Yup changing the ram to GDDR5 at this stage would cost Microsoft millions and delay the console. Not going to happen.

That's the thing, I think a LOT of the people here really don't understand whatr am actually is. 

Nope, but if I didn't saw that outside of CNN and IGN (i.e. here) it is propably not a GENERAL Sony hater comment.

1. Better textures
2. More textures
3. More animations
4. More NPC's
5. More randomness
6. Larger worlds
7. More techniques (better types of lighting, DOF, AA)

In short, games will be made to accommodate less constraints. They will look fucking beautiful.

1, 2 & 3 is especially good for Naughty Dog :'D

I just assumed changing Ram would be simple seeing as Sony has apparently done so.. I didnt realise changing to a different type of Ram would be so time consuming though, thanks for the info

"BUt all that ramz is uzeless? No game will ever use all that in a million years!"

Its rigth if you are on PC ;D

It all depends and I'm going to say some tech stuff that could be wrong right now. The system would be built with a certain buz size and the motherboard would potentially need to be remade to accomodate it. This could change the size of the system, the heat, power draw, changing the power supply, the heat synchs, the fans, and the case. Then there is the code in the chip works in how the system utilizes memory, and the software code. Then there are all the devs that made a game using the old memory, and those game will have issues either running or won't be able to take advantage of the new specs for years.

MS also apparently had production yield issues last year and if a RAM change messes with any of that, though I'm not sure, it could be pretty rough. Essentially they would have to start making the parts all over to accomodate and delay their console a whole year.

Developers aren't going to have access to all that ram probably just 4 gig. at most 6 i think.

One thing to think of is: Even if a game only needs 4 GB of ram, it would still benefit of the increasing from 4 to 8 GB. It's the same reason why you won't put a single 4GB bar of RAM into your pc if you just want to have 4GB. you'd take two 2GB bars, because they together would be faster than one alone.

Paired with the fact we will see GDDR5 i think the main benefit should be faster loading times. better textures of course, but the loading times should do very well. maybe the next elder scrolls isn't that annoying when entering stores and stuff.

That is because it is the same program. Giving developers more RAM to work with allows them to add more to the program. Just like PSP going from 32MB to 64MB in later models. The games did not change becaus ethey were still the same code and the same assets. The RAM just made later PSP's more multi-functional. The same is true with N64.