Ask HN: Why do Nintendo and AAA games take so long to load?

by jv22222 on 3/9/2025, 4:36:10 PM with 4 comments
Why don't they use lazy loading, and if they do then why does it take so long to load something like Minecraft legends on Nintendo Switch?

  • by not_your_vase on 3/9/2025, 5:17:40 PM

    I would also ask why are patches and updates take long to download and install on PS3 and PS4 (don't know if it improved on PS5). If you install Gran turismo 6 on PS3, it starts with patching it for 10 hours (really, not a typo and not exaggeration). And PS4 is not much better - base games usually are downloaded at a reasonable speed, but patching takes forever.

    At the same time any free linux distro will pull gigabytes of updates so fast that I'm scared that it will melt my ethernet cable - but sony, a huge corporation can't

  • by austin-cheney on 3/9/2025, 4:43:24 PM

    Talos Principle 2 opens in just a couple seconds.

  • by taeric on 3/9/2025, 4:59:59 PM

    My gut is people don't have a good appreciation for how big assets on modern games are?