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I tested several game/app load times on my Wii U last night, in order to test a theory my friend has. He has more "apps" on his Wii U than I do - more squares filled on the home menu, that is. And he feels that the system has become slower as he's added them. So I tested, then he did the same tests - and there may be something to his theory. All his times were longer than mine, across the board.
I'll post the (awful) load times in and back out of the apps I timed. This requires a little explanation. When you choose a game/app, a splash screen appears. During this time, there is NO loading happening - you can confirm this with an external HDD that has an activity light. I assume the Wii U is 'unloading' the Home menu, or maybe Nintendo just thinks it's cool. When the splash screen disappears ("splash off" in the below times), the game starts to load.
The "to game loaded" times below are cumulative, not separate. So 32 seconds for Tekken includes 19 seconds of the splash screen.
When going back to the Home menu, it loads for a while, then pops up a "please wait" message with a circular loading icon, and then that goes away a few seconds before the Home menu actually appears. The time to that "please wait" is listed, because our speculation was that the time that message is displayed might be the portion that becomes longer as you accumulate programs. That doesn't appear to be true. If having more apps results in longer times, they're all being extended.
All the below times were tested 3 times each. They were very consistent for me, with variation of less than a second in all cases (probably due to my own start/stop reaction time).
I don't have my friend's times available to post. Maybe I'll add them later. In fact, I may capture video of this on both of our systems, for exact times.
I encourage others to post times, for the record, and we can update later to see how good a job Nintendo does with their planned updates.
Wii U
Initial boot 25 s
post-update: 22s
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
19 seconds to splash off
post-update: 12 s
32 seconds to game loaded
post-update: 25 s
Home Menu 23 seconds (18 seconds to "please wait")
post-update: 9 s (8 s to "please wait")
Nano Assault Neo
14 s to splash off
post-update: 8 s
18 s to game loaded
post-update: 11 s
Home 23 s (18 s to "please wait")
post-update: 9 s (8 s)
System settings
16 s to loaded
post-update: 10 s
Home 23 s (17 s to "please wait")
post-update: 20 s (no "please wait" displayed)
F-zero 15 s to splash off
post-update: 10 s
20 s to game loaded
post-update: 15 s
Home 24 s (18 s to "please wait")
post-update: 10 s (9 s)
Netflix 17 s to splash off
post-update: 21 s
34 s to app loaded
post-update: 21 s
Home 30 s (25 s to "please wait")
post-update: 18 s (17 s)
I'll post the (awful) load times in and back out of the apps I timed. This requires a little explanation. When you choose a game/app, a splash screen appears. During this time, there is NO loading happening - you can confirm this with an external HDD that has an activity light. I assume the Wii U is 'unloading' the Home menu, or maybe Nintendo just thinks it's cool. When the splash screen disappears ("splash off" in the below times), the game starts to load.
The "to game loaded" times below are cumulative, not separate. So 32 seconds for Tekken includes 19 seconds of the splash screen.
When going back to the Home menu, it loads for a while, then pops up a "please wait" message with a circular loading icon, and then that goes away a few seconds before the Home menu actually appears. The time to that "please wait" is listed, because our speculation was that the time that message is displayed might be the portion that becomes longer as you accumulate programs. That doesn't appear to be true. If having more apps results in longer times, they're all being extended.
All the below times were tested 3 times each. They were very consistent for me, with variation of less than a second in all cases (probably due to my own start/stop reaction time).
I don't have my friend's times available to post. Maybe I'll add them later. In fact, I may capture video of this on both of our systems, for exact times.
I encourage others to post times, for the record, and we can update later to see how good a job Nintendo does with their planned updates.
Wii U
Initial boot 25 s
post-update: 22s
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
19 seconds to splash off
post-update: 12 s
32 seconds to game loaded
post-update: 25 s
Home Menu 23 seconds (18 seconds to "please wait")
post-update: 9 s (8 s to "please wait")
Nano Assault Neo
14 s to splash off
post-update: 8 s
18 s to game loaded
post-update: 11 s
Home 23 s (18 s to "please wait")
post-update: 9 s (8 s)
System settings
16 s to loaded
post-update: 10 s
Home 23 s (17 s to "please wait")
post-update: 20 s (no "please wait" displayed)
F-zero 15 s to splash off
post-update: 10 s
20 s to game loaded
post-update: 15 s
Home 24 s (18 s to "please wait")
post-update: 10 s (9 s)
Netflix 17 s to splash off
post-update: 21 s
34 s to app loaded
post-update: 21 s
Home 30 s (25 s to "please wait")
post-update: 18 s (17 s)
