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flagstaad on 24 August 2012
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teigaga said:
DieAppleDie said:
you are dreaming if you believe nextgen consoles are going to have 8-12gb of ram and cost 350$


These are the dev kits that are said to have 8-12GB, so the retail system will be 4GB-6GB. 

Ok, lets play the RAM game...If the rumors are true the Wii U will have 1.5GB-2GB, that means between 25-50% of the amount of rumored RAM of the PS4/720.

For comparison reasons:

The Wii had only 17% the amount of RAM of the PS3/360.

The PS2 had 56% the amount of RAM of the original Xbox.

The Dreamcast had 37% the amount of RAM of the original Xbox.

So I think there will be a big difference, but not a generational one, and also price can play a big factor.

The amount of RAM for the PS3 is 14 times the RAM of the PS2

The amount of RAM for the 360 is 8 times the RAM of the original Xbox.

With the current rumors the amount of RAM of the PS4/720 is between 8 and 12 times the amount of the PS3/360, but that leap had a cost, the consoles were sold between 400-600 dollars AT A LOSS, now the question is... Will/can the companies sell their next gen console at a loss again? if not, how much of a big leap can happen with a reasonable price (thinking 400-450 is reasonable). What happens if we had additional technology not related to the graphical power of the console, like a Kinect 2? Will they reduce the graphical power to keep the console cheaper? or will they increase the cost of it to keep the graphical power high?