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There’s absolutely no way that Jonathan Blow’s new game, The Witness, could come to the Wii. The console is simply much too underpowered to handle the title. On the bright side, there is some hope for the future.

Regarding Wii U, Blow has apparently heard that it “has a lot more RAM” compared to current gen consoles. The comment was made when he was asked what he’d like to see in the next round of hardware.

“For this type of game, I do wish the new generation of consoles had come out by now. Even if it only meant slightly faster graphics processor and a lot more RAM. Because having more memory would make a huge difference to being able to bring a game like this to a console. It makes it much easier. When you look at the Wii U, I’m told it has a lot more RAM – that would be wonderful, although I’m unsure about that platform for other reasons, especially in light of the iPad. If that console succeeds, it would be a nicer place to bring the game than the 360, if only because it has more RAM.”

Perhaps Blow will consider creating a game for Wii U in the future… or perhaps he’ll think about bringing The Witness to Nintendo’s upcoming console…

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lol...why is this even a question (Wii U having more RAM than current generation systems)? It is using a CPU and GPU that is 2 generations higher compared to current generation systems. The logical thing is to at the very least DOUBLE the amount of RAM that any of current system has. Jeez, look at the 3DS (128MB FCRAM) and Vita (512 MB of DDR3) and one can see where the next generation of consoles are headed. Unless one is a Nintendo hater, it's easy to see the Wii U is gonna be a beast when it comes out!!!

lack of RAM was really a limiting factor this gen especially for the PS3, I could never understand why they always skimp on console RAM. Devs always complain about the lack of RAM on consoles.

Both Crytech, Carmack and CCP have stated that they want 4GB+ total RAM next gen, well Crytech actually said they wanted 8GB+ but I doubt they will get that I think 4-6GB. Rumors suggest that the Wii U has 1.5GB

Nope, you're wrong on the bolded part.

While I would have my doubts that Nintendo would use this much memory, in a market where gaming PCs have 16GB of memory and graphics cards with 1GB to 2GB of memory it would not be that surprising to see a system (like the Wii U) with 2GB to 4GB of high quality memory ...

Hypothetically speaking, if Nintendo was following the same basic strategy of hardware development that worked with the Gamecube, with how far technology has developed it is not out of the question that Nintendo could have (in the range of) 64 to 128 MB of memory embedded onto their CPU and GPU, and another 1 to 2 GB of RAM.

The N64 was more powerful than the Playstation and Saturn. Also the GC was more powerful than the PS2.

More RAM memory means less loading screens :)

Level1Death is correct. It's okay for being wrong, you're just a product of fanboy hype, bias, and ignorance. But hey, now you know!

I'm excited for the Wii U, but I also feel like it's going to be a repeat of this last generation as far as power goes. Nintendo used to be a powerhouse console developer, but they've apparently learned not to overshoot and now undershoot their competitors. It's fine but I do wish it was even more powerful.

I bet the Wii U has about 2GB's of ram

Of course Wii U will have a lot more RAM than current-gen systems. It's the only way it can compete with the PS4/720. More RAM means that even if the console is underpowered there will still be 3rd party support at the end of the consoles life cycle.