The PS4 will do away with he the lengthy pre-installation processes that plagued PS3 gaming over the past seven years, claims a senior Sony engineer.


Many PS3 games (and a growing number of Xbox 360 games) require users to pre-install several gigabytes of data before being able to play - a process which can take up to and beyond 20 minutes.

According to the Official PlayStation Magazine UK, Sony's Neil Brown told Develop attendees today that the same technology which allows PS4 to play a game as it's downloading from the internet will also allow the PS4 to play a game while it's being installed from a disc.

"A similar system also works on Blu-ray, chunks are automatically copied to the hard drive in the background," said Brown. "This means that after the first few minutes your game can rely on having faster read speeds from the hard drive."

Brown said that this "provides a better experience for players" because it will be "a completely background process".

He added, "They don't have to wait for anything to install before playing the game. The game will launch as soon as the disc has been put in the drive."

The PS4 release is currently officially 'holiday 2013'.

Posted: Jul 10, 2013 8:39 pm
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