PS4 eliminates lengthy pre-install process, says Sony dev

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The PS4 will do away with he the lengthy pre-installation processes that plagued PS3 gaming over the past seven years, claims a senior Sony engineer.


Many PS3 games (and a growing number of Xbox 360 games) require users to pre-install several gigabytes of data before being able to play - a process which can take up to and beyond 20 minutes.

According to the Official PlayStation Magazine UK, Sony's Neil Brown told Develop attendees today that the same technology which allows PS4 to play a game as it's downloading from the internet will also allow the PS4 to play a game while it's being installed from a disc.

"A similar system also works on Blu-ray, chunks are automatically copied to the hard drive in the background," said Brown. "This means that after the first few minutes your game can rely on having faster read speeds from the hard drive."

Brown said that this "provides a better experience for players" because it will be "a completely background process".

He added, "They don't have to wait for anything to install before playing the game. The game will launch as soon as the disc has been put in the drive."

The PS4 release is currently officially 'holiday 2013'.

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AdamuPosted:

Some good news xD

Fuzzeh_XPosted:

TTG_Semper-Fi Xbox already did this, there late af. haha

No they didn't you are stupid haha see I can be mean too, but yea you are incorrect.

TTG_Semper-FiPosted:

Xbox already did this, there late af. haha

Da_BombPosted:

Deathsbugsy "lengthy pre-installation processes" ..... "a process which can take up to and beyond 20 minutes."

Really? Twenty minutes out of 1440 in an entire day. For one game. 'herp derp i cnt ply game 4 20 mints omg' This is pathetic.


Why complain about improvements?

CHPPosted:

i always hated installing games on computers, thats why i stuck with consoles

B23RPosted:

well if its not there whats the problem? but no one wants to wait 20 minutes to play a game

OdinPosted:

fknvlink you just got home after a day of school/work and wanna relax and play the new game you just bought? too bad we gonna make you wait 20 mins. don't compare 20 mins to the whole day.


That's a joke right? When someone says a time you instinctively compare it to a days time without even thinking about it. That's how to know that something is a long amount of time or a short amount. All Deathsbugsy did was put a days time into minutes to show you that you are all impatient spoilt sh*ts.

RuinsPosted:

imbarnett
xXopticsXx
RATF 20 minutes is nothing


It is when you buy a game and want to play it immediately, it may surprise you but not everybody has loads of time to play games.


Your cool because you don't have time to play video games.


well i am pretty sure that after work or school you can buy the game takes 5 mins then download it which takes 20 mins im sure that you will still have time to play it

imbarnettPosted:

xXopticsXx
RATF 20 minutes is nothing


It is when you buy a game and want to play it immediately, it may surprise you but not everybody has loads of time to play games.


Your cool because you don't have time to play video games.

VoyboyPosted:

RATF 20 minutes is nothing


It is when you buy a game and want to play it immediately, it may surprise you but not everybody has loads of time to play games.


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