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But it's not just "load" times - if it was just traditional start of game / start of level load times they'd probably allow it.

But these fast drives are also going to be used for streaming assets - i.e. loading geometry, textures, sounds etc on the fly as you run around a level or an open world. It's how these machines are planning to get around the relative lack of additional memory over the previous generation - they can't really have more data in memory at the start of a level, but they can load it super quickly on the fly as it's needed.

A slow drive would just completely break games that used those techniques (which is probably going to end up being a lot of games as devs strive to get the most out of the new machines).

Edit - the PS5 not allowing external storage of PS5 games is utter crap though :-(

Jeff has said many times that putting on a headset and "disappearing" into VR just isn't something that fits his lifestyle at home.

I get this too on Windows and MacOS (two different laptops, both using Brave)

Interested to see what comes up here.

I only occasionally get to use the family TV for gaming, so I usually use a cheap no-frills 24" TV for my Xbox One.

Getting a Series X in a couple of weeks and would like to upgrade the small screen, but for various reasons I can't really go any bigger than 24".

As far as I can see to get anything better (4K, HDR etc) in the TV category I'd have to go to at least 32", so that's out. I could easily get a 24" 1080p 144Hz freesync monitor, which would be a step up, but if I want to up the resolution to 1440p 144Hz freesync the options get way more limited at 24", and HDR seems to be a complete no-no at anything less than 27".

So I think 24" 1080p 144Hz freesync might be my best bet / only realistic option, but interested to see what might come up here.

Edit: removed unnecessary waffling

@bigsocrates: Yeah, I also bounced off WatchDogs 2 when it came out, so not keen to risk Legion.

I do fancy that Immortals Fenyx Rising though, but didn't mention it 'cos it's not a launch game (though only a week or so after) and more importantly, Ubisoft's recent troubles mean I dunno if I'll be happy buying it.

I'm planning to just keep playing whatever I'm playing on my One X and just switch over to the Series X.

Though I will definitely also try the Series X enhanced games that are on GamePass (e.g. Gears Tactics and Tetris Effect)

Over 300 Xbox games in my library (X1 and back-compat 360, including games from Gold) plus Game Pass on top of that made it a no-brainer to stick with the Series X.

Never got a PS4 this gen, so will probably get a PS5 at some point, maybe in a few years if they get a bit cheaper.

@petesix0: Why would you expect anything else? Sony's not gonna allow you to share your disc with your mates and give them all a free copy of the game.

@bisonhero: Well said. Obviously this news is worrying, but a lot of this thread has just been unnecessary fantasy-business-manager nonsense.

@thepanzini said:

He said it's not making much profit yet, which I can completely believe as they're all but giving GamePass away right now with that $1 upgrade deal.

So I can imagine Microsoft are probably having to dip into their own pockets to subsidise payments to developers until the service becomes self-sustaining. But those kinds of numbers (10+ million subscribers x $10 to $15 = billions a year) suggest to me that in the long term the service could sustain itself while paying developers a fair compensation for loss of sales.