drkohler on 07 June 2012
| superchunk said: No, you're not reading it wrong. 1.5GB is good for a console. Keep in mind most PCs had 2-4GB when PS360 launched and they only have 512MB total RAM. |
I think most people forget that even today, pretty much every "Megabomba" PC game plays on 32bit WindowsXP. No matter how much memory you pack into such a PC, the game runs in 2G minus(!) texture duplication. So most games on the PC have around 1.6-18G to burn through. A 1.5G WiiU has more than enough ram (assuming the OS print is extra).
I don't think the WiiU 512M OS ram is extra flash memory. Adds extra costs to manufacturing and would still leave a strange 1.5G memory layout.
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