Do want! Just hope it doesn't cost me as much as the PS4 apparently after reading the previous story.

I guess the 3DS will reign portable gaming champ this generation.

who cares that GPU will still have 128 RAM when they reduced the amount of RAM for CPU by what 1/2 atleast? if they're cutting RAM and everything they can i doubt it's because they want to sell it for 250$ when they know Nintendo is selling their system for that much. it's probably 350-400$ right now(that screen alone is probably 100-150$).

Don't care. Just want.

The kind of games you find on Sony consoles = AUTOSALE

Not good. Not good at all. Not having 3g or any other optional shit is okay, but making cuts in actual hardware? I don't believe this rumor is true. It would be too stupid, even for Sony.

I mean, Game A comes out and it's only at 30fps when you have the 3g version of NGP. If they do this, this thing will be dead before it's born.

@RoMeRtHeGaMe: What a hypnotic avatar.

Eh, okay. If that rumor about the price is right, I'm in.

if they do this and pull dick move like Apple with newer versions of NGP having better hardware then it will result in future games being either unplayable on previous versions or seriously choppy.

they should've just made a system thats not much stronger than the psp that has 2 analog sticks. No need for other stuff. A portable device with 2 analog sticks is win win to me!

This rumor is beyond stupid, why would the WiFI and 3G versions have different amounts of RAM.

From a development standpoint it means that they would have to develop two versions of NGP games. And the price difference between 256MB and 512MB of RAM is only around $2-3.

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Its amazing how rumors like this spread throughout the internet, especially being it comes from a French site with a history of being wrong.

The more I hear about these differing models, the leas I like about the differences.

First off, 3G is on its way out, so a 3G model is sort of foolish. A 4G model makes more sense. Secondly, why reduce the RAM for the version that isn't 3G?

Third, the thing needs to accept SANDISK cards, not Sony's proprietary Pro Duo format, which exists only for the sake of being expensive.

Finally, internal memory should be standard for either version of NGP. I can see getting by on what little interal memory 3DS has given the games will be pretty small. That and it accepts the market standard in flash memory, so I'll never be pressed for space with a larger card should I choose to get one.

As it stands even a 8GB card for PSP is pretty fucking pitiful since the games are so huge in terms of space. I'd expect at least 16GB internal for either model with SD card support for even more on the downloadable games.

But this is Sony we're talking about, 2 8MB memory cards for PS2 cost more than a 4GB SD card right now.

Apokalipz
"If the NGP is priced the same as 3DS, then Ninty is in trouble."

If the NGP is priced the same ad a 3DS, Nintendo will cut it's price by at least $50 before the NGP even reaches the market.

The only reason the 3DS costs $250 is because Nintendo thought they would get away with it, and they openly admited it. They could drop the price for about $75 and would probably still see a profit on the hardware.

Damn, I just commented about that on the last post. Ram is so cheap, cut off other things.
But hey, they are Sony, they know what they are doing, right?

right?

Oh...

remove the stupid touch pad on the back and save tons. its a gimmick like 3d and wont be worth it anyway.
3g? really? whos gonna provide the 3g service? and will that cost extra per month etc?

and if games are coming on SD cards or what ever. why have a internal HDD? i guess they need it for downloadable games. that would make sense.

I don't give a shit about the inner workings of the thing. I just want kick-ass games and that is what I presume I will be getting here. Of course, I made that mistake with the 3DS and have yet to purchase one, so let's see what the launch lineup looks like, shall we?

Remove the touchpad on the back and swap out the OLED screen. Too much unneeded tech in this thing. Don't detract from the games because you saddled it with expensive tech.

I doubt Sony will remove the RAM with the NGP launch date so close and games already in final stages of development, unless the ammount of RAM being 256mb was the plan since the beggining.

No matter what, Sony is in a impossible situation. If the NGP features too much tech it will be overpriced and if they cut tech to keep the costs down it will be not powerful enough. Only if Sony starts giving the thing for free everyone will be happy. To me? 250 for the wifi model is more than reasonable.

$@50-300 is a sale to this guy, so long as it runs smoothly.

$250 would be sweet. I hope they're right. I'm due for a big gaming bender. At that price it'll fall right into my cart.

I don't know, considering RAM is pretty cheap, surely dropping the wanky things like reverse touch-screen and motion-sensing makes a lot more sense than hacking away at its core power. Especially since power was being used as its core selling point.

If Ninty is finally showing weakness in the handheld market, this may be finally be the time for Sony's previous tech-porn business model to work. Considering the low-fi cheaper gaming experiences with the 3DS and iOS systems, Sony may be lowering itself into even more competitive waters if it's planning to go for a lower-specced, lower-priced handheld.

Only time will tell...

1st this is a rumor.

2nd, Sony never officially announced how much ram was in the system. I'm pretty sure they hinted that it was 256 mb but they might add more(at gdc) Well, their(possibly) not.

3rd, thats as much ram as the PS3 has. The video ram is a bit less but its powering a much smaller and less powerful system.

4th, systems are always cut before release. If they really did cut a bit, thats business as usual Read some Digital Foundry articles on the orignal 360 unit for example.

Changing ram in the non 3g units only makes no sense. The games must play on all units, so they cant have disparity. Also, ram is one of the cheapest things in the device, why skimp on that? Smells like bulldicks.

256MB is still a decent amount of RAM for a dedicated handheld gaming system that does't have a lot of overhead with a heavy OS and multitasking. Still, I hate that manufacturers constantly sacrifice RAM before other features... RAM almost always ends up as the bottleneck for any gaming system. I would rather a smaller screen (slightly), no rear touchpad, or less built in storage as opposed to sacrificing RAM.

its really not that big of a deal, now that would be differnet if they took the vram down to 64mb

Cutting the RAM for the NGP to 256MB is utterly foolish given how well Sony consoles handle things that aren't games. The amount of times my PSP has given me an "OUT OF MEMORY" error while using the browser I can't count on one hand, and that's compared to my 3 year old PHONE that doesn't have any issue with it.

And so help me god if they don't have MKV support...

Um... the internal RAM is very important if you want the dam thing to run well. Remove the flash memory -- but make sure the unit takes an SD card and NOTHING ELSE. $250 isn't too bad.