Kotaku: Installing Xbox One Games Takes Way Too Long

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Sh1nn said:

Both the Xbox One and PS4 require all games to be installed from the disc, due to the increasing size of games and the relatively low speed of optical drives. So both consoles have a feature that allows you to launch a game as soon as enough content is installed to begin running it, while the rest of the data continues to install in the background. Our test was how long it takes to launch the game from the time you insert a disc, with a normal console connected to the internet.

We tested six multiplatform games on both consoles and every time, the PS4 was under a minute while the Xbox One install was several minutes long and required downloading an update before beginning the installation. When you include downloading those updates for each Xbox One game that happen in the background on PS4, the install times can get as high as fifteen minutes before you can even launch the game.

How Long Your First Install Will Take On PS4 And Xbox OneP

Assassin's Creed IV: 
Xbox One (offline, no update): 5 minutes 50 seconds
Xbox One (with update, fastest connection): 7 minutes 2 seconds
Xbox One (with update, 10Mbps connection): 10 minutes 32 seconds
PS4: 42 secondsP

The rest of these were tested on our office Wi-Fi which is around 9-11Mbps. It may have been faster on a wired connection, but you can compare your own connection speed here. These are our results:P

Need For Speed Rivals: 
XBO: 09:25 (including update)
PS4: 00:32P

Just Dance 2014: 
XBO: 08:48 (including update)
PS4: 00:45P

NBA Live 14: 
XBO: 16:26 (including update)
PS4: 00:35P

FIFA 14:
XBO: 16:06 (including update)
PS4: 00:34P

Madden 25:
XBO: 9:38 (including update)
PS4: 00:38

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AC4	632	42	15.0
NFSR	565	32	17.7
JD14	528	45	11.7
NBL14	986	35	28.2
Fifa14	966	34	28.4
Madden25	578	38	15.2
Total	4255	226	18.8
Median	605	36.5	16.6

 

So, on average, initial XB1 installation takes 19 times that of PS4. Likewise, the median game will take 17 times as long. This is just way too much. This is not a performance comparison; this is a feature comparison, or the lack of it on XB1 obviously. PS4 does streamline the installation / caching process, XB1 doesn't. It just installs in "stages", single player first etc...