Devil May Cry 4 comes with 22-minute PS3 installation

PMantixFeb 5th, 2008 - 14:59:13

'No, the edge comes in the fact that the PS3 installs a large amount of game files to the hard drive, dramatically reducing load times between stages and cinematics. I've timed the game on both systems numerous times, and each time has been consistently in the PS3's favor. Transitions to gameplay from starting menus are relatively close, frequently within half a second or so of each other, but when you're loading up a cutscene or having another pause in the action, the 360's times are easily three times that of the PS3.'

-IGN

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NoMoreFanboysFeb 6th, 2008 - 02:57:21

Nope, not true.
I've played through both versions and using a stop watch I'm seeing maybe a difference of 1-2 seconds on the load times for the Xbox 360. The transition to the cut scenes was negligble and from scene to scene and during environment load was the only time I was able to notice differences. And, a little less than half the time I didn't even notice a difference.
I'm guessing here, but the only reason why I think this would be done for the PS3 is because they don't have a unified memory model and it might be more difficult for loading of specific scenes/content during game-play, but I'm merely speculating here and have no real proof of this.

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