Storage Matters: Why Xbox and Playstation SSDs Usher in a New Era of Gaming
I hate to say it but this SSD story has been plastered all over the news by the PR machine, mainly because the new consoles have no other inovations whatsoever....<p>No, it is not going to usher a new area of gaming, just make game have less &#x27;loading&#x27; screens, and perhaps larger open worlds....  but it is no near the innovation and changes we experiences in the 90s and early 2000&#x27;s....<p>Let me say in a more popular language:  History has demonstrated that gamers don&#x27;t give a f@ck on how fast is the SSD....    
PS1 won over N64 even though it had huge loading times, compared to near instantaneous N64&#x27;s loading screens....<p>I meant, personally, i think it is great, as PS4 loading time are bad, but just fast loading time it is not going to make me buy a game.<p>Anyway, just a sad PR piece trying to get people exited for something that looks a small (but good) evolutionary improvement over the current PS4 Pro&#x2F;Xbox X.<p>Now if we had custom fast&#x2F;ray-casting technology, than it would have been  exiting.  But it looks like if enabled, a game will either have to drop resolutions and cap frame-rates to barely playable 30fps.<p>But, hey your SSD will be fast.....