PS4's 8GB RAM was kept secret from third-party devs until console reveal

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cbarroso09 said:

Daisuke72 said:
4GB for the operating system? Windows doesn't even use that much -;- 2GB at the most.

windows doesn't record 720p games, erase it and record another one, with multiple aplication opened at the same time, people playing your game from another location, social networks always connected. For a console, that is too much. The x86-64 architecture means that it needs a complex OS like any other computer. 

Look the Wii U with its 1GB how its struggling, and that one is simpler.

PS4 has a dedicated chip to handle the video recording features. This isn't going to take up any system resources.

Wii U is struggling with 1GB because Nintendo is Nintendo. The Wii U was rushed to market, which is ironic considering the console itself should have came out at least a year earlier.