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Forspoken PC Requirements Confirm That RAM Specs Are Going Up

Luminous Productions shared the final system requirements of Forspoken and they're very high, especially when it comes to RAM, GPU, and CPU.

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jznrpg503d ago

I used 16GB 15-16 years ago when I quit PC gaming so 32 Gb shouldn’t be an issue when you can put 64GB in most mobos . I would put 64 if I was still PC gaming

Crows90503d ago

Except how many gb of ram do consoles have?

Now you see it don't make much sense.

Mr Logic503d ago

You cannot assume that a PC will have a fast SSD so you compensate by pulling assets into RAM ahead of time. It's not that complicated.

bangoskank503d ago

Can a console run the game at 60fps in 4k?

SpacedDuck503d ago

Makes perfect sense when a PC will destroy visually what any of the current gen consoles can do and the fact you are.......I don't know running an entire OS on top of the game and background programs.

MadLad503d ago

@spacedduck

Developers typically don't factor in what might be going on in the background. Of course they factor in the OS, but their ram needs are kind of ridiculous and tells me they didn't focus on optimization, and basically want PC gamers to simply power through it.

Not surprising, considering the company.

Anomander502d ago

@crows90
It makes sense if you want to run it higher than 4k@60 with all the bells and whistles turned up on PC.

Profchaos502d ago

That's an apple to oranges comparison though.
Windows 11 requires 4gb of ram alone nowadays and runs like garbage with anything under 16 from my experience.

You also have the overhead of other background tasks scheduled processes on demand AV scans etc.

In comparison a console has a minimal OS with one purpose run games and get out of the way when the user is playing games in terms of background resource utilisation the ps5 uses 512mb dedicated to the os in background mode.

They are not the same looking at consoles as a benchmark for ram isn't technically accurate

Hofstaderman502d ago (Edited 502d ago )

Simple: optimised for the console.

LordoftheCritics502d ago (Edited 502d ago )

My assumption is that these games will store entire map data on the ram to avoid issues with PC gamer's not owning the fast console ssd's.

PC gamers are beginning to adapt to all the faster SSD and GPU's but this safeties the larger population.
Just my guess.

It's the 3070 at 30fps that is extremely concerning. That thing is a beast so either the game is going to be MASSIVE in scale or a massive turd.

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lelo2play502d ago

"Forspoken PC Requirements Confirm That RAM Specs Are Going Up"

I smell Forspoken will be unoptimized crap on PC.

Hofstaderman502d ago

And Square seldom releases patches. DLC, yes…

Eonjay502d ago

I mean I think it will be fine with AMD behind this so hard. And keep in mind the 32 is only for max settings. These specs are for native res too. I doubt FSR will be as demanding at all. I think we should get some good results.

Sonic1881503d ago

I'm glad I have 64GB of ram. Don't have to worry about that this generation

deleted502d ago (Edited 502d ago )

Yea, I just put in an extra 64gb for a total of 80gb DDR5-4800 2 weeks ago. That is absolutely overkill though, and I didn't do it for gaming. I work professionally in Photoshop, Illustrator, Blender, etc where 64gb+ is recommended for working with multiple very large files at once.

It's nice not having to worry about ram with gaming, but it's absolutely not necessary if that's your only purpose.

I don't see any reason Forspoken should recommend 32gb, other than it's poorly optimized. There are plenty of other demanding games that get by just fine w 16gb.

**But I do agree it's nice not to have to worry.

lonewolf10503d ago

32GB for 4k plus gaming, to be expected now, 24GB at recommended, that has always seemed odd to me I like to keep RAM matched in all ways.

Sano24503d ago

Triple channel memory perhaps? Three matching sticks of 8GB

lonewolf10503d ago

Thanks, but I know what it is, Intel only, but to specify 24GB as recommended is odd. It is my OCD on seeing variance from 8 to 16 to 32 ranges.

Mr Logic503d ago

No such thing as triple channel memory. If you have 3 sticks they're running either single channel or flex mode.

mkis007502d ago

Mr logic

I dunno if you just meant anymore, but there was triple channel at one point..I had it.

ActualEngineer502d ago (Edited 502d ago )

@Mr logic, modern high end CPUs use quad and even octa-channel ram. If you look at the EPIC and threadripper CPUs, they are quad channel and also the thread ripper PRO are octa-channel. Some Xeons are quad channel aswell as the top of the line intel CPUs up to the 10th gen.

Also If you study computer science, in theory you can create as many channels you want if your approach is systemic and passes over to the CPU and bridge design.

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FinalFantasyFanatic503d ago

That just screams optimized to me, will probably be a bad PC port, Square-Enix has a history of bad PC ports.

FinalFantasyFanatic502d ago

I just realized I made a spelling mistake, for anyone who couldn't realize, "optimized" was meant to be "un-optimized".

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Days Gone Director Says Bend's Project Costs Over $250M; Says PS Co-CEO Doesn't Want 2 Zombies Games

Days Gone director claims Sony has already poured in at least a $250M in Bend's project; says Days Gone sold more than Death Stranding.

shinoff21833d ago

Well that sucks. Seems they want more online trash. I'd rather of had the sequel if it was single player

MrNinosan2d ago

What online trash games did PS Studios release last 10 years?

Notellin2d ago

The past has nothing to do with the future. This is such a terrible argument. Everyone knows about their current live service push.

_SilverHawk_2d ago

It's so tragic what happened to days gone. It is such an amazing game but bandwagoners trashed it and it underperformed in it's launch year. Days gone is the best open world zombie game released in the past five years. I was recently playing it on pc and I'm still amazed by it.

Games are very expensive to make and it seems like it's normal for a AAA game to cost over a quarter billion to make so if a quality game like days gone greatly underperforms then people shouldn't be upset when they see a lot of GAAS. I still remember a lot of bandwagoners calling days gone trash but years later it's now amazing when it's considered a failure by sony.

If a game isn't the best thing seen since hats with pockets then a lot of gamers who haven't played it automatically calls it rubbish and whoever made it should be incarcerated

Cacabunga2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Co CEO prefers gamers to boycott.. so be it. I’ll never buy a gaas.
Just imagine buying a game you cannot replay in some years.. this shit must stop.

Days Gone did zombies in a very original way. The story was also so engaging. You actually only meet Zombie hordes later in the game. There are many more enemy groups to deal with.

MrNinosan2d ago

@Notelin
I am one of the few who bought Days Gone on release day and loved it completely.
However, "more online trash" is phrased like Sony has put out alot of trash online games.
We got what, 2 games? Helldivers 2 and GT7, 2 of the most sold Playstation games where both is loved by millions.

You, me and especially shinoff has no idea if Fairgames, Marathon and Concord will be trash.

Just because we (as in you and me) don't love or support online games, doesn't mean millions of other do.

And we don't know what Bend Studio is working with? We don't know if they're forced to make a online game or another amazing single player experience.

The only thing we do know is that it's not Days Gone, sadly due to poor sales the first 6 months.

shinoff21832d ago (Edited 2d ago )

More online trash wasmt meant how insee it comes across. I should've worded it different I was meaning the focus they currently have on it.

Anything online is online trash to me. How long did naughty dog spend on that dumba last of us multiplayer, how about Concord, or even the other couple we hear about. I fk with Sony because rpgs and their 1st party single player games. Been like that for years. I hate seeing them waste time, money, and talent on trash. I understand bot every game is gonna be for me but this focus they've seem to had on multiplayer is extremely disheartening. Even at the state of play the only things I was really feeling were Astrobot and silent hill 2 and I'm content with that, not everything is for me. It's just the online focus I hate. Ms bought up 3 to 4 wrpgs developers, Sony just ignores rpgs 1st party wise.

And a days gone 2 would've been much better then whatever online sht bend is working on. I do know sometimes I get very idk emotional. I do need to work on toning that down a bit lol

SimpleDad1d 17h ago

Ammm let's see... That All-stars, Foamstars, Babilon 5 wass gaas...
Concord... can wait to play that...Marathon uuuu... Last of them gaas... U
Horizon Zero dawn has a project that leaked as a Fortnite lookalike.

They bought Destiny that is a dead gaas...people love ti.

Helldivers 2 was luck.

Jimbo was all in and pushed Sony single player games 5 years behind.

Spiderman gaas was cancelled... I mean every 1st party studio was doing gaas.

Bend had to pitch a gaas game... Open world coop something

I can't remember more... Of that crap.

tay87011d 16h ago

@simpledad. Destiny 2 isn't a dead game. Its the number 5 most played game on steam. I dont play it, but alot of people do.

MrNinosan1d 12h ago

@SimpleDad
You failed to mention a single PS Studios game that has been released last 10 years.
Either your reading skills are crap or you think Sony own every studio in the world.

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just_looken1d 12h ago

I rolled my eyes at concord not only was it just yet another cookie cutter hero shooter but that qucik look for the hero select.

Already has a free section then paid section along with a they/them she/her dei crap top right.

Nothing like a day off of work to fire up concord to read about the new characters sexual identity and or preference then a paywall do you want o buy this character shit like no i just want to shoot my gun have fun.

-Foxtrot3d ago

It would be a shame if it was true that Hermen never gave the franchise a chance simply because he didn't like it and they already had a "Zombie" game with TLOU.

NaughtyDog are most likely moving onto a new IP next so it would have been the perfect time to do it.

ThinkThink2d ago

Here's where xbox steps in and releases state of decay 3 day and date on ps5.

shinoff21832d ago

I mean it's not out of the realm of possibility at this point.

Grilla2d ago

Days gone 2 was canceled before Herman was in charge. That happened like 4 years ago.

vfl5232d ago

4 years ago he was head of Playstation Studios. He would've probably had a hand in the cancelation.

Notellin2d ago

Man two seconds of research could have saved you from this comment. Amazing work Grilla you fit in with the uniformed N4G community who speaks before verifying anything that they say.

Redemption-642d ago

Maybe encourage people to buy the game at full price and not when it's heavily discounted or go on plus. If this game had sold well when it was full priced a sequel would have been in the works. They made a single-player game that most people didn't support until they dropped the price.

Cacabunga2d ago

The guy’s just a moron.. he should have stayed within game development. His choices will have a terrible impact on the brand in the long run.

tay87011d 21h ago (Edited 1d 21h ago )

Dude is pretty pathetic. Sounds like a guy who's girl left him for someone better. Always talking about days gone sequel that never was, even though he is no longer at bend and hasnt been for a while. I for one am not upset about the lack of a sequel. It is one of the worst 1st party games in recent memory. Completely jank, played like an xbox game. The only redeeming quality was the hordes.

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excaliburps2d ago

Yep. Kind of weird since it wasn't a sales flop, no?

I know we have to take what Ross says with a grain of salt since we're hearing just one side of the story, but even so, the game wasn't bad at all. Heck, it's my brother's favorite last-gen game from what I recall.

The amount of zombies on screen, imagine that with the PS5 and SSD? That would be insanely fun!

Grilla2d ago

Most copies were sold on sale. Not enough ppl bought it at full price. I paid 20$ for it 6 -7 months after release.

Notellin2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Yeah we should never believe the creators side until we hear the corporate/big business side as history has shown we should always believe billion dollar corporations.

What a bootlicker statement.

derek2d ago

@Notellin, of course you'll believe an embittered ex-employee with an axe to grind because it's evil Sony he's complaining about. You guys act like days gone was this huge success and somehow Sony hates easy money a sequel would have generated. The game was mid and so was the response to it. They're still supporting the developer who is making a new ip that could be great.

shinoff21832d ago

Days gone was fantastic. I bought day one but didn't get around to it for months. When I finally did I was pissed at myself for waiting so long lol

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P_Bomb2d ago

Well I don’t want 10 live service games, but they have no problem doing that lol. Ugh.

CrimsonWing692d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Oh great so we only get what the big wigs want… y’know, the people that really have their fingers on the pulse of what their consumers want. Faaaaantastic!

rippermcrip2d ago

Well consider they know the sales... they do know what the consumer wants.

It sold shit.

-Foxtrot2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

But if it’s true what this guy says it sold better than Death Stranding

Yet that got a sequel and Kojima aside out of them both DS didn’t really NEED a sequel compared to Days Gone which ended on such a cliff hanger twist.

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Greetings from the newly minted CEO - Shams Jorjani

Operating under the username BigKahuna_AGS, Jorjani created a lengthy thread on the Helldivers subreddit to introduce himself to the community following his appointment as CEO in early May.

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Frostpunk 2 Dev Talks Creative Risks, Supply and Demand, and More

Game Rant speaks with Frostpunk 2 co-game director and design director Jakub Stokalski about everything 11 bit poured into the sequel.

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