What would less than 4GB RAM have meant for the Switch?

[Wman1996]

@ireadtabloids 

@HoangNhatAnh 

I'm not counting mid-gen refreshes, because RAM increases were usually expected for them. And they improve other specs besides RAM. So they're not in the same category as the PSP. 

@The_Yoda

Thanks for reminding me of that. It's a slightly similar situation. The difference is that the expansion pak is an accessory that you put into your N64. It was never built-in to an N64 SKU. Also, only select games required it. And other games didn't require it, but some were enhanced.

The N64 clearly should've just launched with 8 MB (even if that was a ton for a gaming console in 1996), or at the very least had an SKU in 1999 or 2000 that had the 8 MB RAM built-in.

Another interesting bit of history is the low RAM of the Famicom/NES. A lot of game cartridges added more RAM so the games could even run, like Super Mario Bros. 3. The Game Boy has about 4 times the RAM of the NES, if my calculations are correct. 

NES should've had more onboard RAM so that so many games didn't have to add it into the cartridge.