{"id":2025328,"date":"2026-07-03T13:02:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2025328"},"modified":"2026-07-03T13:02:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:02:55","slug":"as-the-memory-crisis-continues-and-players-begin-to-complain-cinder-city-drops-64gb-ram-requirement-and-ups-gpu-requirement-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2025328","title":{"rendered":"As the memory crisis continues and players begin to complain, Cinder City drops 64GB RAM requirement and ups GPU requirement instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/cinder-city\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Cinder City<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">As the memory crisis continues and players begin to complain, Cinder City drops 64GB RAM requirement and ups GPU requirement instead<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Ash it out.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/cinder-city-ram-overlay-1.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A character from Cinder City laid over sticks of RAM.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"cinder-city-ram-overlay-1.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>NC, Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Senior Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-03T13:02:55+00:00\">July 3, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cinder-city-64-gb-ram-requirement-new-gpu-update?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          11 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"d22adf72-afe9-49e3-9854-b172c6f06813\" data-name=\"Cinder City\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Cinder City\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Cinder City\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Cinder City\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Cinder City\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Cinder City\" title=\"Follow Cinder City\"><br \/>\n  Follow Cinder City<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Cinder City is a new online co-op shooter from South Korean publisher NC. Announced earlier this week, the game looks like a cross between The First Descendant and many other zombie shooters you may have seen before.<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn&#8217;t the impressive visuals in its reveal trailer (below) that generated most of the conversation around it. That honour instead fell to its system requirements, which were published <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4651830\/CINDER_CITY\/\">on Steam<\/a> shortly after its reveal.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Minimum and Recommended specs are fairly demanding in their own right, but it&#8217;s the RAM section that created a bit of a controversy. When the specs initially went live, the game asked for 32GB of RAM as a minimum, with 64GB recommended.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"[CINDER CITY] Developer Preview\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SjXaEtkLkAA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/SjXaEtkLkAA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">[CINDER CITY] Developer Preview<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SjXaEtkLkAA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Setting aside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sandisk-ps5-nvme-ssd-optimus-gx-pro-prices\">skyrocketing costs<\/a> and severe shortages of RAM today, which have caused all manner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-announces-major-price-hikes-for-ps5-ps5-pro-and-portal\">consumer electronic devices<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-major-price-increases\">shoot up in price<\/a>, this is the first instance I&#8217;ve seen of a game asking for 64GB of RAM. For reference, it costs around \u00a3674 ($900) today to buy <a href=\"https:\/\/pcpartpicker.com\/product\/P8rp99\/silicon-power-xpower-storm-rgb-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl38-memory-sp064gxlwu60bfdk\">a 32x32GB kit of DRR5 RAM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out, someone made a mistake. <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/4651830\/view\/678502350181109303?l=english\">In a statement<\/a> posted to the game&#8217;s Steam page, the developer admitted it was an error and said it&#8217;s now been adjusted to list 32GB for both Minimum and Recommended.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We apologise for any confusion this may have caused. The information has now been updated to the correct specification (Recommended: 32GB RAM),&#8221; the developer wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please note that the current system requirements are based on our current development build,&#8221; the statement goes on. &#8220;As optimisation continues, the final system requirements at launch may be lower than those currently listed. We will provide updated and more accurate system requirements closer to release.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/cinder-city-reveal-screen-1.jpeg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.745042492917847\" width=\"1232\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"cinder-city-reveal-screen-1.jpeg\" height=\"706\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.745042492917847\" width=\"1232\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Big Fire Games, NC<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The story doesn&#8217;t end there, however. Shortly after the Steam page was updated with the new specs, players noticed that the recommend GPU was sneakily changed, too, going from an RTX 4060 to the more powerful &#8211; and expensive &#8211; RTX 4070.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is not actually the first time a game has lowered its PC specs following player complaints. LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight developer TT Games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tt-games-downgrades-pc-requirements-after-initially-suggesting-players-needed-32gb-ram-to-meet-recommended-spec\">dropped the recommended RAM from 32GB to 16GB<\/a> prior to launch. As the current memory and storage crisis continues, we&#8217;re likely to see more developers spend extra time optimising their games to take better advantage of more common RAM configurations, such as 16GB.<\/p>\n<p>Cinder City does not yet have a release date.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Cinder City is a new online co-op shooter from South Korean publisher NC. Announced earlier this week, the game looks like a cross between The First Descendant and many other zombie shooters you may have seen before.<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn&#8217;t the impressive visuals in its reveal trailer (below) that generated most of the conversation around it. That honour instead fell to its system requirements, which were published <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4651830\/CINDER_CITY\/\">on Steam<\/a> shortly after its reveal.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Minimum and Recommended specs are fairly demanding in their own right, but it&#8217;s the RAM section that created a bit of a controversy. When the specs initially went live, the game asked for 32GB of RAM as a minimum, with 64GB recommended.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"[CINDER CITY] Developer Preview\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SjXaEtkLkAA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/SjXaEtkLkAA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">[CINDER CITY] Developer Preview<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SjXaEtkLkAA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Setting aside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sandisk-ps5-nvme-ssd-optimus-gx-pro-prices\">skyrocketing costs<\/a> and severe shortages of RAM today, which have caused all manner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-announces-major-price-hikes-for-ps5-ps5-pro-and-portal\">consumer electronic devices<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-major-price-increases\">shoot up in price<\/a>, this is the first instance I&#8217;ve seen of a game asking for 64GB of RAM. For reference, it costs around \u00a3674 ($900) today to buy <a href=\"https:\/\/pcpartpicker.com\/product\/P8rp99\/silicon-power-xpower-storm-rgb-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl38-memory-sp064gxlwu60bfdk\">a 32x32GB kit of DRR5 RAM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out, someone made a mistake. <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/4651830\/view\/678502350181109303?l=english\">In a statement<\/a> posted to the game&#8217;s Steam page, the developer admitted it was an error and said it&#8217;s now been adjusted to list 32GB for both Minimum and Recommended.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We apologise for any confusion this may have caused. The information has now been updated to the correct specification (Recommended: 32GB RAM),&#8221; the developer wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please note that the current system requirements are based on our current development build,&#8221; the statement goes on. &#8220;As optimisation continues, the final system requirements at launch may be lower than those currently listed. We will provide updated and more accurate system requirements closer to release.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/cinder-city-reveal-screen-1.jpeg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.745042492917847\" width=\"1232\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"cinder-city-reveal-screen-1.jpeg\" height=\"706\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.745042492917847\" width=\"1232\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Big Fire Games, NC<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The story doesn&#8217;t end there, however. Shortly after the Steam page was updated with the new specs, players noticed that the recommend GPU was sneakily changed, too, going from an RTX 4060 to the more powerful &#8211; and expensive &#8211; RTX 4070.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is not actually the first time a game has lowered its PC specs following player complaints. LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight developer TT Games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tt-games-downgrades-pc-requirements-after-initially-suggesting-players-needed-32gb-ram-to-meet-recommended-spec\">dropped the recommended RAM from 32GB to 16GB<\/a> prior to launch. As the current memory and storage crisis continues, we&#8217;re likely to see more developers spend extra time optimising their games to take better advantage of more common RAM configurations, such as 16GB.<\/p>\n<p>Cinder City does not yet have a release date.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Cinder City As the memory crisis continues and players begin to complain, Cinder City drops 64GB RAM requirement and ups GPU requirement instead Ash it out. 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