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Nintendo Switch internal memory was upped at Capcom’s request

If Nintendo had its way, the Switch wouldn’t have had as much memory inside, and you might’ve had a very different gaming experience than the one you have today. Thanks to a push from Capcom and other developers, though, that’s not the case.

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darthv722630d ago

sort of like when epic told MS they needed to have 512mb in the 360. though if Capcom wanted switch to have 4gb then does that mean they are working on a RE game for switch???

PhoenixUp2630d ago

It's probable but unlikely considering they didn't even announce they'd be porting Resident Evil: Revelations to NS like they did with PS4 and XO recently.

conanlifts2630d ago (Edited 2630d ago )

As in the article Capcom have already reported they are working on getting the resident evil 7 engine working on switch. Of course this is just the game engine and doesn't mean they are porting the game.

http://nintendoeverything.c...

_-EDMIX-_2630d ago

@sd- stop.

https://www.vg247.com/2017/...

You brought this up in another article and several users corrected you why did you purposely ignore the statements by the company? They stated they have no plans to bring Resident Evil to the switch and they even made do with that promise as Revelations is being ported to the Xbox one and PlayStation 4 and it's completely skipping the Switch.

Concertoine2630d ago

I mean capcom tends to use one engine at all times. They used MT Framework last gen.

So they'd probably use RE engine for other in-house games like Monster Hunter.

Name Last Name2630d ago

Its certainly for Monster Hunter.

conanlifts2629d ago

@edmix.
I have never bought this up in another article.

Next, did you struggle to read what i said. I said they are porting the game engine. Plus i said "Of course this is just the game engine and doesn't mean they are porting the game."
You should try to read what someone writes .

@ concertoine, that is a possibility. My assumption with monster though was that they might port monster hunter xx across. But what you say is probably correct.

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_-EDMIX-_2630d ago

That's unlikely considering Capcom themselves actually stated they don't have plans to bring any of the Resident Evil games to the switch and they made True to that promise bytl not even bringing Revelations to the switch instead they're bringing it to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

I believe it's likely a deal for Monster Hunter.

Fist4achin2630d ago

I have to agree about MH. Nintendo has a firm grasp on that IP. I think the last MH for a console other than a Nintendo was ps2.

I wish they would share...

Teflon022630d ago

Fist... Monster hunter became popular because of the psp. Only reason it looks like this now is because Capcom requested Sony update adhoc party of ps3 so it would work with the newest monster hunter at the time. Sony didn't end up doing it. Which makes sense, monster hunter was selling millions, why are they cheating out forcing people to use adhoc party instead of adding online... But basically to be spiteful Capcoms MH team brought them to 3ds going forward over Vita despite the fact Vita's second stick was what it needs the most lol

_-EDMIX-_2629d ago

@te-I very much understand where Monster Hunter became popular from but at the end of the day my assessment is based on their financial situation their financial situation is telling me that they likely cannot afford to produce this game unless Nintendo funds which to me tells me it's statistically likely we will see a Monster Hunter on the switch before we'll see one on the PlayStation 4 or even the PlayStation Vita it's not ignoring that it existed on the PSP, it's just recognizing the company's financial situation.

I don't think Capcom did this to be spiteful, I think they just don't have the money.

If you're not going to bring up the company's financial situation I'm not entirely sure how you could hold this conversation a lot of their decisions have to do with where they are currently.

I mean you're basically making a statement and completely ignoring that they actually don't have the money for the thing you're talking about I'm sure it makes lots of logical Sense on the PSVita that doesn't mean they could afford it.

15 million vs 65 million, add in their current financial situation and then add in that Nintendo is more than happy to fund the project and you have a great reason why it exists on the 3DS

Perjoss2630d ago

"then does that mean they are working on a RE game for switch???"

Could be many things, I'm hoping it's a new Monster Hunter.

desertpunk862630d ago

everyone knows is going to be a monster hunter game running on the RE7 engine.

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AKR2630d ago

Actually, no.

They took the advice of a third-party instead of just sticking to doing their own thing like they did with the Wii and Wii U.

Yeesh, you folks will always look for a way to put a negative spin on any good news.

WickedLester2630d ago (Edited 2630d ago )

I think what he means is that were it not for Capcom's persuasion, Nintendo would've low-balled developers on memory. It's great that they listened to Capcom but I believe what he's getting at is that it shouldn't have come to that in the first place. Nintendo should've already had the foresight.

CrimsonWing692630d ago

Yea if you think this is good news I think there's something wrong with you. Nintendo shouldn't have even considered to do less internal memory in the first place. The fact that they did shows how out of touch they are. Thankfully a dev convinced them to even give the little bit that they already have which is still ludicrously low.

So, yea I don't find this to be good news it's more of a frightening reality check.

WickedLester2630d ago (Edited 2630d ago )

And to be fair, developers told Sony the exact same thing when Sony was talking to them about what they needed for current gen game development. I forgot the exact quote but Sony was considering putting 4GB of RAM into the PS4 and one certain developer told them in so many words "if you release that console with only 4GB or RAM, you're dead!" So I get it. Hardware manufacturers want to release these consoles as minimal as they can get away with to keep costs low. However that was more than FOUR years ago. I cannot believe that in 2015/16/17 Nintendo would've even considered releasing a console with 2 GB of RAM. Hell I still think 4GB isn't enough.

Scatpants2629d ago

4 actually seems not too bad for the type of graphics the Switch will be pushing out.

VersusDMC2629d ago

I don't think Nintendo took advice, with Capcom holding monster hunter hostage, they had to cave. Capcom made them make a second analog stick add-on for the original 3DS. I imagine Nintendo didn't want to do it... but then Capcom whispered "Monster Hunter 5..." In their ears. :)

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dumahim2629d ago

Wonder what it would have been had it not been upped to 4.

WickedLester2629d ago (Edited 2629d ago )

No 1080p in docked mode, I can promise you that. Even with 4GB we're already seeing games such as Zelda having to settle for 900p.

Scatpants2629d ago

I'm not sure the 900p is entirely due to RAM constraints.

chris2352630d ago

and they did listen? what went wrong here? was nintendo's arrogance-meter out of order or what? would have loved to see an even more underpowered gadget failing.

demonicale2630d ago

Failing?, it's not failing you idiot.

InTheZoneAC2630d ago

Yet...

It was obvious the launch was going to be strong. What's unclear is after 2017....

EddieNX 2630d ago

Its not underpowered either, for a tablet, its right up there where you'd want it to be.

MrSugarholic2630d ago

For a home console, it's underpowered though.

TheUndertaker852630d ago

No, it is not. The Nintendo Switch shares specs with mobile devices of the past. A LG G3, Galaxy S6, iPhone 6, and others already matched specs. All of these devices are old and outdated in mobile terms.

jznrpg2630d ago

For a tablet its on par, for a game machine a bit underpowered. And I like the Switch, just wish it had a little more power. Hopefully Sony does a Vita2 with good specs, but who knows. I feel like the Switch will do ok maybe even good, but lack of power does isolate it from a lot of 3rd party which hurts for wider acceptance.

Segata2630d ago

They double the memory at Capcom's request.

WickedLester2630d ago (Edited 2630d ago )

Sad that it took Capcom's persuasion to convince Nintendo to up the Switch to a "whopping" 4GB of RAM. SMDH.

_-EDMIX-_2629d ago

The fact that they did not know this yet we're trying to call this a Home console despite knowing PlayStation 4 and Xbox One had 8 gigs Ram is this quite alarming.

Einhander19712630d ago

Good news for us switch owners, hopefully capcom are on board in a big way now that request happened.

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Take-Two CEO Doesn’t Think AI Will Reduce Employment or Dev Costs; “Stupidest Thing” He’s Heard

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick doesn't think AI will reduce employment or lower development costs, and calls it "stupidest thing" he's ever heard.

lodossrage4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

They already have AI trained to do coding.......

How he thinks it's stupid is beyond me, Especially since we see it happening in real time.

CS72h ago

Company A has 300 employees and lays of 200 to replace them with AI to release the same quality game.

Company B has 300 employees and keeps all 300 but instead uses AI to release a game with dramatically larger scale, scope, complexity, short dev cycle etc.

Company B would release a dramatically better product by using humans + AI and consumers would buy the better game.

I actually agree with this concept.

Huey_My_D_Long1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

This is key facet. Its how the AI is used. It's actually is impressive as is and really would make an amazing addition to alot of people in their jobs, not just tech. It also has the potential for businesses to use to lay off large amounts of people, as much as they could to save money on labor. I hope too many companies don't go with the latter. But since usually companies are worried about bottom line over people...we will see some try and hopefully fail. But yeah, if its to help workers like in your company B scenario I'm totally down...Just scared Company A may be too enticing to some ceos and businesses.

Darkegg1h ago

Value of AI and value of humans will both be increased with human-AI complex. Each, by themselves, will not be independently better than the other. Whether AI will ever be independent from humans is the fear question of humans, ironically because of our doing. At this stage, most of the doing is because of humans, not because of AI. AI is doing exactly that by our design, until we have failed ourselves with an AI development that went awry. The biggest take is that humans have only ourselves to blame when things become wrong, and we have to decide what is the ultimate goal with AI we want to accomplish. It would take a person with high morals and high ethics to make right of AI. I would not want businessman to decide what AI should do or what capabilities it can have. AI should be in the hands of people with high moral fiber, or those operating on love, kindness, and compassion.

BlackOni1h ago

AI is SUPPOSED to be used as a tool, not a replacement. It's designed to do two important things artists can take advantage of immediately.

- Make the ideation/reference imaging process much quicker and easier (basically using it as a google search)
- Make mundane and time consuming tasks faster and easier so more time is spent on creation.

Unfortunately, what many have done is used it as a way to replace rather than supplement.

Number1TailzFan2h ago

You can already make your own SFX with text prompts now as well, of course it will lower development cost and time

1Victor1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

WARNING WARNING ‼️ SARCASM AHEAD
Sure Strauss and robots didn’t take jobs from car factories.
Edit:Sad thing is he believes it and unfortunately he won’t be replaced for a long time by AI

senorfartcushion23m ago(Edited 22m ago)

He doesn't, he's just lying. These people lay people off so they can get bonuses. If AI takes jobs, their bonus goes bigger and the workforce goes smaller.

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jambola4h ago

Ceo says stupid thing
Part 5837384

Zeref2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

I think maybe sometimes we give people in these positions too much credit when it comes to intelligence.

romulus232h ago

As long as it doesn't effect his inflated executive salary or his ridiculous bonuses I'm sure he's fine with it.

RNTody2h ago

Hahaha yeah trust the CEO suit over the actual developers making the games. Good one.

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HexGaming Launches Kickstarter Campaign for Hex Phantom

Custom Controller Company HexGaming launched a Kickstarter campaign for their latest pro controller, Hex Phantom. - IS

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Sony shares big new PS Plus stat, but not the one we want to see

PlayStation Plus has improved the split of PS4 and PS5 players on its priciest tiers, but Sony continues to hide total subscriber numbers.

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mandf2d ago

lol acting like it’s equivalent to ms numbers

Mr Logic2d ago

Uh...They're definitely not equivalent.

"Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass service now has 34 million subscribers."

"the total number of PS Plus subscribers across all tiers was 47.4 million"

darthv722d ago (Edited 2d ago )

That PSN number seems like it should be much higher... especially when you consider that PS4 alone has a sell through of over 117m. To not even be at least half that is rather interesting.

To the XB side, having 34m to an install base of roughly 50m (XBO sell through) or even 85m (360 sell through) is a greater percentage of unit to member ratio than PSN.

bloop1d 20h ago

That's not the "gotcha" you think it is Darth.

darthv721d 19h ago

^^it's not supposed to be bloop.... it's just an interesting observation.

Einhander19721d 18h ago

darthv72

"That PSN number seems like it should be much higher... especially when you consider that PS4 alone has a sell through of over 117m. To not even be at least half that is rather interesting.

To the XB side, having 34m to an install base of roughly 50m (XBO sell through) or even 85m (360 sell through) is a greater percentage of unit to member ratio than PSN."

Have you ever heard of a PC before? I hear they are pretty popular.

fr0sty1d 12h ago

MS started lumping gold subscribers in with those GP numbers... keep in mind.

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shinoff21831d 23h ago (Edited 1d 23h ago )

What. Definitely more os plus subscribers but that makes sense due to actual console sales

Darth the difference between the bases are huge your right but you gotta think. Ps players buy more games, where as the Xbox base relies on gamepass for their gaming. So it makes perfect sense

darthv721d 23h ago (Edited 1d 22h ago )

What makes perfect sense though? You say PS players buy more games... so then logically there should be more PS+ subscribers given the increased number of online multiplayer games in the PS4 generation alone. The PS4 was the first time that + was required for online play much like Gold was for 360 users.

Keep in mind we are talking subscribers, not simply XB/PS users. I assume you meant to say offline single player games, which is most likely true as well. That gen also saw a significant increase in games with an online component comparted to the previous gen.

victorMaje1d 22h ago

I for one will be going back to essential at the next renewal. When I feel a game is good & right up my alley, I’ll check trusted reviews & just buy it.

jznrpg1d 21h ago (Edited 1d 21h ago )

I have the top tier until 2028 as they gave me a massive discount for all the years I had left but I’ll most likely go to essential as well. I buy my games but my kids do use the service occasionally. They do prefer to own their games as well since any game can leave the rental service at some point and they don’t like that idea. They mostly use it to demo games then ask me to buy games if they really like it.

RedDevils1d 16h ago

For me, I will cancel it all together but unfortunately I still have it till 2030 lol

meganick1d 20h ago

I would like to see Sony add a fourth tier of PS Plus for people who just want to be able to play games online without any of the perks like monthly games, store discounts, or anything like that, and it should cost $20 annually, $30 maximum. There’s no way I’m paying $80 just to play games online. Even the original $60 fee was too much, and I would often wait for sales to re-up my subscription.

P_Bomb1d 16h ago (Edited 1d 16h ago )

Essential is too expensive, I agree. We’ve got one Essential and one Premium sub. Dropping the Premium when it expires.

gamerz1d 13h ago

Just let my subscription lapse for the first time since 2010. Will sub again every now and then for a month or so to access my old ps+ games but for me it's the end of an era.

DivineHand1251d 13h ago

Let those numbers continue to drop because it is now too expensive. $80 per year just to play online. I noticed they didn't offer any discounts on the subscription or controllers during this year's days of play for the first time in many years and they will feel it when people choose not to renew.

My subscription will lapse next month and it will stay that way until further notice.

KevtheDuff1d 9h ago

There were savings on subs and controllers here in the UK? I bought a controller yesterday in the sale..
It would be weird if those deals were not in other territories too?