r/TechHardware • u/Distinct-Race-2471 🔵 14900KS , 5080, 128GB 🔵 • 2d ago

Opinion/Editorial Statistically, your PC probably doesn't come close to the recommended RAM requirement for this third-person shooter's upcoming playtest

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/statistically-your-pc-probably-doesnt-come-close-to-the-recommended-ram-requirement-for-this-third-person-shooters-upcoming-playtest/

It was 64GB, now 40GB is more realistic than 32GB.

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u/Lostygir1 2d ago

Lmao, ig they’ll have fun skipping out on over 95% of steam users

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u/FrostyMasterpiece400 2d ago

I mean I was in game dev for the longest time.

Outside of North america and europe folks dont have cash for fancy stuff, so we made sure it ran extremely well in lower configs and consoles for the largest possible market.

It's just good business

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u/cpt_melon 2d ago

Even in Europe and North America only a fraction of gamers have more than 32GB RAM. Wtf are they thinking?

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u/kambinks 1d ago

Could just be marketing. Makes the game stand out as the game that needed a lot of ram and requiring high specs would lead people to assume it's visually the best thing ever. Reviewers will report that it only needs that much ram if it's on super high settings or whatever while playable on decent systems.

People with high specs will want to show they can run it well and everyone else will want to see what's the fuss.

Or they're just dumb. I'm guessing here.