Conina on 12 July 2020
| SvennoJ said: Current gen is just as much limited by 5400 rpm HDD as last gen. There was zero improvement in random access speed. So yep, we mostly got bells and whistles this gen, but still some actual game play improvements thanks to ram increase (see my previous post). |
Wrong again.
In the last gen mandatory HDD installs were the exception, not the rule.
Most Xbox 360 and PS3 games had to load most of the data from the optical disc (DVD or Blu-ray):
The Xbox 360 had a 12x DVD drive, so sequential max. speed 15.8 MB/s with abysmal seeking speeds compared to 5400 rpm HDD.
The PS3 had a 2x Blu-ray drive, so sequential max. speed 8.6 MB/s with abysmal seeking speeds compared to 5400 rpm HDD.
