Lady Lilith Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 http://kotaku.com/you-can-be-playing-a-new-ps4-game-in-45-seconds-or-less-1462949507 When GTA V came out, I tested how long the mandatory 8GB installation took. 15 minutes on an Xbox 360. All next-gen games need to be installed (and are far more than 8GB), so what can you do with 15 minutes on a PS4? Quite a bit, it turns out.P I had a brand-new PS4 and 7 games. Naturally, a brand-new PS4 still needs a system update (copied off the game disc), but with that out of the way, the installation times were surprisingly fast. I also found out that once you put a disc in the drive, it automatically starts installing so not a second is wasted waiting for you to click a button.P I should note that this is part of the PS4's ability to stream games as they download or install, so the installation time isn't how long it takes to install all 36 gigs of Knack, but how long it takes to transfer enough to get the game going. The rest of the data gets copied in the background as long as the disc is in the drive.P Here are the install times I got for the update and each game:P 1.06 System update: 6:15P 57 seconds to copy the update from the discP 10 seconds to scroll through the EULA1P 4:10 to prepare, reboot and installP Remaining time is other menus and loadingP Knack: 32 secondsKillzone: Shadow Fall: 0:38Battlefield 4: 0:42Injustice: Gods Among Us: 0:28Just Dance 2014: 0:24Madden 25: 0:23Assassin's Creed 4: 0:13P In total, from turning on the system, it took 14 minutes and 30 seconds to do a system update and install 7 games. Not too shabby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Good, because with a tiny 500GB HDD and games taking up 50GB+ being fast is a good thing. Parker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shervink Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Good, because with a tiny 500GB HDD and games taking up 50GB+ being fast is a good thing. Parker 50 GB??? That would mean 10 games and its clear out the ballpark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beyondthegrave07 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Now if only a PS4 could make me a sandwich...maybe on the next gen perhaps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkodoRyu Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Those values are strictly for using disc version - with downloads you can start faster, but not that fast: eg. Killzone will require ~8GB of data to be downloaded to start playing (out of full ~45GB) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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