Kotaku: Installing Strugglebox1 Games Takes Way Too Long compared to PS4

[marcuz]

The PS4 looks like the better system tech wise all around, it just doesnt have the games i want to play and thats the only thing im basing my purchase on.

doesnt seem wise to base your console purchase on launch titles. when people reflect on games they've enjoyed most on a console, it's often NEVER a launch title.

 

[Audible101]

I think it's because PS4 requires less of the download to be completely done. I believe they've made it part of the certification process that your game be able to start playing even before it's completely installed. So in a game like NBA, you pick the team you want to play as and it starts installing those assets FIRST. That way, you can keep playing while it installs other assets.

So in comparisson the XBONE loads all the teams players etc. As opposed to PS4 i have to pick a team. So when i launch the game in the PS4 i have to wait for it to load the team i want to play? did they count that time?

 

[The_Sheff]

doesnt seem wise to base your console purchase on launch titles. when people reflect on games they've enjoyed most on a console, it's often NEVER a launch title.

Yeah, thats true. Im not planning on buying any of these systems until the spring but KI and Titanfall are 2 games i really want to play. I havent seen any from Sony i need.

 

[Kodie]

So in comparisson the XBONE loads all the teams players etc. As opposed to PS4 i have to pick a team. So when i launch the game in the PS4 i have to wait for it to load the team i want to play? did they count that time?

I honestly have no clue. I thought I remembered hearing stuff about PS4 having those features. Someone with both might be able to confirm.

 

[Rekkapryde]

when ps3 installs and downloads took long, it was all jokes, but now that the tide is completely reversed, it's Officer Barbrady time?

 

[D1renegade]

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Dang y'all really go hard with the console wars stuff on this forum.......



































That being said , #TeamPlaystation

 

[CJ]

#Dualgang

 

[MeachTheMonster]

It's because the install times include the time it takes to download and install the updates as well.
These launch games have updates of 500mb+

If you install the games without being connected to the web, they install a lot quicker.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

I honestly have no clue. I thought I remembered hearing stuff about PS4 having those features. Someone with both might be able to confirm.

Xbox has the same feature. I was able to start BF4 with only 8% installed. Ryse was about 18%

I didn't really pay attention to the others

 

[Rekkapryde]

Dat PlayGo feature.

my my my how things have changed....

 

[Audible101]

Xbox has the same feature. I was able to start BF4 with only 8% installed. Ryse was about 18%

I didn't really pay attention to the others

Since all of the games we were testing required an update, we factored this into our times. On the PS4, they happened in the background and didn't affect our ability to install or begin the game, while on Xbox One, the installation from disc wouldn't begin until after the update finished.

This is the difference right? That you have to wait for the complete update to finish until starting too install? (on the Xbone)

 

[CurrencyChase]

Yeah Shyt is weird I wonder if it because of the 3 OS. I usually install and watch TV or other Shyt that u Sony dudes can't do.

like?

 

[CurrencyChase]

Do people care that much? PS3 was really bad at updates compared to 360 but that didn't affect my enjoyment of actually playing games. It was a minor annoyance every once in a while.

yeah but regression from something that was working on the 360.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Since all of the games we were testing required an update, we factored this into our times. On the PS4, they happened in the background and didn't affect our ability to install or begin the game, while on Xbox One, the installation from disc wouldn't begin until after the update finished.

This is the difference right? That you have to wait for the complete update to finish until starting too install? (on the Xbone)

Yes that's the difference, to circumvent that you can just disconect from the Internet and install the game, then reconnect and the update will download/install in the backround.

This is probably something that will change in the future, they did it for convenience, but I think people value time over convenience.

 

[homiedontplaydat]

Yeah Shyt is weird I wonder if it because of the 3 OS. I usually install and watch TV or other Shyt that u Sony dudes can't do.

So if I have a PS4 I cant just hit the input button on my TV remote and do the same thing during an install