Comment on Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week 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.
TheGreatRapsBeat@lemmy.world 1 week 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?
Squirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
I think they’re talking about the initial loading. Not having to download gigabytes of data just to start up the game.
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week 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.
TheGreatRapsBeat@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Yes. When games were not on a Blu-Ray disc and were only 5GB in size.
Games are now an average of 50GB or more (up to 100GB for some). Larger games require a data disc now. It’s been like this for 20 years.
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week 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.
TheGreatRapsBeat@lemmy.world 5 days ago
So… a PS2?