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Next-Gen Has Eliminated Loading Screens - You're Never Getting A Text Back Again

Ewan Moore

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Next-Gen Has Eliminated Loading Screens - You're Never Getting A Text Back Again

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You've probably heard that the PlayStation 5 is finally out in the UK today. Maybe you're like me, and have been up since 6am refreshing the status of your pre-order and staring at the window squealing in excitement at every van that passes by your house? Or perhaps you're the long-suffering partner of someone like me, and were woken up at 6am by the inhuman squealing of a gamer who barely got any sleep last night.

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You can probably tell I'm pretty excited. The last week in particular has been a real struggle as I watched people around the world open their PS5 consoles on November 12th, but it's finally our turn. There's a lot about the PS5 I'm excited for. The DualSense sounds like a real game-changer, and I'm obviously more than ready to get my butt handed to me by Demon's Souls. More than anything, though, I'm about ready for the way in which the PS5 and Xbox Series X basically completely eliminate loading screens.

We've all seen the videos at this point. Eye-watering comparisons show games like Marvel's Spider-Man and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt loading in at nearly five times the speed on a next-gen console compared to their current-gen counterparts. This might not be the sexiest part of next-gen, sure, but it's certainly gotten my attention.

Spider-Man: Miles Morales / Credit: Insomniac Games
Spider-Man: Miles Morales / Credit: Insomniac Games
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I don't know about you guys, but lengthy loading screens can so often be the difference between me deciding to boot up a game or leaving it. I'm really enjoying Assassin's Creed Valhalla on PS4, for example, but I do need to really, properly think about committing to playing it because of those loading screens. The same can be said for Red Dead Redemption 2, a game that takes roughly several years to load on PS4. And by several years I mean a few minutes, but still... same difference.

That dithering that I'm so prone to should be all but gone by the time my PS5 gets here. With loading screens basically a thing of the past, I won't think twice about which game to boot up and when - I'll just do it. The upshot of this? I'd often use lengthy loading times between games or fast travels to check my phone and reply to messages before diving back into whatever adventure I was on. With these all but gone, there's a genuine chance that you may never hear from me again.

With that in mind, I just want to take this opportunity to assure any friends or family currently reading this that if you don't hear back from me in the next week, I am fine - I just got my PlayStation 5, and we're having a whale of a time together.

Topics: PlayStation 5, Next-Gen, News

Ewan Moore
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