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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RuinsPosted:

20 minutes is nothing

322Posted:

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.


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.

DeathsbugsyPosted:

"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.

LgndPosted:

Sorcery
Wart Nothing new. Available on Xbox One and obviously available on PS4.


Everything you do is trying to make the Xbox One look superior, just stop, it's not the superior console due to value for money, users have to buy a kinect sensor for $100 that they don't want, it's that simple, you're so blind it's hilarious.


But the Kinect sensor is a top of the line accessory for the Xbox One, the PS4 was going to be $499 but they took out the ps eye camera to lower the price.

LyquPosted:

Oh my, this is great to hear. I had, well still do have a ps3 sitting on my shelf right beside my 360. I bought the 360 because I was straight up tired of having to do a half hour update each time I wanted to put a different disk in.. it was very irritating and I'm very glad it wont be like this on the ps4.

MaggardoPosted:

This is great, I hated how I had to install games before I could even play them. It was horrible!

SorceryPosted:

Wart Nothing new. Available on Xbox One and obviously available on PS4.


Everything you do is trying to make the Xbox One look superior, just stop, it's not the superior console due to value for money, users have to buy a kinect sensor for $100 that they don't want, it's that simple, you're so blind it's hilarious.

TomorrowLandPosted:

Nothing new. Available on Xbox One and obviously available on PS4.

OasisPosted:

I'm all for it but can those sort of constantly heavy tasks be good for it? I wonder what sort of level these actions will bring the hardware to.

LeapPosted:

Thank god. This needed to be done a long time ago.


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