bigwhiteyeti

This was a reply to BigBenn1. Dunno what happened.

Pretty sure he was being sarcastic. No /s tags, but that's basically been Ubisoft's excuse for their treatment of PC gamers.

@xiLeShadow

My bad, you are correct sir. My point was you won't see them using DX11.

@KodyxDestroyer

A Playstation console will never take advantage of DX11, Direct X is a Microsoft product. Sony consoles use OpenGL.

@Gibbeynator

In addition, the Fables comic book series, which this game is based off of, has been around since 2002; the original Fable came out on Xbox in 2004.

@eat it

I'm not, but as I said, every console is manufactured at a loss. In 1 year, the actual cost of those parts, in bulk, will probably be closer to $300. And they'll still be selling at a loss, due to the other factors you listed, at launch, but this isn't something new. Hell, the parts for the PS3 were worth more than $600 at it's launch, and they still had to account for all of that.

@bigwhiteyeti

Oh, awesome, and now it triple posts... Sorry. Someone delete those, please.

Seriously, Joystiq? Why are you not letting me post stuff today?

@singleandlovinit

8gb of ram actually doesn't seem unreasonable. For today's high end gaming PCs, 4-8gb is on the low end, and the next gen consoles aren't slated to come for at least another year, if not more.

Think about it like this- A next gen console will probably have a quad core processor. Hell maybe even 6 cores. That and a mobo without any major bells and whistles will run you $200. Throw in 40 for 8gb of ram and another 60 for a large HDD, it leaves about 100 dollars for a video card (I'm building on a $400 spec. Remember- the current 360 still retails for $300). With that money you can get an HD 6770, which is about the rumored spec for the next gen. It's a DX11 card and it will have no problem running games at 1080p, especially since there will be no background OS to run like a PC.

Couple all this with the fact that Sony and Microsoft sell their consoles at a loss on launch, and 8gb of ram doesn't seem that far-fetched... That said, it'll probably be 4, not 8, unless a developer pushes them to add more (like Epic did with the 360).

@singleandlovinit

I think you have valid points, but today 4-8 GBs in a PC is nothing. And the next Xbox/PS3 won't be showing up for over a year at least...

Let's look at it this way- Bare bones, a 4-core console would be about 90 dollars for the chip and 90 for the mobo. For 40 you can get 8gb of ram, and another 60 you can throw in a large hard drive. That still only runs you 300 dollars. If you spend an extra 100 on the video card, you can get a HD 6770, which is DX11 capable and with 1gb vram, around the rumored specs of the next consoles. Not superpowered, sure, but with no backend OS to run like a PC, MORE than adequate for 1080p visuals.

Total cost (today) about $400. That's without wholesale prices, just retail. And since console manufacturers (exception: Nintendo) typically sell their hardware at a loss at launch, I don't see any of the specs people have been quoting (including 8gb ram) anything out of the spectrum of reality.