Rumor: Cafe has 8 GB internal storage, maybe no 1080p

[greenmedic88]

Squilliam said:

greenmedic88 said:

Squilliam said:

> 50% in this generation make do with 4GB or less... Surely that means most people are fine with 8GB?

Consumers may be fine with low onboard storage suitable for minor patches, game saves and small DD games, but developers would definitely prefer having extra onboard storage to improve the performance of their games.

That's one of the most often quoted liabilities of the Xbox 360 by developers.

Actually the reason why the Xbox 360 has no HDD in the Arcade is because they doubled the RAM in the console to 256 MB, so it was a good tradeoff because the alternative was even worse.

Anyway if Nintendo go for a reasonable system such as 1GB of RAM with 6-8* Blu Ray they'll have a better stream speed/memory size ratio than the PS3, including the HDD streaming from the install (if applicable)

The only thing MS got out of making HHDs optional was an initial $299 SKU to shave $100 off the entry price. They did it to offer a low cost alternative. It had nothing to do with the Xbox having "so much RAM" that it didn't need external storage of any kind.

In 2012, 8GB of flash memory will be the equivalent of the 512MB of flash Nintendo put in the Wii. Which everyone who actually used their Wii and bought VC/WiiWare games complained about. Unless they're not planning on selling DD games or content without some pretty serious capacity limitations (no 1GB demos or XBL/PSN games), it's pretty short-sighted.