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Lone_Canis_Lupus on 19 July 2008
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BottledSpringWater said:
Lone_Canis_Lupus said:
kowenicki said:
Why are install times so goddam slow on the ps3? its odd. I have only had my ps3 for a few weeks and my only gripe (now ive got a dual shock to replace that crappy sixaxis) is the installs!

 

Blu-ray 2x isn't as fast as DVD 12x. I expect disc drives to become faster just like they did with CDs and DVD though. Blu-ray 4x alone is faster than DVD 12x (there are already a few BD drives for PC with these read speeds). 18MB/s to DVDs 16.2MB/s. The PS2's DVD drive wasn't very fast at launch but became faster as time went on I believe. At least I notice faster load times on my friends slim as opposed to my fat PS2. Anyway, right now Blu-ray is slower, so the 360 will install faster. If something like 4x or faster transfer rates are implementend in PS3s disc drive before the end of the generation...then it will be faster than 360 installs.

 

EDIT: A lot of edits...updated information. I haven't had sleep. @.@

Can Blu-Ray 4x be implemented through a firmware update or is it a whoe new hardware scenario?

 

 

Most likley hardware. I doubt a firmware update would be able to increase the drive speed. That's one of the disadvantages of being an early adopter though. The PS2 had a slow drive at first too I think. I'll have to check into it but I'm pretty sure the slims load faster than the fats. Anyway, it wouldn't take much work to implement it into future PS3s. There are already PC Blu-ray drives that have 4x support. The problem is it will probably add onto the expense. So if they do implement it, it might be a year or two down the road. If it comes though, expect loading times on par and faster than 360 games. MGS4 and DMC4 installs will probably be a lot faster as well. There will also probably be a lot less mandatory installs as well in future games. Another advantage would be the drive would make less noise than 360s because 4x of course is 3 times slower than 12x.



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