8gb really is not that much. In the next 2-3 years, it will be nothing. I wish they had put atleast 16gb. It's not like ram cost too much.
Why is it unoptimized? If you have the memory, you should use it. He can have tons of stuff loaded/cached in memory without the need to manage it extensively. If he can essentially fit the entire game in memory, then that's a huge plus.
it's already become the common nicknameYou can trust him to be 100% unbiased as he is calling it the xbone....
Sounds unoptimized
Why all the hostility? If you've got the RAM use the RAM.
My only concern about PS4 is loading times.
Sounds unoptimized
never heard a rape victim say they wish their attacker had more ram.
You can get 32GB of DDR3 for less than $100. He can use all the RAM he wants.What crock of bs. It's easy for any app to use 5Gb lol.
He probably should stay away from technical talks.
never heard a rape victim say they wish their attacker had more ram.
...baaaaaaaaaaaaaaad joke
Reducing directional lightmap, texture and sound quality should reduce the memory consumption a lot.Isn't the Witness scheduled for iOS - he only has 1GB available to him on those platforms though.
Isn't the Witness scheduled for iOS - he only has 1GB available to him on those platforms though.
Isn't the Witness scheduled for iOS - he only has 1GB available to him on those platforms though.
The game is already on the hard disk. How hard would it be to implement a streaming technology. Surely they must be used to stuff like that from programming on PS360.
Isn't the Witness scheduled for iOS - he only has 1GB available to him on those platforms though.
That is exactly what his tweets imply. Why spend time optimizing and breaking up your game into chunks if you can focus on the actual gameplay and game concepts? This is good for indie devs who do not have the resources nor the time to do it.
Quick Thoughts.
Yes, it's unoptimized, but thats not a huge sin.
Memory optimization can take a lot of work to get right. Its why a lot of PC programs have horrible memory footprints, even when they're made by decent sized companies. For a small development team, with fewer resources to throw at a game, that sort of memory optimization doesn't make sense.
Larger teams will optimize for memory use, at least they will later into the console life-cycle. Even indie teams will do it eventually, though, probably not to the same degree they had to for the PS360.
Actually, I shudder to think just how much system memory the NEXT next gen consoles will have. I mean, what, are we going to see console with 32GB of system memory by the end of the decade?
wait:
witness ps4-exclusive (on consoles)
xbone has 5gb ram available for games
guy says they are using 5gb now
guy says "wants to use over 5gb"
little comments to xbone
- cheap ram
- why not more ram?
oookay... and people accuse ms because of buying comments.
Sounds unoptimized
How clueless does one have to be to think that using ram that's available means unoptimised?
If you are clueless enough to need and answer here it is:
Proper clueless.
Or maybe the man hours needed to optimise the game could be put to better use elsewhere.
People should stop using the word "lazy".
This is just a cheap shot too Microsoft. Because this game should also run on pc and tablets right. This guy is getting annoying and kinda sad. Just release your game. And bragging about using too much resources as a games programmer is a rep killer. If he said the game only uses 1gig then i would say dam.
This is a very specific memory count hence just a way too fire up the fanboys.
If he said the game only uses 1gig then i would say dam.
This is just a cheap shot too Microsoft. Because this game should also run on pc and tablets right. This guy is getting annoying and kinda sad. Just release your game. And bragging about using too much resources as a games programmer is a rep killer. If he said the game only uses 1gig then i would say dam.
The game is already on the hard disk. How hard would it be to implement a streaming technology. Surely they must be used to stuff like that from programming on PS360.
That's because you have no idea what you're talking about.
The amount of clueless people in this thread has made me say dam.
If he wanted to fire up fanboys with the ram comment he'd say 6gb. XO has 5gb available ram, so him stating 5gb is being used doesn't mean anything negative to the XO.
come on he has 2 more GB to fill up why even mention you filled up 5gb if optimization is not part of your plan. Also dont get why he isnt focussing on memory management if he plans on releasing on pc and ipad? Most gamer pc are quiet loaded but gpu still have limited memory size.