Xbox Dvd vs. hard drive: Loading time comparisons

[twesterm]

Username2324 said:

twesterm said:

Coca-Cola said:

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/10/31/nxe-loading-time-comparison/

Each game took 11 minutues to copy to Hard Drive.

We will be able to save 15 seconds loading time.

Is it worth it?

I think not

 

15 seconds off the initial load time but how much off every other loadtime?  I think it's pretty worth it.  I probably won't do it the first time I play a game every time but I'll definately do it at some point for every game I play.

Each load time in game is usually no more than 5-10 seconds (PS3 anyways), so saving say 1 second in-between loads during the game won't really add up to much.

Microsoft said it would offer 40-60% decrease in load times, so 15 seconds out of a minute and a half isn't even 20%. So unless you turn on and off your game alot, I don't see why the 10 minute install would be worth it, all your doing is wasting harddrive space, and you still need to put the game disc in to play anyways.

 

 

I see it as worth it as long as I'm not waiting to play the game.  The good thing about these installs is that I have a choice when I install it.

Also, 40-60% decrease off a 5-10 load time (any time you see a loading screen you generally have more than a 5 second wait) that means you have shave 2-5 seconds each load.