games have shown there's enormous potential to make improvement for Killzone 3. The Heavy Rain developers said they would be able to much better still with regard to their next project, etc. They make the most impressive games available on the market today.
