You don't need us to say too much about this -- just watch it for yourself. The video above, posted by Xbox earlier today, shows State of Decay 2 running on both an Xbox One X and Xbox Series X. And the difference in loading times is incredibly significant.
The video, which is described as a "tech demo" for now, shows State of Decay 2 taking around 50 seconds to finally boot into a game on Xbox One X, while it takes just eight seconds (yes, eight!) for the same game to load on Xbox Series X. It's worth noting, however, that the video description indicates that this backward compatible test "does not represent gameplay optimized for Xbox Series X."
Even so, this is incredibly impressive. If Microsoft can target similar load times even just for backwards compatible Xbox One games in the future, we're in for a treat. We're looking forward to seeing how something like Halo Infinite runs compared to the Xbox One version later this year.
Are you impressed by the tech demo? Tell us how important loading times are to you in the comments below.
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Certainly is quite a difference, but does SOD2 really take almost a full minute to load on current Xboxs?!?!!
As someone who still remembers the days of loading from tape cassettes - where you could start to load a game, go and have a meal, comeback and see the final lines of the 'loading' screen image being drawn and still have to wait for the 'game' to load to play it, I don't think load times are a massive issue now. Even a minute is not exactly a 'long' time.
Of course, any improvements are a bonus and certainly not complaining about getting into a game and fast travel actually being 'fast' but its not a 'big' deal to me. It wouldn't stop me buying if loading times were not improved for example...
I was afraid of that. Unless optimized for X Series X or PS5, last-gen games won't load at 1-2 seconds, preventing us from enjoying an 'arcade-like' loading experience (that is, no load screens).
Still, 8 seconds from 50 seconds is a huge improvement. Witcher 3 won't make you slam your head every time you die and reload now.
The super fast load times next gen will bring is great news. Load times are always annoying, tho some more than others, so to pretty much banish them is great to hear
@BAMozzy Tapes, I remember them well (unfortunately lol)
It doesn't seem like a big deal to some but snappy load times combined with quick resume will save a TON of time.
Add all those minutes up over a year and we'll get a load more gaming in!
I’m thoroughly impressed with this load difference. Few things take me out of a game quicker than long load sequences, especially if you die and have to wait forever to start up again.
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