Some random dude from some random website tweeted out this detail that he had some news about PS4's RAM. Xboners, looking for anything positive regarding their console of choice, clearly took it as PS4's RAM is getting downclocked or RAM type changed/cut in half. Chaos ensues. Turns out it was absolutely nothing.
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Some random dude from some random website tweeted out this detail that he had some news about PS4's RAM. Xboners, looking for anything positive regarding their console of choice, clearly took it as PS4's RAM is getting downclocked or RAM type changed/cut in half. Chaos ensues. Turns out it was absolutely nothing.
Maklershed
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Oh man haha. There's just way too much time between now and the console releases. Too much time to speculate and go nuts.
GungHo
Single-handedly caused Exxon-Mobil to sue FOX, start World War 3
What the hell is that?
Host Samurai
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I don't know what this really means, but I hope its fake.
Can Crusher
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Kideo consoles wanting to grow up and become PC's. For shame.
TheKaeptain
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Why is it so fucking bloated? Are the OS' for both systems going to be full of a bunch of bullshit?
Well Sony's ram is still better than Xbone's. Nothing they can really say.
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Deleted member 47027
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I just don't have any faith in Sony making a competent OS, I don't think size is the issue.
Vita OS, while it doesn't look great, runs really well.
Maklershed
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This is really my concern. I was all pumped for the PS4 and after the XB1 shit hitting the fan I mostly had my mind made up that I was gonna get the PS4 first. But then all this stuff started happening to remind me how terrible the PS3 is - the constant updates, the update that bricked systems, the store is sluggish as hell, TLoU wouldnt play for me at first (after dling and installing an hours worth of patch), my friends list never loads completely/correctly, I get random disconnects from the media server, etc etc. Meanwhile, stuff on the 360 just works. Granted it takes like 20 to 30 seconds to log on initially but once you do that you're good to go.
Reminds me of this ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU2w72KAkQQ
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Deleted member 47027
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Agreed, so far.
...what? Wow, that's awesome. Love the Winnebago Man.
I just don't get how people expect Sony to reduce the bloat over time. It's always going to bloat. Always always. Features > Speed to a board of directors, to people making decisions.
sazabirules
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I've never had any of those issues that Mak had with the PS3.I won't be buying any Microsoft consoles street having my 360 break three times.
Can Crusher
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Personally I think it's pretty funny. PC sales are declining? Let's make a PC for the living room.
I can only guess the bloating is all the social features like last 15 min always recorded and live steaming.
Unlike a PC, all of those features have to run just as well as they do alone as they do with anything else running along with the game...can't have slow downs. So they have to give it space. Along with just leaving some buffer for future features.
That said, it's a lot of damn space. I have 8gb on my PC and almost never use more than 4. 2gb more from the video card, but almost no game actually uses that actively. Most games that push over 2gb right now, do so because they can. It's not a requirement, they just determine what's available and store more in it.
Unlike a PC, all of those features have to run just as well as they do alone as they do with anything else running along with the game...can't have slow downs. So they have to give it space. Along with just leaving some buffer for future features.
That said, it's a lot of damn space. I have 8gb on my PC and almost never use more than 4. 2gb more from the video card, but almost no game actually uses that actively. Most games that push over 2gb right now, do so because they can. It's not a requirement, they just determine what's available and store more in it.
I want the memory I was promised! Cerny lied!
bone_and_sinew
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I don't care one bit of any of this memory crap with Dragon's Crown coming in a week and a half. It just makes me shrug my shoulders due to my Rule of Two (I wait two years after a console launch before taking the plunge). I actually *gasp* wait to see how stuff is implemented and what library they can grow.
More importantly, friends, Yod da God is fighting tonight on the channel formerly known as HDNet.
More importantly, friends, Yod da God is fighting tonight on the channel formerly known as HDNet.
That and when MS revealed that the Xbox One's OS took 3gbs of ram many posters swore that PS4's OS would take 1gb at most.
Can Crusher
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For who? And for when?
Because those 4.5 gigs that look like a ton of memory today, will look like shit in two years time. Hell, maybe in 1 year time even.
let me know when you find the one that plays naughty dog games
polyh3dron
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Can Crusher
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You can buy a system for 50$ and another for 150$.
Let me know when you can buy a 399$ system that plays Naughty Dog games.
If you're willing to pick things up as they come on sale, a pretty damn god system.
If you want it all at once, a fairly good system, just have to optimize things.
Is that 800 including a monitor or any peripherals?
TheKaeptain
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If I get back into gaming it will be when the next Metal Gear is released.
sazabirules
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I assume Phantom Pain will come out next year.
Host Samurai
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Fuck it. Im gonna just gonna play Super Nintendo forever folks.Screw these consoles.
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Deleted member 47027
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are those still games? they feel like guided cinemas
dream
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For everyone, at anytime. Look at the results you're getting right now on mid range PCs with a mere gig of VRAM and maybe 4 gigs of system ram. 4.5 gigs just encourages bloat, laziness, and not bothering to optimize code.
Ouya/iOS future.
Host Samurai
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Thinking about it and its only $100, but I got 2 modded Xboxes so I got my shit covered.
Very much so. Even if this news is true, I expect many early games to be horribly optimized.
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Deleted member 47027
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not unlike the shit SNK did in the Neo-Geo age. They had a ton of space to work in, and were encouraged to talk about their games being ENORMOUS as it was unoptimized. People saw a big number and thought it was better.
Of course the Neo-Geo was dope as fuck but still.
I just bought XCOM for iPad. Next gen is here.
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