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Same for me, load times on PS5 are actually pretty impressive. I can't remember being bothered by load times since I have it.

In comparison I recently started my Switch again to play Dead Cells and load times really break the die & retry experience.

So yeah, praising the Switch performance over PS5 is... weird? Possibly dishonest?

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I'm guessing they mean wake from sleep time? Since in my experience that is unparalleled. By the time my xbox has even registered the on button press I could already be playing a game on switch. The steam deck is also pretty good in this regard, but not quite as fast.

Furthermore, the switch rarely if ever forces you to update a game or the OS before play. So if you have 5 minutes spare, you can be sure you can get some play time in. This cannot be said for almost every other console AFAIK

One of the primary reasons I bought Steam Deck was because it can suspend and resume a game mid-action. Ever since life kicked in low gear after 30s I can't really find time anymore to sit at TV and power on/load game anymore as it feels like a chore. What I figured is that I will just play in short bursts whenever I have free time, which means suspending game in a must feature. So far I haven't seen deck updating a game while I am playing it, but there was such event when I launched a game after it was doing updates and it got stuck on loading screen ( mad I/O on sdcard ). Had to pause update explicitly.

Yes that's exactly why I got a steam deck too. I wanted something with a similar time-to-play as the switch. It's been excellent so far. I've had some minor issues when waking, but otherwise no problems.

Since getting it in the sale 2 months ago, I haven't turned on my xbox or my switch. It fills a neat gap. But now Zelda is out, I think the steamdeck will be having a rest for a while.

Any recommendations for games that you've enjoyed on the steam deck? I've been enjoying Opus Magnum recently. The controls were initially a bit fiddly (since it's drag and drop with the trackpad) but it's an excellent puzzle game. Refactoring your machines to optimise production rate really scratches an itch in my programmer's brain :)

Xbox Series X has that feature, you can even suspend multiple games at once

That's what I was thinking. Recently got myself a PS4 because they are really affordable now and god damn those loading times are obscene. About an hour to install new game on first disc load - didn't even connect to internet to skip downloading 10s of GB of updates.

Pro-tip: install an SSD in the PS4. I put a 2TB one in my OG one and everything runs way better despite the connection being just SATA2.

Seconding. I put a 1 TB in mine up from an HDD. It's also softmodded and has PS1 and PS2 title I injects in it. Having sleep mode and resume for my favorite PS1 and PS2 games has been great.

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