Is 4GB for game card storage enough?

When they announced 2GB and 4GB for the game card storage I said ok. But I just now was doing some researching around and saw the supposdly the 3DS's game cards are from 1-8GB. That made me wonder, if the 3DS's game cards can be 8GB and it's for the 3DS which is more a casual and for kids, than is 4GB for the NGP, which can do full hardcore games like Uncharted and Killzone, enough? And can 3DS games actually be bigger or have the potential to be better than NGP games? because that can depend on which handheld I get. Please answer.

give it time...
my guess is that that's presumably just the case for launch games
after a while the capacity will increase just like the pro duo
and when you consider it started at a few kb as far as i recall and ended up at 16GB
there's always room to grow ;-)

Seems to low to me...maybe some sort of gonzo memory compression tech which allows them to cram a large amount of data into a smaller space??? As an aside...has anyone heard if the NGP is going to ship with any on board memory?? It would seem to be a given, but I haven't heard Sony (or anyone else for that matter) address the subject.

it's been confirmed at the GDC that it will have internal storage by explaing that the game cards would be able to hold game saves and patches

unfortunately there has been no mention as of yet, how large the capacity will be

I think for now 4Gb is enough, i can't see sony not being able to bring out 8Gb or even 16Gb game cards that work on the NGP at a later date. Sony are not Apple they are not going to release the NGP2 a year later, or the NGP3 a year after that. Let's face it at the moment how many portable games require 8Gb.

I think 4 gb must be the standard size, and all the others just variables for developers who want more or less space.

you'll have to consider that the screen is not 1080p but around 550p. All the textures can be downscaled to that size without anyone noticing. I don't think sound will be an issue. Sony always delivers quality sound so they won't throw that name away. of course when the games get bigger. maybe gta or monster hunter. With vast open world the memory card will grow as wel. imagine, games like just cause are only around 7 gb so nothing to worrie about

it depends on how big the games will be

agree with you on that one

but a super high grade game graphically crysis 2 was only 7.5 or smthin on my pc and it worked perfectly......if tat game is 7.5gb and all the games on the xbox360 which are all the games comin out except the ps3 exclusives then obviously all the games now would fit into the ngp at the moment!!!!
personally 8gb would be ideal!!!!! i always think y they didnt do tat???

yeah ur right

Games on the xbox are typiclly compressed more to save on space. Dragon age is a good example as the textures are lower than the ps3 and PC. The ps3 exclusives have larger games because they arnt compressed to the same degree and are not restricted to a DVD.
DVD=4.5-9GB, BR=25-50GB
The psVita has lower resolution screen so textures wouldn't be as large. the memory stick loads quicker so i guess they could compress games more than usual and you wouldn't notice a big difference (not sure about that one )

look at the psp, its UMD holds 1.8gb MAX. most games didnt even come close to that.
Now the PSvita can hold 4GB. which is over double that of the UMD.
I doubt ANY game on the Vita will be over 8GB in its life time.

So i think 4GB will do fine

i can see amazing things happening with the vita, games with huge stories and environment's graphics that really push the system With time a developer like Rockstar can do something mind blowing that will probably require a 12 GB card or something

Im worried about the fact that vita games will be 4 gbs at most