Supposedly, Final WiiU Specs from VGLeaks

[Mr Khan]

HappySqurriel said:

Mr Khan said:
It would make no sense for them to alot a full 512 MB of RAM to the OS. No console OS needs that much RAM unless they're doing something hideously wasteful. 128 would be fine.

I would suspect that Nintendo (or any console manufacturer) would start off over-estimating the needs of the OS and then relax requirements a couple years after release. The reason for this is that there would be huge problems if they underestimated the OS' needs.

True. Like how developers could only use 2/3rd of the PSP's clock speed for the first couple years.