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PS4's 8GB RAM was kept secret from third-party devs until console reveal

Third-party developers were not aware that PlayStation 4 would include 8GB of GDDR5 RAM until Sony's reveal event in February - despite having received development kits long before the console's announcement.

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greenpowerz4036d ago ShowReplies(21)
Bathyj4036d ago

Ha.
You shouldnt underestimate the sneakiness.
Bubble for funny.

MariaHelFutura4036d ago

I thought it was funny too. Aparently people don't agree w/ us....

GameNameFame4036d ago (Edited 4036d ago )

xbox fanboy are saying it was increased to match 720.

As if Sony had to do anything to beat that weak @ss leaked spec.

Just hope that MS threw that entire dev kit out and made something more comparable...

Gazondaily4035d ago

Sorry I'm being blonde here, I can't see what's sneaky in that pic. Tell me!

@Gamenamefam and every one that agreed with him

What weak leaked specs? 8GB DDR is now weak? Sorry but how can people approve of such juvenile nonsense? It's the same kind of immature attitude of those who go out of their way of saying that the 360 came 'dead last', always inserting that word 'dead' in a desperate bid to put across their usually biased point.

Show some class N4G please!

Gamer19824035d ago

@septic watch mr deeds the movie and you will get the pic.
@gamenamefame MS cannot change there dev kits this late into cycle or they would have to delay the console launch for at least another year.

GameNameFame4035d ago

Yes. The leaked spec for 720 were very very weak.

slow gddr3 on grafix card?
weak GPU and etc.

It seems to me that you are throwing a tantrum at how weak the spec was. Show some dignity.... and stop crying to deny its weak spec

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showtimefolks4036d ago

8GB ram is amazing considering we are talking about a gaming console

Irishguy954035d ago

It's also a waste of money. Considering it's 8GB's RAM in a console that only needs 4 MAX.

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a_bro4036d ago (Edited 4036d ago )

well, it was obvious seeing that most of the games announced were working with 2gbs of ram.

seeing that makes you realize,just imagine if they go full power.

aCasualGamer4036d ago

Bro, pun intended... my mind would explode. Can it get any better than Driveclub?

a_bro4036d ago (Edited 4036d ago )

very interested in playing that game. a first person only racing game makes things very interesting, i mean, thats how racing games/drive sims should be played.

aCasualGamer4036d ago

They way they advertised it and presented it made it seem it will be more than just driving the cars, the way he checked the car out and everything. Maybe a more interactive "garage" feature will be implemented where you can buy parts and install them in first person view rather than automatically. Hope they experiment with that as it seems only natural for racing games to evolve more than just tuned racing gameplay.

Hope so atleast.

Jaqen_Hghar4036d ago

Indeed. A man sees this as most developers have seen PS4 at SSJ1, but it can indeed go to SSJ3!

Sharius4036d ago

or they will make this do the fusion-ha with PS vita?

Gamer19824035d ago

Makes sense to why the games were running on PC hardware too at the demo.

DivineAssault 4036d ago

Smart move.. This probably made MS think they had an advantage cuz im sure devs prolly gave them a heads up on what PS4 could do.. Then after the reveal, MS delayed their system announcement to try & make last minute upgrades lol.. Good job sony.. Keep everyone guessing & drop a bomb on that ass... They havent even shown what the console looks like & "other companies" are already scared of em..

riverstars864036d ago (Edited 4036d ago )

When did Microsoft delay their system announcement? The only reveal date that can be close to being confirmed is Major Nelson's E3 countdown. Please quit being a troll and actually contribute to the community instead of being a pest.

Salooh4036d ago (Edited 4036d ago )

I don't care about how the ps4 will look. What would make sony get back to ps1/2 era are the games. Show unique and exciting with wow factor games and it will win. No limitation and don't make it like if it's a gift and waste time by showing off . That would make me soooooo excited for it. I already convinced to buy it day one but i need wow factor again to feel like we are getting something special .

Even though they released the vita with limitations i think sony learned it was a mistake. They already said they want the hardware to be simple and easy to use. Vita isn't so i think they did learn that..

Personally, I feel like i'm bored of gaming so i really need that..

Sithlord-Gamble4036d ago

What are you talking about?
Developers have done nothing but praise the Vita for how easy it is to develop for.
You should probably check your facts before you make statements like that.

Salooh4035d ago

I'm talking about us who are limited not the developers.

fermcr4036d ago

Stop making things up. MS never delayed their system announcement.

riverstars864036d ago

Let's disagree with facts. Shows the overall intelligence of some individuals on this website.

_-EDMIX-_4035d ago

how can either of you state whether it's a fact or not when its a rumor to begin with that was delayed?

those disagrees are from the people who know the sources that leaked the announcement also leaked Sony's announcement of the PlayStation 4.

in my opinion if the sources leaked out PlayStation 4 specs and announcements date they clearly know 720's as well. at this point it's difficult to dispute the credibility.

riverstars864035d ago

@edmix

Dude it is a rumor, not fact. The only hint that Microsoft gave about a possible announcement is Major Nelson's E3 countdown. ( http://www.geek.com/games/m...

I get that the source may be credible, but do you really believe that all their rumors come to fruition? We live in an age where people believe whatever they see on the Internet, let's not be naive and believe every little rumor that comes out. When people pass rumors as facts, it shows how naive and uneducated people really are.

Snookies124036d ago

@DivineAssault and fermcr - First off, you can't confirm that Microsoft delayed anything, though saying he's making it up is untrue as well. They could very well have delayed a potential showing of their console. We don't know one way or the other, unless we work with MS lol. (Probably not even then...)

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Arai4036d ago

Just want to point something out regarding the article.
The author seems to think DDR5 = GDDR5, which it isn't.
The PS4 uses 8GB of GDDR5, which is found on most modern graphics cards.

Wanted to clear that up so people aren't confused.

Snookies124036d ago

Yeah, it would be kinda crazy if it had 8 gigs of DDR5 ram lol.

dcbronco4036d ago (Edited 4036d ago )

It would be...futuristic.

Arai haven't you learned. Never tell the truth.

@Snookies. Check Arai's post. DDR5 doesn't exist yet. It's GDDR5. DDR4 won't be out until late this year or early next.

Snookies124036d ago (Edited 4036d ago )

Disagrees? People want DDR5 even though it would cost an arm and a leg?

RegorL4036d ago

@Snookies12 if I ever develop a graphics chip I will call it leg and run it in SLI.

Why?

This mobile has four arms and two legs...

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mkis0073h ago

Such a good game to me. Crazy how different peoples opinions can get.

Crows903h ago(Edited 3h ago)

For me it wasn't that surprising. There was some bad press before. There's also the matter and element of a person's disposition when trying out a certain game. Sometimes you're just not really into the type of game that you're playing so you put it down because you don't like it. Not necessarily because it's a bad game but because you're just not up for something like this. Reviewers have a tough because no matter what they feel like playing they've got to play what's releasing.

I have many times gone back to games that I put down only to thoroughly enjoy them the second time around because either there wasn't another exciting game coming out around the same time or I just had no other games to play and haven't played that type of game in a while. I'm not the type of person that can just play a souls game through all this iterations one after the other without getting burnt out on the formula.

In my opinion this game was great from the start. Some bugs here and there but nothing worse than the most AAA releases during the same time after and before. All I did was wait one week and I had a phenomenal time with the game. No other zombie survival game comes close to how I thoroughly enjoyed this one

-Foxtrot2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Yeah I thought it was pretty decent, it had its flaws but for their first big console single player open world game it's a solid 8/10.

I have never seen an AAA "zombie" game feature as many enemies as the horde sections did, you really had to think about your surroundings and plan carefully.

I feel journalists had an issue with this game from the moment it was announced, they really didn't like the Biker characters and the overall Biker gang theme. If they were anything else I feel it would have had a better chance or at least they'd overlook some of the flaws like they do for certain other open world games. They don't mind waiting weeks or months for a patch knowing its coming but a game that has it Day 1 it's suddenly a big no no? Yeah this was one of those moments that showed you how they cherry pick who to suddenly decide to go harsh on when they want to.

mkis0072h ago

Ill never forget the reviewer who tried to claim the "ride me like you ride your bike" line was anything but a joke...they (sarah and deacon) explicitly call it a joke and the reviewer still misinformed the reader about it as if it was a literal thing.

Michiel19891h ago

the score on metacritic is 71 from journos, its 9 points lower than your review so stop making stuff up. They didn't hate it from the start, they on average just liked it slightly less than you.

-Foxtrot1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

@Michiel1989

I'm not making anything up, they held a grudge against it and made stuff up themselves like mkis007 has just pointed out. That 71 on Metacritic is why it didn't get a sequel.

Anyway how can I make anything up when I didn't even mention metacritic in my original post?

Leeroyw3h ago

Second act of that game far surpassed the first. Which is why people felt it didn't live up to the hype of the trailers. Personally I loved it. But it was a slog to get your bike and weapons up to skill.

Inverno3h ago

Was gonna post a brick wall of text but I'll keep it short. Pardon my French but f**k the media for the hate they gave this game. If you have a PC to play it on you can get it as low as 10 bucks, and if you have a PS then it's a no brainer. Totally worth a play.

phatak3h ago(Edited 2h ago)

I don't even comment here often but had to for this game, I still stand by my opinion that this was one of the top 10 games of the ps4 generation, I preferred days gone over god of war, horizon and last of us 2, the launch version was definitely piss poor and that messed up the reviews for this game, honestly some games deserve a re-review or post patch review as the metacritic score stays forever but the reality is its not even the same game anymore, the ps5 patch is amazing and the pc version which I play on nowadays is one of the best looking games ever, complete shame that we wont get a sequel, god of war got one, horizon got one, last of us got one, spider man got one,ghosts of tshushima about to get one but this game wont get one, sucks to be honest.

Ps3/360 era had some hidden underated games for me it was shadows of the damned, alice madness returns that deserved more sales and a sequel/ higher scores, and similarly for the ps4 era it was days gone, and dying light 1 that deserved much more love, dying light atleast got a sequel, everyone needs to play this game once and judge for themselves, for me its officially the most underrated game of the ps4 era, go play it if you haven't.

andy852h ago

Awesome game. Just bought it for my laptop last week

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