Crytek Exec Says Next-Gen requires 8GB RAM

[NightDragon83]

Hynad said:

NightDragon83 said:
So Crytek is able to squeeze Crysis 3 on the PS360, both with a measly 512MB total RAM (while skipping the Wii U which has 4x the total memory, half of which is dedicated to the GPU), but for next gen they're going to need 16x the current gen's RAM amount for Crysis 4 or whatever other generic shooter they're working on?

Yeah sure, whatever.

Yeah sure, because the consoles' versions look anything like the PC versions.

They could scale the game to run on the Vita as well, if they so wished. It wouldn't look anything like they originally had in mind (hint: PC version).

As I stated before, the money is on consoles, not on PC where piracy is king. So it's only natural that the developers will want the next gen consoles to deliver enough horsepower to make their vision come true in their games.  Not having to scale them back imensely due to a shortage of RAM (being the major culprit), like they had to during this gen's consoles.

When the next gen consoles are already fixed at a maximum display output of 1080p, does that even matter at this point?  Or are you gonna SLI two PS4s or 720s together and hook them up to 3 monitors?  8GB of RAM on consoles is overkill when your primary display method is a fixed resoultion, and your console and accompanying power brick would need their own entertaiment cabinet because it would be so friggin huge due to the fans and vents needed to keep the damn thing from overheating.

You might as well just drop a grand and buy a gaming PC at that point.