Fallout 4 Loading Times On PS4 Are Pretty Long

If a new video is to be believed, the loading times for Fallout 4 on the PS4 are pretty long. This might well apply to the Xbox One version as well. The loading times on PC are unknown.

[UserNameIsNotTaken]

-_-
Hope this isn't true.
But I survived bloodborne and that was worse than this so I can handle it

[VER1ON]

You're correct on Bloodborne, that was insane. Bethesda isn't known for optimizing their titles. I wonder how performance on PC will be.

[extermin8or]

Tbf bloodborne was fixed pretty soon after release its fast now :)

[seanpitt23]

I think we have all been spoiled by the witcher 3.

[Mariusmssj]

True that :)

[wheresmymonkey]

To be fair though, when that first came out it had pretty long load times too.

[Bansai]

Yup, I can drink vodka with a peasant on the far south of the map, then ride on a horse 30 minutes to the north, straight into Novigrad's whorehouse, all without ever seeing a loading screen.

[cartoonx1]

not really, skyrim on console had long loading times too, so its bethesda, seems like they havnt improved much :(

[seanpitt23]

@cartoonx1 yes you would expect that from the ps360 with the hardware they had but it should of improved with the 8gb of memory in this generation.

Typing this my fallout 4 copy has just arrived :) have fun exploring guys.

[nitus10]

@cartoonx1

One of the main reasons for long loading times on Skyrim on the PS3 occurs when the autosave feature is turned on (this is the default). The fix is to turn off all autosaves except possibly the timed one.

The problem with doing as I have suggested means manually saving (think old school) so when Lidia says "I have a bad feeling about this" - save.

You can actually travel overland from one end of Skyrim to the other without seeing a loading screen (unless you save). Dragon armor all with dual enchantments is great for this although ancient and revered dragons are still deadly.

Loading all 3 DLC's is a risk as well since the game can become very buggy and usually many hours in. I suggest doing only one DLC at a time.

[JudgmentJay]

I got the game 2 days ago and the loading isnt as bad as bloodborne. Besides if u have the official fallout pip-boy app u can fiddle around with it while loading.

[UserNameIsNotTaken]

Yeah..
Takamura kun given advices ;)

[Dynasty2021]

It's true.

Every leaked stream on PS4 and Xbox One have shown loading times in excess of 30 seconds.

PC will be faster like in every Bethesda game especially if you're running on an SSD. With an SSD, Skyrim loaded you in-game before the load menu lore or images loaded.

[nitus10]

Even on a PC you can get fairly long loading times if you have a poor performing disk. This is were SSD's really shine if you have the money. Also having separate disks for your OS (64GB SSD recommended), reasonable performance disk(s) for you main data and high performance disk(s) for your active game installs.

For the PS4 replacing the 5400rpm disk with a faster 7200rpm disk is a much cheaper upgrade although as with the PC an SSD is best but it is more expensive.

[Aceman18]

I'm not surprised it is Bethesda here, they wouldn't know how to optimize a game on a PS console if their lives depended on it lol.

[madmonkey01]

anyone notice this is the same website reporting the frame rate issue too.

[showtimefolks]

Digital foundary already did their video explaining that both versions have about the same loafing times so the title only stating about ps4 is misleading

Also on Xbox one frame rates dip down to ZERO. But we won't see any reviews taking points away and that's why most of the reviews areally just crap

Chicago charlie
Angryjoe
Angerycentericgaming

Are the 3 reviewers I trust personally

[UserNameIsNotTaken]

WOW The XB1 version drops to 0fps... I ain't buying dat copy.

[WilliamSheridan]

Wow, fps to zero huh? That sounds like a blatant lie. You sure it wasn't paused...

[WilliamSheridan]

You almost forgot to mention the effects that bring the PS4 down to 20fps when shooting while the Xbox stays solid 30fps. I think that's the significant number considering you should be shooting often

[showtimefolks]

The game is on its way but I think I will play something else till Bethesda releases at least few patches

I was just hoping for a great experience but than again Bethesda games never truly work the way they suppose to at launch

[BallsEye]

Weird. At e3 they said NO LOADING TIMES.

[kaizokuspy]

People are already livestreaming ps4 version via youtube. Watch it and judge for yourself or buy it.

[shammgod]

yeah, the bloodborne loading was rough for early adopters. They patched it pretty fast, but the first few days were slow and only had the title screen during loading...not even tips/lore to look at!

[yuukiliu]

Witcher 3 has some pretty long load times as well. Luckily I just whip out the tablet and use the net when games are loading.

[Bansai]

Yeah... but you can enter every building without loading, unlike fallout.

[Batnut00]

So around 28-30 seconds? I can handle this, still better than when bloodborne first started and Destiny's obnoxiously long loading screens.

[Eterna1Ice]

IMO, DA: Inquisition has the longest loading times out of all the console games I've played. Good thing most of the locations are big enough to not let you get annoyed with it. Destiny is worse, since it happens a lot more.

[showtimefolks]

Oh yeah dragon age had some very long loading screens

[moegooner88]

Loading times arw bit long but nothing major. The initial install however took ages, more than 30 minutes.

[wotta]

They are the same on XB1, it's a big game. Not a big deal really.

[Bansai]

"big game" doesn't really work as a valid excuse since The Witcher 3.

[Nitrowolf2]

And the load times are just as bad if not worse

[Bansai]

Only when you move between regions (Velen alone is bigger than whole F4), not buildings xD

[Andofaus]

Oh wow, things are going from bad to worse for the ps4 version.

[VER1ON]

Haven't checked performance on the Xbox One version yet, but loading times seem to be the same on Microsoft's console as well.

[MasterCornholio]

Digital foundary already had their compwdon up. According to them the XB1 version has more issues than the PS4 with dips into Zero FPS.

Doesn't change the fact that both versions are bad.

[PudgeyBurrito]

Also just watched digital foundry's video. The Frame rate dips are worse on XboxOne. Loading times are the same.

[Nero2142]

Finnaly , a game that could use the power of my newly ssd

[PizzaSteve]

This is a ship 1st fix later generation. Just wait for the patches guys lol.

[nitus10]

While I do agree, just how big are these patches going to be?

Unfortunately some gaming companies seem to have the attitude of ship early and patch later, if we feel like it.

[Featuring_Dante]

Had the game for 1 day now, only encountered the text glitch, where the text would freeze on one line as the conversation keeps on going. Game is gut.

[Perjoss]

I like Bethesda, Fallout 3 and Skyrim but I think they need to hire some engine programmers, I think we've reached a stage where we can do nice open worlds with no loading screens, GTAV did it really well.

[Meltic]

why is there loading time when enter a building ?? witcher 3 had almost none

[parentsbasement]

How could it be long if they don't know how long it is on Xbox or PC? Maybe its fast...

[MellauxGMNG]

Wait.. So if the Xbox One and PC version are longer than this, will this suddenly be considered short loading time?

[parentsbasement]

it may very well be the fastest of the three , either way , worth the wait no matter what your gaming on I would think...

[ChuckTheIceMan]

I wonder how much of a difference there would be on an Xbox one with an External USB 3.0 HDD?

[steve30x]

If they didn't use the slowest available 5400rpm HDD's in the consoles games wouldn't take so long to load. Forza horizon 2 takes a life time to load.

[Tsunade]

Shame on you Bethesda. You must learn from others developers

[lennyvon]

Loading times too on ps4! Why didn't I get it for my dusty xbox one. It's ac unity all over again lol

[generic-user-name]

Because it performs even worse on X1 according to Digital Foundry.

0FPS on X1 at times (yes, Zero)

[dboyman]

Next Bethesda game, Sony needs to send some people to help with development for their platform....

[nitus10]

The PS4 and the XB1 are basically PC x86-64 architecture and gaming companies have had many years to get their act together. It really is sloppy programming and poor Q&A.

[showtimefolks]

If that's the case than so does ms because fallout 4 suffers more on Xbox one

How about we blame Bethesda you know the developer? Why are they givenot a free pass

[dboyman]

I certainly not giving Bethesda a free pass. In fact it makes them look bad when they have to get help to properly optimize a game for a platform...

[SynestheticRoar]

Lets hope the PC game of fallout 4 is fine.

[jznrpg]

Get a hybrid or Solid state drive for your ps4. Load times decrease noticeably with one and it is simple to install.

[vikingland1]

SSD cost too much. Maybe a SSD hybrid.

[nitus10]

The cheapest solution is to replace your 5400rpm disk with a 7200rpm disk, with the next best being a hybrid drive followed by a much more expensive SSD.

The actual cost differential between a 5400rpm disk and a 7200rpm disk is only a few dollars however the performance differential is 20% or more. It is a pity Sony don't give you the option of purchasing a PS4 with the faster drive especially since the cost difference is small.

Even hybrids have a cost difference between $20 and $30 and I am sure many gamers in the know would make this purchase.

The problem with SSD's is they are expensive and usually 3 to 6 times the price of an equivalent hybrid.

[WeAreLegion]

I've been watching streams all weekend. They aren't that bad.

[FN4GM]

Sounds like an ok trade off considering the performance issues are terrible on xbox "0 fps" that's just pathetic, besides I'm sure load times are long on xbone too and it has serious performance issues to boot, multiple strikes against the xbox version really.