Crytek Exec Says Next-Gen requires 8GB RAM

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HappySqurriel said:

Birimbau said:

8Gb RAM is something natural for next gen, I don't know why people here are crying because of something like this, all Sony consoles, for example, had their memory increased by 16 times, with PS4 won't be different.

 

PS1 - 2MB

PS2 - 32MB(16x 2MB)

PS3 - 512MB (16x 32MB)

PS4 - 8Gb (16x 0.5 Gb)

Have you also noticed that Sony's consoles have been getting progressively more expensive to manufacture? The PS1 was sold for $300 and (probably) turned a profit, the PS2 was sold for $300 and rumoured to take a $100 loss, and the PS3 was sold for $600 and rumoured to have lost up to $300 per system at launch ...

8GB of high performance DDR3 memory is selling for $200 to $300 today, and 8GB of high performance GDDR5 memory would be more expensive than that. Certainly, you can get 8GB of low perfomance DDR3 memory for very little but pairing that up with a high performance CPU and GPU would be like creating a high performance car with a 3 speed transmission.

Very good point...