720 will Decide if WiiU RAM is enough.

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Grandia said:

VGKing said:
There's so much wrong with this I don't even know where to start....

1. Rumors say 3GB is reserved for OS and 5 for games. Seems a bit much to me so having the OS memory reduced to 1 or 2 GB is very likely.

2. RAM isn't everything. Based on Xbox 720 rumors, it is a generation ahead of the Wii U in terms of tech. Wii U won't be able to run games built for next-gen systems. It's already not getting UE4 and many other engines that will power AAA games.

PS4 and XBOX 720 GPUs anyways only work with 2GB RAM.

Not sure why this is being leaned on so heavily by some forum goers. PS4's GPU will be capable of doing much more than 2GB worth the work. This is not in a PC enviornment, there is no comparision that can be made to a similar chip in a PC. The PS4 GPU has optimizations that no AMD GPU on the market right now has. I suspect that the XB3 GPU will also be of more advanced arc than current AMD GPU's, and will even furthur be helped by the speculated move engines. 

Both 8GB consoles will be capable of using all the available RAM, and over the course of gen 8 they will use it more and more effectivly. All 3rd party engines are going to be optimized to the 8 core CPU's, and the GPU's in PS4/XB3. All next gen games will be built with a target of  ~6GB of RAM. 

No matter what MS does with memory WiiU will not compete. Not because it is not capable. It will be just as capable as Wii was at running PS3/360 games. The only difference is this gen devs have no interest in supporting the system. They already have engines optimized for PS3/360, they have 150M userbase on those platforms. They will support those platforms until the scales tip to the point of games on PS4/XB3 are profitable, and then they will stop seeing support. 

This is based what has been said by publishers, developers, engineers, and industry veterans. The PS4 and XB3 are greater than the sum of their parts, development is shifting to a much greater scope with 8GB consoles as the new base, and 3rd parties are fed up with Nintendo.