360 vs. PS3 Loading Time

R6 Vegas: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/78769.html

Tony Hawk: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/51938.html

wow, 360 clearly wins again!

"bu-but teh cell!"

EDIT:Oblivion http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/79492.html

Hard drive caching makes the load times very minimal.

Plus, wait until PS3 models with 4x Blu-ray drives come out. 18mps looks good to me.

R6 Vegas: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/78769.html

Tony Hawk: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/51938.html

wow, 360 clearly wins again!

"bu-but teh cell!"

EDIT:Oblivion http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/79492.html

gamergeekgeek

I'll take my pc which leaves x360 in the dust in loading times. x360 dvd max transfer 16mb/s pc hdd average transfer rate 50mb/s

i dont know why cows keep saying ps3 has less loading time. could they be lying? :shock:gamergeekgeek

All the Playstations (and the PSP) have the longest loading times, it never seems to change.

Hard drive caching makes the load times very minimal.

Plus, wait until PS3 models with 4x Blu-ray drives come out. 18mps looks good to me.

Supernova_86

WAIT is your answer????, I should have seen it coming......lol

everyone know that except cows.

yep the 360 wins in everything.tree-branch

it can't touch the pc in load times

rip ps3

rip ps3

Lets cut to the chase here.

• The developers for Tony Hawk had far more time with the dev kits to optimise the code to allow faster loading times for the 360 version compared to the PS3 version - hence the hideous performance on the PS3.
• With Oblivion, the PS3 version was made to cache upon boot, hence the additional loading time (and better fluidity post boot)
• With R6 Vegas, we do not know if that 360 still had cached data on its HDD or not (ie, if he went through the recommended... what? 5 game caching cycle)

Either ways, the PS3, as you all know (given the slower data transfer rate when on the outer edges of a blue-ray disk) will indeed have slower booting [ed] times.

However, developers also have the opportunity to cache to HDD on every PS3. Hence, like computers with SATA drives - post initial boot - the PS3 version will have superior loading / streaming performance (given equally optimised code on both systems).

Whether we'll ever see games equally optimised in the PS3's favour or not is another question. I'm beginning to believe that western developers' knowledge of each hardware make will never reach a point where they can get more performance out of the PS3 version (when code begins for the 360 or PC).

EDIT:

PS. How on earth does the Cell have anything to do with this? Crap like that is just flame-bait.

R6 Vegas: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/78769.html

Tony Hawk: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/51938.html

wow, 360 clearly wins again!

"bu-but teh cell!"

EDIT:Oblivion http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/79492.html

gamergeekgeek

Yes beause loadingtimes will stop me buying a PS3.

Lol omg you linked 3 games does that now = all 360 titles will load faster for the life of the PS3? GAMES ARE COMING OUT WHERE IT NEVER LOADS AGAIN CossackNoodle

I would love to know the name of game that never needs to load again, care to tell me?

uncharted is one and haze i think. streaming is teh futureCossackNoodle

Do you have links saying their not going to have loading times?

[QUOTE="CossackNoodle"]Lol omg you linked 3 games does that now = all 360 titles will load faster for the life of the PS3? GAMES ARE COMING OUT WHERE IT NEVER LOADS AGAIN KrazyKenKutarag

I would love to know the name of game that never needs to load again, care to tell me?

He's confused - however, streaming in general is coming to games at large - including GTA4. So we'll see how the hard drive effects performance on that (and which code set is more efficient, given the bucket of money MS has dumped on T2 to 'help' them deliver)

quick google search "haze no loading" came up with this http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=15370

same for uncharted a post here says what i said but not exactley concrete evidence http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/print?board.id=uncharteddf&message.id=1123&page=1&format=page

quick google search "haze no loading" came up with this http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=15370

sameforenchartedapostheresayswhatisaidbutnotexactleyconcreteevidencehttp://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/print?board.id=uncharteddf&message.id=1123&page=1&format=page

CossackNoodle

Cool, can't wait to try out Haze!

How come all the reviews said the PS3 had faster load times and yet you guys say different?caseypayne69

Because of the videos...

How come all the reviews said the PS3 had faster load times and yet you guys say different?caseypayne69

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/52271.html

Comparisons are stupid. There are faster games and slower games. And anyway, there are extra screens for R6 vegas loading, with the Agia Physx thing, so that added a decent amount of time.

I Can't believe that fanboys are usingloading timesto claim ownage

We're talking milisecond faster. Like 2 sports cars. one is zero to 60 in 4.9 seconds and the other is 5.1 seconds. Not that big of a deal.caseypayne69

there's like, 15 seconds difference in Tony Hawk. and no we're not talking about miliseconds

How come all the reviews said the PS3 had faster load times and yet you guys say different?caseypayne69

link?

bad devs porting bad games to ps3

hey uncharted has no loading screen at all and blows tony hawk, vegasaway...hmmm weird

bad devs porting bad games to ps3

hey uncharted has no loading screen at all and blows tony hawk, vegasaway...hmmm weird

legalize3

and too bad we're doing multiplat comparisons

[QUOTE="legalize3"]

bad devs porting bad games to ps3

hey uncharted has no loading screen at all and blows tony hawk, vegasaway...hmmm weird

gamergeekgeek

and too bad we're doing multiplat comparisons

Exactly which makes this thread null and void, in ps3/360 multiplats devs always do better with the 360's hardware cause even a 3 yearold can make a game for it.

Uncharted and Haze(PS3) will have Zero load times.no_submission

There have been games with no load times for years.

[QUOTE="gamergeekgeek"][QUOTE="legalize3"]

bad devs porting bad games to ps3

hey uncharted has no loading screen at all and blows tony hawk, vegasaway...hmmm weird

no_submission

and too bad we're doing multiplat comparisons

Exactly which makes this thread null and void, in ps3/360 multiplats devs always do better with the 360's hardware cause even a 3 yearold can make a game for it.

oh, so THAT's the reason 360 has better graphics and less loading time! i see.

[QUOTE="no_submission"]Uncharted and Haze(PS3) will have Zero load times.Raidea

There have been games with no load times for years.

godfather for example

POS3.... pfft

yay 360

gamespot disagrees

and gs opinion > other site

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/rpg/theelderscrollsivoblivion/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;review

I thought M$ messed up not including a hard drive, but not nearly as bad as Sony did by putting in bluray.

xbox360 wins....againadriancostin83

here iti s http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/rpg/theelderscrollsivoblivion/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;review

I thought M$ messed up not including a hard drive, but not nearly as bad as Sony did by putting in bluray.

mikasa

As for this thread. The TC is comparing 2nd gen 360 games to 1st gen PS3 games. Not only that, the PS3 versions are PORTS and were not fully optimized for the PS3's hardware. /whack thread.

bad devs porting bad games to ps3

hey uncharted has no loading screen at all and blows tony hawk, vegasaway...hmmm weird

legalize3

So you're saying R6: Vegas is a bad game? Then why is it one of the highest scoring games on the PS3? That says alot about the overall quality of PS3 games if their best game is a "bad" "crappy" port.

[QUOTE="legalize3"]

bad devs porting bad games to ps3

hey uncharted has no loading screen at all and blows tony hawk, vegasaway...hmmm weird

mikasa

So you're saying R6: Vegas is a bad game? Then why is it one of the highest scoring games on the PS3? That says alot about the overall quality of PS3 games if their best game is a "bad" "crappy" port.

[QUOTE="legalize3"]

bad devs porting bad games to ps3

hey uncharted has no loading screen at all and blows tony hawk, vegasaway...hmmm weird

mikasa

So you're saying R6: Vegas is a bad game? Then why is it one of the highest scoring games on the PS3? That says alot about the overall quality of PS3 games if their best game is a "bad" "crappy" port.

ownage http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/rpg/theelderscrollsivoblivion/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;review

[QUOTE="mikasa"]

I thought M$ messed up not including a hard drive, but not nearly as bad as Sony did by putting in bluray.

LuvGaming

As for this thread. The TC is comparing 2nd gen 360 games to 1st gen PS3 games. Not only that, the PS3 versions are PORTS and were not fully optimized for the PS3's hardware. /whack thread.

Rockstar is the only dev around? Face it, bluray is not worth it. It costs too much at this time (espcially when it wasn't available when the 360 launched). And it makes for slower load times.

But yes MS did mess up not requiring a hard drive. I've said that from day 1. It's the one thing I wish M$ had done differently.

[QUOTE="mikasa"]

I thought M$ messed up not including a hard drive, but not nearly as bad as Sony did by putting in bluray.

LuvGaming

As for this thread. The TC is comparing 2nd gen 360 games to 1st gen PS3 games. Not only that, the PS3 versions are PORTS and were not fully optimized for the PS3's hardware. /whack thread.

Tony Hawk is not a port.
Vegas either
i thought cows keep saying oblivion is miles better on ps3??