Fast Install Times
As far as games have come in recent years, offering mind-blowing graphics and some of the most in-depth systems and huge open worlds we’ve ever seen, they’ve come with a cost. Games now need to install onto your systems and Day One updates plague the opening hour or so that you spend with your new release. There’s nothing quite as bad as having to wait a good chunk of time to play that game you’ve been eagerly anticipating because your install is slowly ticking up by one percent.
The PlayStation 4 largely mitigates this issue, using a secondary processor to handle the installation of your game. This significantly speeds up game installations to the point that it’s kind of spooky how fast 50gb can be installed onto your hard drive and be ready to go. Though it’s not a huge revelation in gaming, it does quell the sacrifices we’ve had to make for prettier and bigger games in recent years.
