Both Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4 consoles require you to install your new games, and there’s no getting around that wait, whichever next-gen machine you choose. Those plumping for the Xbox One, however, will seemingly spend a lot more time with the kettle on than their PlayStation counterparts.
A new video from Kotaku shows the comparison – with a PS4 and Xbox One racing to install cross-platform launch title Need For Speed Rivals. The results are astonishing.
The site tested six multiplatform games and every time the Xbox One took considerably longer than the PS4. In each case Sony’s machine required less than sixty seconds of pre-loading before gameplay began, whereas Microsoft’s needed several minutes, and included waiting for updates – all of which happened in the background on the PlayStation.
Obviously once the game’s content is fully installed future boot up times are much the same, regardless of console choice.
The full list of tested titles and their install times can be found below. For the purpose of this test both consoles were connected to WiFi with a moderate download speed of around 10Mbps.
Assassin’s Creed IV:
Xbox One (offline, no update): 5 minutes 50 seconds
Xbox One (with update): 10 minutes 32 seconds
PS4: 42 seconds
Need For Speed Rivals:
XB1: 09:25
PS4: 00:32
Just Dance 2014:
XB1: 08:48
PS4: 00:45
NBA Live 14:
XB1: 16:26
PS4: 00:35
FIFA 14:
XB1: 16:06
PS4: 00:34
Madden 25:
XB1: 09:38
PS4: 00:38
Quite a difference, and it doesn’t always end there. You’ll notice that Madden 25 took 9 minutes longer to launch on Xbox One than PlayStation – and even then parts of the game’s single player were unavailable, apparently still installing, despite everything being available almost instantly on PS4. A similar thing is reported to have happened with Assassin’s Creed 4. Crikey!
Source: Kotaku.
Scythegpd
Slowbox One
Andrewww
‘Xbox Wait’
blackredyellow
‘Crickey’ indeed! ;)
cam the man
Saw this the other day (not sure if it was Kotaku) but after the initial install the X1 was slightly faster at loading games when console was already on.
Some of the X1 times above are worse than current/last gen.
lambchop
Microsoft will make a killing on Their Xbone/kettle bundle……
RudeAwakening
That’s comment of the week for me! Very funny.
lambchop
If they throw in a box 180 of PG Tips I might even go for it ;)
sparkyscrum
That’s really bad. I’m sure Microsoft will put a lot of effort to reducing this as soon as possible.
gazzagb
What is the main factor behind the different speeds here, anyone know? I guess it could be anything including the blu-ray drive, HDD write speeds, faster RAM or just OS Optimisation…
bunimomike
See my reply on the other page, fella.
TSBonyman
It’s an amazing difference but i’m not going to be hard on the XB1 – because in four or five hours time the next gen will have arrived!
RudeAwakening
I noticed on the article posted, I think yesterday, about fixing the XboxOne with a punch, the time the XboxOne took to just boot up was incredibly long. It must of taken at least a minute for the console to get the the tiled menu.
WalkingP
I’ve been amazed at how much faster my PS4 is. I’m glad I’ve decided to stick with one console this generation instead of two. I feel I made the right choice.
p9ul
My joke of a broadband connection downloads at a rate of 1gb in approximately 1 hour. Even taking this into account, I waited for over 3 hours before being able to play COD Ghosts the first time on Xbox One…