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sethnintendo on 20 April 2014
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torok said:


8 GB isn't that uncommon, even on notebooks. I have 16 GB on my PC and it was damn cheap. Consoles have 8 GB. RAM increases all the time because it is relatively cheap. Here is an example:

http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptops/best-notebooks-of-the-year-2009.aspx?pid=11

This is the LaptopMag gaming notebook of the year for 2009. It had 6GB of RAM. Here is their current best:

http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/alienware-18.aspx

Rocking 32 GB. More than 5X more RAM. 

 

The console market won't jump past the PC one, but right now you have PCs with 16 or 32 GB, already more than a PS4/One. In five years it won't be hard to see rigs rocking 64 or 128 GB, maybe more. It's Moore's Law that dictates how much it will increase. In 6 years, for the same price you get 32 GB today, you will be able to buy 256 GB, so we can conclude that PS5 could easily get 64 GB for the same cost as 8 GB today. Remebering that the current PS4 memory architecture is not costly effective since they have to use 16 X 512MB memories.

I'm sure you bought that 16 GB (or probably built your own computer).  I was talking about the average PC coming with 6-8GB.  My PC came with 8 and is upgradeable to 16.  I'm thinking 16-32 GB range is more reasonable than 64+.  Right now I'm seeing 16GB costing around $120-150.  Sure prices drop over time but it seems that anything past 32GB is just overkill for the next generation.