Firstly, I think this rumor is false. But if it turns out to be true, is a non-issue. I don't see why they wouldn't be able to reduce the amount of ram used by the OS. I think the xbox one will do the same for its OS also. It's to be expected.

I remember an old rumor from march: The ps4 was supposed to have 4gb or ram with 500mb used for the OS. I'm guessing since most games won't need more than 4gb of ram at launch - they decided to use the extra ram to make the OS as smooth as possible while working to optimize it.

Either way, if Battlefield 3 is only using 4 gb of ram (At the most)  and is running at 60 fps. I think we're doing fine.

There is no two ways about it: This is bad news for PS4 owners, and worst for people who use PS4 Ram as ammunition for XB1 vs PS4 arguements. True, your system has better ram but the amount is a lot less drastic.

Now it just comes down to the games, a slightly more powerful processor and being $100 cheaper.

Bad news for the people who kept going, "LULZ TEH PS4 HAZ 7 GIGZ OF RAMZORS! SUCK IT!". Certainly. Those people will say anything anyways and pretty much none of them know what they're talking about. Bad news for PS4 owners in general? Hardly. If this is true it simply means that both consoles have the same amount of a bunch of RAM that pretty much all developers will be hard pressed to use even in the next few years. Consider that we're currently getting games like Halo 4 and The Last of Us on consoles that have only half a gig of RAM. Now try to tell me that not having more than 5 gigs of RAM is bad news. Not to mention any Xbox fan that says so needs to realize they are simultaneously talking down their own console. If true, this would also mean that Sony has a ridiculously robust OS that would likely rival whatever Microsoft is doing to require that much RAM for its own.

The PS4 may end up having a more powerful processor when it's all revealed and we know for a fact that the GPU is more powerful. That's not what needs to be considered though. What's going to be more important this generation will be who gives the better overall experience. That's pretty much the way it's always been. For the three generations prior to this upcoming one, the winner was not decided by power but by games and how well it hooked people. Did it matter that the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 were inferior to their competition? No. They smoked the competition. Was the Wii horribly underpowered in its time? Most definitely but it blazed a trail and left Sony and Microsoft scratching their heads.

What we all need to remember is that we're all gamers and when companies compete like this we all win. We also need to remember that, just like this past generation, just because you didn't sell the most consoles doesn't mean you weren't amazingly successful. 

Is this confirmed ?

Not comfirmed. Still waiting on a comment from Sony.

Gotta love the IGN's comment section xD

Reading comments on ign, gamespot or gameinformer, i can't believe how many people react the way they do. So, ps4 has 4'5-5'5 gb gddr5 ram for games vs 5 gb ddr3 ram on xbox one and suddenly all the people are hailing xbox one as the better hardware. Maybe i'm an idiot that don't read it right, but..., if ps4 and xbox one have almost the same amount of ram for games, and ps4 have gddr5, in which dimension or reality xbox one is more powerful?? And not to forget that the gpu of ps4 is better too.

It's really stupid reading from xbox fans that ps4 is an epic fail because of the amount of ram, when xbox one is the same.....

If it does turn out to be true, then there's something good that can come out of it.

No more "no cross-game chat for PS3-like" situations for the PS4!

This is just the first closest thing to bad news towards the ps4.  the MS fans have been hiding in the shadows with all the crap from the XB1.   Now they have something, so they are going to make as much noise as they can.  And lets face it, they may not get another chance ;)

That is it! My Preorder is canceled.