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Why do things on Xbox One take long to load?
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Gamer @ Heart
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These games must be throwing everything into RAM since launch games have so little time for optimization.
Reminds me of Splinter Cell on Wii U. Half a level still worked and played even after I took out the disc. That would explain why the load took a minute and a half.
Reminds me of Splinter Cell on Wii U. Half a level still worked and played even after I took out the disc. That would explain why the load took a minute and a half.
Moral Panic
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Sounds like early 360 games. I remember them have long load times too. Personally I think it's down to coding, but it's possible that the BR drives are not performing at the rated spec. I highly doubt it's a slow HDD, I don't think it will be much slower (if at all) than PS4's.
The games are installed to the HDD. Disk are there as a delivery method and authenticator.
This is nothing to do with HDD or BluRay speeds and all to do with software.
The Wii U system was slow and sluggish at launch but a System Update released earlier this year speeded the whole system up. Everything from boot time, opening/closing apps and multitasking was dramatically improved.
Microsoft
just need to release an update once they fix the bugs and missing features.
Microsoft
and SONY
cr_blah_blah
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It's not cloudy enough.
Pristine_Condition
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Hmmm. Is this from the extended launch stream? I'd like to see this unedited.
It isn't just the system though, it's a lot of the games as well.
Rising_Hei
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Games are just grabbing the cloud's power with each loading
Please understand, without those loading times games wouldn't be as amazing
Please understand, without those loading times games wouldn't be as amazing
IISANDERII
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Because they want to reward gamers
SyenceLabb
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5 minutes? Really? I just played Ryse and I have to say you might actually have an issue then with your system.
Yeah. I remember in the crysis games you wouldn't even have a loading screen when you died, you'd restart playing pretty much straight away. That's really odd.
FairXchange
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As an aside, it takes less than like, 8 seconds to get into the menus of Killzone Shadow Fall on the PS4.
I think it depends largely on how the devs set up their game, perhaps. I know one of the things Guerilla wanted was to have the game load as fast as possible.
I think it depends largely on how the devs set up their game, perhaps. I know one of the things Guerilla wanted was to have the game load as fast as possible.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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I think further down the road, there will be a pretty big number of people bravely trying to insert new hard drives into their Xbox One's to increase load times. If you have seen the videos of how to disassemble them, getting there is a pain. This is why I use the word 'bravely".
Wow. Killzone:SF, after the initial install (which isn't long either... under 3 minutes), takes barely more than 30 seconds to get all the way into the campaign. I think it's just as much Guerrilla's own tech as anything (they did say they were particularly proud of what they did to achieve those speeds.) They should make a killing licensing out that tech.
Wait hold on, so is it replacable even if difficult? Are there any speed comparisons?
It definitely has something to do with the OS and the way software interacts with it.
The PS4 stock drive is identical to the XBO's when it comes to speed metrics.
The PS4 stock drive is identical to the XBO's when it comes to speed metrics.
I was under the impression that the drive was not replaceable and by doing so you not only void your warranty, but also risk having your console banned from XBL.
Shining Sunshine
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It depends on the weather.
Sushen
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No joke. Especially with WD scorpio the boot up is super fast where I don't feel the need to use stand by mode.
ChosenPredator
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thats weird crimson dragon boots up pretty fast, KI could be faster but it wasn't so bad that it distracted me but could they all be faster definitely
dragonbane
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Depends on the area apparently. Can take 5 seconds or 2 minutes depending where you die. Initial load time is masked by pre-rendered cutscenes.
Sure, but that doesn't change the fact that every time you die you have to wait almost an entire minute before you can start playing again.
If you're stuck up against a difficult Psycho, that could mean 3 minutes of play time repeatedly broken up into 1 minute loading breaks as you hope that next time you'll be able to beat them.
That's really, really rotten. The fact that it loads the entire world doesn't excuse it.
I hope not. Will have a game later and hope it's not a recurring problem.
Dont give them any ideas.
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