BrentonB
Member
I think they're showing off what their next gen compression algorithms can do on current gen and saying, 'You like this, wait until you see it on the PS5!'
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TLoU Remasted Pre-PS5 patch destroys loading screens on PS4
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I think they're showing off what their next gen compression algorithms can do on current gen and saying, 'You like this, wait until you see it on the PS5!'
Tajaz2426
Psychology PhD from Wikipedia University
Thanks, I appreciate the answer, bud.
TwiztidElf
Member
Days Gone next please!
onesvenus
Member
As someone posted, new compression algorithms would imply new compressed assets to be delivered and patches are really small to have those.
Hope we can read about this sometime.
It can't be using next gen compression algorithms because the whole thing would have to be decompressed using the new algorithm, meaning the whole thing would need to be downloaded again in the new format or recompressed into the new format which would take forever. I wonder if it's more like using style kind of direct to gpu transfer and then using the gpu to decompress instead of the built in decompression hardware, or maybe a combination of those and cpu decompression at the same time. Or maybe some games have some memory not being used that they can pre-decompress some if the next level in the background into... Maybe way off...
Well, it was originally a PS3 game. I would just assume that the loading system was ported from the PS3 and did not take advantage of the better HDD (vs. disc) and maybe better decompression performance. E.g. I would assume that there was still code in it that worked good on the cell CPU but not that good on jaguar cores.
Loading times were never important for porting games. More or less one time loading times at least. So the 1:30 was good enough to release the game.
Btw, I never understood why games load so long to reach the main menu of a game. Yes they might preload some stuff, but really don't makes much sense if they have still long loading time when starting a new game or loading a save state.
Just like the "press a button" to enter the main menu or only to proceed to the next loading screen before the main menu (e.g. if I remember correctly FF XV and witcher 3 do that).
Loading times were never important for porting games. More or less one time loading times at least. So the 1:30 was good enough to release the game.
Btw, I never understood why games load so long to reach the main menu of a game. Yes they might preload some stuff, but really don't makes much sense if they have still long loading time when starting a new game or loading a save state.
Just like the "press a button" to enter the main menu or only to proceed to the next loading screen before the main menu (e.g. if I remember correctly FF XV and witcher 3 do that).
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Days Gone im sure had a patch early this month. But I don't know if they improved load times.
thelastword
Banned
This right here is a gamechanger......Can't wait for the PS5 BC video, most probably on the 6th of November...Should be riotously good......
ZywyPL
Banned
The entire game engine needs to boot first before it starts loading and processing the data, that's what takes the time.
MarkMe2525
Member
Wtf. That's impressive. Why did they wait until the end of the gen for this?
MasterDerico
Member
To make us looks like clows.
Slings and Arrows
Banned
Sony testing next-gen software on the PS4
We will know more after AMD lift their embargo. Sony can talk freely about the software/hardware that they and AMD have designed.
We will know more after AMD lift their embargo. Sony can talk freely about the software/hardware that they and AMD have designed.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
No, and nobody should take this bait.
For someone it is
.Wasn't trying to come up with bait. I was just thinking if this amazing speed up in loading is capable without dedicated IO power then maybe it wasn't the best use of that die space. Then again, but taking the die space, Sony is setting a floor on loading performance, and all games should be able to take advantage of good loading. It's early days and we still haven't seen PS5 performance loading and switching titles.