holy shi! ps4 8gb of GDDR5

[SpartenOmega117]

adriane23 said:

SpartenOmega117 said:

Trunkin said:
Does it really have 8gb GDDR5? Wouldn't that be obscenely expensive?

Yes and unneccessary. Although it sounds really nice and it is an enthusiast's dream, the price will be unnecessarily inflated with not that big of a jump in performance since the GPU and CPU are frankly just average. 

In 6 years, when 8gb of ram is common place, the PS4 will still be being sold, so 8gb is not unnecessary. PLus, they'll be using the ram for things other than gaming while you're gaming.

Yes I understand that but I really think Sony should have gone maybe 4gb ddr5 for gaming purposes and maybe 4gb ddr3 for everything else. Sure in the long run it may be beneficial but wasn't the cell supposed to be beneficial in the long run too? I'm just thinking that Sony might be digging themselves in a financial hole again. If Durango specs hold true then it is likely that Microsoft can easily launch for $100 less than ps4 which may be fatal. If Sony plays hard ball and decide to match whatever price Microsoft sets then they will lose quite a bit of money for each unit sold.