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[Croyles]

The same people were also disgusted that anyone would ever think of paying money to play online. We had threads here daily calling out people as morons for ever paying for online. Now that Sony's doing it also those threads seem to have disappeared....

Well now there's no choice any more is there? Unless you go with Wii U, which is fair enough.

Gaf is not a hivemind despite what people think. Not all fans of Sony and not all fans of MS form a consensus.

For the record, people who said "hurr durr XB1 only uses 5 of it's 8 gb" argument were just silly, and wasn't one of the prevailing arguments against the console pre-180.

 

[JaggedSac]

Ah thuway dropping the number. None of my guys let me say anything.

Sounds like DF needs better Sony sources.

 

[Iced_Eagle]

So essentially the PS4 and XO both have 5GB available to devs?

Going to be interesting to see the comparisons between multi-plat games. 5GB is a great amount available to devs, and also gives Sony some room to grow their software.

I just hope that Sony isn't going to do what they did with the PS3 and not make any radical changes to the OS itself. Sony's been changing the store a lot, but XMB has stayed relatively static compared to the 360's OS.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

yep! lol. The sad thing is this 6gb is just guess by thuway based on his opinion, and people are acting like its confirmed. sign...people want to believe it so bad.

I don't think it is "just his opinion"

At least going by BruceLeeRoy's comment, and thuway's subsequent response.

 

[Guymelef]

I just got this feeling,
this feeling in my feathers,
that only a Dr. Bird would get,
That it's 6 GB .

justmyopinion mang.

Good bird!!!

 

[Lifesontheline]

So how is the six allocated If Leadbetter is totally wrong? Just interested to find out.

 

[noobasuar]

...I hope the incredibly irony of your post isn't lost on you.

It is. Please explain so my tiny brain can understand.

 

[Kolgar]

I think Bruce just corroborated the number.

Pre-order vindicated!

Shame about the folks who canceled, lol.

EDIT:

6 GB? FUCK!

Is it too late to get my pre-order back?!?!

LOL

 

[something fishy]

Until you realize it's about a gaming console, look outside your window, and see the sun shining.

I think I'll go for a bike ride.



Nice

I would have done but I've been down the beach kayaking since I posted that.

 

[Claude Kenni]

yep! lol. The sad thing is this 6gb is just guess by thuway based on his opinion, and people are acting like its confirmed. sign...people want to believe it so bad.

It's being intimated that that's not the case. Though obviously this being the fourth different amount we've thought it was in the last couple days we should wait for official confirmation.

 

[Chamber]

6 GB? FUCK!

Is it too late to get my pre-order back?!?!

 

[JohnnySasaki86]

It's 6GB.

Says who? nothing is confirmed!

 

[Thaumaturgic Tomato]

In the stifling heat of the summer afternoon, thuway has thrown the thread into an energizing and frosty pool of refreshment

 

[Instigator]

yep! lol. The sad thing is this 6gb is just guess by thuway based on his opinion, and people are acting like its confirmed. sign...people want to believe it so bad.

Pretty much.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

It is. Please explain so my tiny brain can understand.

Hey Noobasuar is back. Now that neither console has BC and the populace didn't care I thought you and Dead Evil were giving up gaming.

 

[Bunta]

6 GB? FUCK!

Is it too late to get my pre-order back?!?!

 

[I am Michael Bolton]

It is. Please explain so my tiny brain can understand.

lol.

 

[Wynnebeck]

yep! lol. The sad thing is this 6gb is just guess by thuway based on his opinion, and people are acting like its confirmed. sign...people want to believe it so bad.

LOL The confirmation bias is strong in this one. No one is acting like anything is confirmed because we don't have hard evidence however, we are gettin information from several legit sources that are leading us in a definite direction. Stop being so salty.

 

[Thanati]

6 GB? FUCK!

Is it too late to get my pre-order back?!?!

Sarcasm, right? Please tell me it is.

 

[Uno Venova]

Says who?

Posters with good sources.

 

[googleplex]

Ah thuway dropping the number. None of my guys let me say anything.

Bruce-motherfucking-Leeroy and the Bird coming through again. That means you can bank on 6 gigs of ram dedicated to games.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Says who? nothing is confirmed!

I don't think you understand who you are questioning >_>

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

ROFLMFAO!!! I am literally crying right now. I can't.. I can't LMAO!

 

[Wynnebeck]

Hey Noobasuar is back. Now that neither console has BC and the populace didn't care I thought you and Dead Evil were giving up gaming.

 

[CadetMahoney]

This 6gb is just guess by thuway based on his opinion, and people are acting like its confirmed. People want to believe it so bad.

Well, we'll just have to wait for something from Sony to be sure.

 

[OnFire331]

I'd be okay with 6GB. Enough for future-proofing both the games and the OS.

 

[I am Michael Bolton]

Hey Noobasuar is back. Now that neither console has BC and the populace didn't care I thought you and Dead Evil were giving up gaming.

He just jumped on the PC gaming train lol. I'm still waiting for him to admit his past douchebagery ways.

 

[Hidden One]

GUYS I JUST PRE-ORDERED PS4 BF4 EDITION.

 

[Odrion]

Tinfoil hat time: Sony intentionally planned the 4.5gb rumor to spread so they can make going from a speculative 7gb to an actual 6gb allocation look good.

 

[Draft]

Even thought it's less RAM than the Xbone it's faster so the performance should be relatively equal. This isn't anything to panic over.

 

[JohnnySasaki86]

I think Bruce just corroborated the number.

Well shit. So is it 5gb direct + 1gb flexible? Didn't notice Bruce confirming the birds post.

also if people seriously canceled there preorder over this they have the intelligence of a rock, some people...fuckin neogaf...

 

[I am Michael Bolton]

Even thought it's less RAM than the Xbone it's faster so the performance should be relatively equal. This isn't anything to panic over.

Less? It's basically confirmed it's 6GB of game ram.

 

[Niks]

Soo... 6 for games, 2 for everything else??

 

[MarkusRJR]

I don't understand why so much RAM is used for the OS on all of these next gen consoles. 1GB for Wii U, 3GB for Xbone, 3GB-3.5GB for PS4. Seriously, Windows doesn't even use nearly that much and has much more functionality and speed.

 

[R3TRODYCE]

GUYS I JUST PRE-ORDERED PS4 BF4 EDITION.

I preordered the Watchdogs bundle last night.

 

[Ishan]

Tinfoil hat time: Sony intentionally planned the 4.5gb rumor to spread so they can make going from a speculative 7gb to actual 6gb allocation look good.

Lol but frankly if I was working for Sony and I though some site was supporting ms ... I would get my devs to "leak" wrong information and destroy the fuck out their credibility .similarly if I worked for ms ...

 

[Evolution_1ne]

LOL The confirmation bias is strong in this one. No one is acting like anything is confirmed because we don't have hard evidence however, we are gettin information from several legit sources that are leading us in a definite direction. Stop being so salty.

No, no, no, let them have this, piece of mind is all it is, it's the only thing that will get them to shut the fuck up so we can end this circus of stupid

 

[I am Michael Bolton]

I don't understand why so much RAM is used for the OS on all of these next gen consoles. 1GB for Wii U, 3GB for Xbone, 3GB-3.5GB for PS4. Seriously, Windows doesn't even use nearly that much (well, probably more than the Wii U at least) and has much more functionality and speed.

Wii U I agree. It's a bloated mess and is one of the worst OS's around. Xbone and PS4 should be able to use the OS ram for some pretty sweet things.

 

[Daingurse]

Ah thuway dropping the number. None of my guys let me say anything.

And Whoomp, there it is. 6GB . . .

Sheeiit, I was learning to live with 5/5.5GB already.

 

[Raymo]

Tinfoil hat time: Sony intentionally planned the 4.5gb rumor to spread so they can make going from a speculative 7gb to actual 6gb allocation look good.

It's such a small percentage of their consumer base that actually cares about such a change. I don't think they would create a strategy for something so trivial.

 

[Kolgar]

Time to update the OP, looks like.

 

[Iced_Eagle]

Posters with good sources.

DigitalFoundry supposedly has access to the actual SDK which is going to have completely factual information for developers, and then we have "insiders" who give us hints, but don't outright confirm it or provide any actual proof. But they're "trustworthy" so people just blindly trust them. Yes, they may have been right in the past, but we all know that nobody is 100%, even insiders like CBOAT.

Honestly, as much as I like the insiders here, I'm going to trust the guys who are posting with their real names, on record, on their websites which they do for a living posting information that they got from the SDK documentation created by Sony.

 

[FINALBOSS]

I preordered the Watchdogs bundle last night.

Did you really?

My homey comin to dat darkside.

 

[Vashetti]

So is it 4.5, 5, 5.5, or 6 GB for games?

Been away from the thread for awhile and can't bring myself to browse through the idiocy.

 

[IcyEyes]

6gb are enough, really

 

[MarkusRJR]

Wii U I agree. It's a bloated mess and is one of the worst OS's around. Xbone and PS4 should be able to use the OS ram for some pretty sweet things.

I actually just checked and Windows 7 itself only uses 780mb or so. Wii U's OS is literally a slow bloated mess compared to it.

 

[something fishy]

Says who? nothing is confirmed!

Would make sense. 5 plus the flexible .5 and .5 page file is exactly what Df said.

 

[Kaako]

Tsk tsk tsk thuway, there was still much fun to be had. Give it a day or two next time man.

 

[JABEE]

Can someone explain to me who said it was 6 and how that would work?

 

[Templar_Dante]

Sounds like DF needs better Sony sources.

Or..more integrity. The last few weeks.. they've lost alot of my respect (7min debacle)