9th gen console owners. Do you still notice the SSD? Nostalgia for loading screens?

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SvennoJ said:

It's just a few AAA games that take full advantage of the SSD. Yes it's very nice tracks load in a few seconds instead of half a minute in GT7, yet for example NMS still takes forever to load.

Smaller games / indies don't seem to load any faster as you still have to wait for all the splash screens :/

However in AAA games I'm now more inclined to use fast travel instead of actual travel. It's nice fast travel is actually fast now, but it also makes me lose interest in the game faster, steering games more to checking off to do lists rather than experiencing the world.

Of course I can simply ignore fast travel again like I did in TotK. And I will.

My fast travel rule is if it is something repetitive like finishing a quest and needing to return somewhere then I fast travel, otherwise I tend to explore.