[Lynk Former]

PS3's Genji uses HDD to quarter load times
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/21/ps3s-g...oad-times/

I remember a time when there was no such thing as load times or load screens, our gaming experience was only delayed by a title screen or an intro or cutscene or bit of text you could easily skip to get to the gaming.

I remember the first time I saw a loading screen, my friend had called me over to his place to play his newly bought PlayStation, I was curious to see what this new gaming system could do since Sony was new to the industry, I can't remember what game it was exactly but when my friend switched on the system and we got to the first load screen I was frightened and confused. I thought the system had broken or something, I didn't know what this screen was or what exactly was being loaded and why it was taking so long to load it. I sat there stunned for a moment and then finally the game started...

Little did I know that load times and loading screens would become common place among certain games, but what's even worse is the fact that in this new generation of consoles the load times have gotten WORSE, not better. Aside from bad gameplay, load times in videogames is the biggest thing that pisses me off. I don't want to see them at all, and when I do see them, I want it to be short... VERY short *shakes fist*

Sony tries to make us believe the PS3 is all powerful, but if it really was then measures like this would not be necessary at all.