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Forums - Nintendo - Emily Rogers: Switch has 4GB of ram in RETAIL units, leaked specs might not be farfetched

Barkley on 30 October 2016
Angelv577 said:
Is that enough to play current gen games such as the witcher 3 for example?

No, power hungry games such as Witcher 3, Mass Effect, GTA or future Elderscrolls/Fallout titles won't be going anywhere near the Switch.



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teigaga on 30 October 2016

The hybrid platform was never built around the idea of playing PS4 games. Why people keeping acting surprised with every piece of news is beyond me. Since the the origin of credible NX rumours they've all pegged it between Wii U and Xbox One.



Goodnightmoon on 30 October 2016

Ps3 and XB360 were plenty of games that required minimum 4 times more ram on their PC version than the ram that was available on those consoles. I don't think looking the PC requirements is a good way to know what would work and what wouldn't on the Switch.

4GB is impressive for a portable device, is twice as much as their previous home console and 16 times more than its previous handheld.



celador on 30 October 2016

Well for me personally, it's not a big deal. It being around twice as powerful as the Wii U, with the added portability and merging of game libraries makes it a good proposition for me still, but no doubting it's way behind the competition.



Volterra_90 on 30 October 2016

Well, I think that anybody who thought more than 4GB was being a little delusional. A 4GB RAM portable console is pretty good.



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pokoko on 30 October 2016
Angelv577 said:
Is that enough to play current gen games such as the witcher 3 for example?

Probably, provided the OS uses very little.  Is it enough RAM to run newer games well?  That's the real question.  Games are also going to continue to use more resources as they push the XO/PS4 closer to their limits.  

I think that developers who are willing to rework their games for the Switch can probably get them running.  How many are willing to do that?  I guess we'll find out.



Miyamotoo on 30 October 2016
daredevil.shark said:
Now a days cell phones have the same RAM (One Plus 3 has 6GB RAM). Plus even by 2013's standards it's behind PS4 and Xbox One. They can say goodbye to their third party support. Unless people call it handheld it's very underpowered by 2013 standard.

We already have confirmed list of 3rd party partners.

3GB RAM for games (PS4/XB1 have around 5GB for games), is enuf for PS4/XB1 3rd party ports in 720p.



Darwinianevolution on 30 October 2016
Barkley said:
Angelv577 said:
Is that enough to play current gen games such as the witcher 3 for example?

No, power hungry games such as Witcher 3, Mass Effect, GTA or future Elderscrolls/Fallout titles won't be going anywhere near the Switch.

Would they go near it if the Switch had the power, though?



You know it deserves the GOTY.

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Miyamotoo on 30 October 2016

4GB of RAM was very expected.

Have on mind that most likly 1GB Ram will be reserved for OS, that will leave 3GB of RAM for games, thats basicly 3x more than Wii U had for games. PS4/XB1 have around 5GB for games.



Barkley on 30 October 2016
Goodnightmoon said:

Ps3 and XB360 were plenty of games that required minimum 4 times more ram on their PC version than the ram that was available on those consoles. I don't think looking the PC requirements is a good way to know what would work and what wouldn't on the Switch.

4GB is impressive for a portable device, is twice as much as their previous home console and 16 times more than its previous handheld.

Yeah you're right, looking at PC requirements is definitely not accurate, but looking at other consoles is. Third Parties aren't exactly known for supporting Nintendo and half the ram gives them a reason not to.

But yes, Switch is a phenomenally powerful handheld console.