REDUCED LOAD TIMES
Honestly, this is my biggest hope for next-gen
gaming. If you’ve played an AAA game from this
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loading screens—I’d hate to think of the minutes
(or hours!) I’ve spent staring at spinning wheels. I
recognize, though, that long load times are a
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assets, mechanical hard drives, development
blindspots, and other factors. Fortunately,
Microsoft and Sony will place high-speed, solid-
state drives into their next-gen machines, as well
as speedy processors, which should hopefully
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in the next console generation. The future, after
all, lies before us. To be fair, Microsoft and Sony
haven’t released much information about their
upcoming systems—so maybe some of my ideas
are also some of their ideas. We’ll know in a few
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Fortunately,
Microsoft and
Sony will place
high-speed,
solid-state
drives into
their next-gen
machines.