The initial PlayStation Vita specs which suggested the console would feature 512MB of RAM appear to be off, to the tune of 100 percent. According to Novarama CEO Dani Sánchez-Crespo, the PSP successor has slimmed down to 256MB of RAM. When asked whether the move would hurt Novarama’s current Vita development, he said, “that won’t affect us.”
Although the alleged RAM cut sounds bad on paper, the reality is the PlayStation Vita still offers eight times the memory of the PSP. If the current crop of PlayStation portable gaming titles can achieve such impressive results with 32MB of RAM, 256MB should be more than enough for the next-gen console.
Official word from Sony remains to be seen, but today’s news corroborates rumors from IndustryGamers which started back in May. Let’s just hope that Sony passes on the savings to the customer — 256MB less memory has to be worth a discount at the register, don’t you think?
