• BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 hours ago

    To be truthful, when the game wasn’t fully on the disk or required day one patches is when I stopped taking consoles seriously. One of the benefits of console was a little loading and you’re good to go. That’s long gone now for even some indie games.

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      2 hours ago

      Mind expanding on this a bit? A PS5 will load the largest of games with in a few seconds. Baldur’s Gate 3 for example, loads the entire game inside of 30 seconds.

      Or am I way off what you are talking about?

        • BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          1 hour ago

          Aye, you have to install the game, download any updates, let it update, then start it up again typically because of day 1 patches. Used to be you just put in the disk and played it after a load.

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        1 hour ago

        More talking how you just put in a disc, quick load and play the game. There’s no patches, no installation, just play it. I considered that one of the biggest benefits of consoles we lost.