Crytek Exec Says Next-Gen requires 8GB RAM

[KHlover]

the2real4mafol said:

KHlover said:

the2real4mafol said:

KHlover said:

Miguel_Zorro said:
Some additional context for everyone. The jump from one generation to the next has been quite large historically. The 8GB prediction almost seems modest when you look at the specs below.

Gen 2:
Atari 2600 - 128 bytes RAM
Intellivision - 1456 bytes

Gen 3:
NES - 2kb + 2kb.
Sega Master System - 8kb + 16kb (One could say this the first example of Mario winning for Nintendo on a console with less power)

Gen 4:
SNES - 128kb main + 64kb video
Sega Genesis - 64kb main + 64kb video

Gen 5:
Sony Playstation - 2MB + 1MB
N64 - 4MB
Sega Saturn - 1MB + 1MB + 3MB

Gen 6:
Playstation 2 - 32MB + 4MB
XBox - 64MB
GameCube - 14MB + 16MB + 3MB
Dreamcast - 16MB + 8MB

Gen 7:
Playstation 3 - 256MB + 256MB
XBox 360 - 512MB
Wii - 24MB + 64MB

Gen 8:
WiiU - 2GB

It also shows that the console with the most RAM isn't necessarily the "winner" - in fact, it usually isn't. So no need to get too worked up about it.

Soo...Gen 9 with 64GB Ram confirmed?

What year do you think Gen 9 will start? I say about 2020 to 2022

Definately not earlier, if 2/3 of the current gen are not even in the race. With a seven year circle 2020 is possible.

yeah i though that but i'm not even sure if we will even still have consoles by then. It could be completely cloud based by then, possibly

Not until massive steps in the spread of broadband internet are taken^^