What's the difference between Sony's PlayStation Vita and the PS3? About
256MB of RAM, apparently. In a recent interview with Eurogamer, Sony
Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida confirmed that the
forthcoming handheld will boast a full 512MB of RAM (compared to the
PS3's 256MB), allowing the Vita to support cross-game voice chat via its
Party feature. Yoshida's confirmation effectively debunks earlier
rumors that Sony would be halving the Vita's RAM, in order to compete
with the 3DS' lower price, though the console does feature comparatively
less V-RAM (just 128MB, versus the PS3's 256MB). According to the
executive, however, that disparity won't make too much of a difference
on the gaming experience, due to changes in the Vita's display
resolution. "The resolution on the PS Vita screen is much lower,"
Yoshida said. "Even though it's four times the resolution of PSP,
compared to the console, the amount of data you have to push is much
smaller."
256MB of RAM, apparently. In a recent interview with Eurogamer, Sony
Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida confirmed that the
forthcoming handheld will boast a full 512MB of RAM (compared to the
PS3's 256MB), allowing the Vita to support cross-game voice chat via its
Party feature. Yoshida's confirmation effectively debunks earlier
rumors that Sony would be halving the Vita's RAM, in order to compete
with the 3DS' lower price, though the console does feature comparatively
less V-RAM (just 128MB, versus the PS3's 256MB). According to the
executive, however, that disparity won't make too much of a difference
on the gaming experience, due to changes in the Vita's display
resolution. "The resolution on the PS Vita screen is much lower,"
Yoshida said. "Even though it's four times the resolution of PSP,
compared to the console, the amount of data you have to push is much
smaller."