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Are Xbox Series X BC load times increased from preview build? [Update: Nope]

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Why_So_Serious

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Sorry please close if this doesn't deserve a new thread, but its baffling to see how Series X load times are suddenly current gen rather than next gen.

This was a video uploaded by Gamespot on 28th September, and RDR2 loaded the game in 38 seconds:

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Xbox Series X Load Time Comparison (RDR2, Control, FFXV)

Here's how the Series X loading times stack up to an Xbox One X. Tested on Red Dead Redemption 2, Control, Outer Worlds, and FFXV. Xbox Series X features fas...
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IGN Video showed RDR2 loading in like 25 seconds:

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Xbox Series X Game Load Times Compared to Xbox One X

Without any developer work, the Xbox Series X still boasts some impressive improvements and load times for your current Xbox One library of games. So we test...
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Gamespot again uploaded video on 6th November, and now RDR2 loads in 1 minute 4 seconds. That is a big increase:

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PS5 vs Xbox Series X Load Times Comparison

Both the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5 bring a lot of power to the table as we enter the next generation of video game consoles. But the improvement th...
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So what is going on here? Some firmware update increased load times? Different units have different load times? I am unable to wrap my head around it.
 
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Am I crazy or are the load times the same?

The first vid skips the splash screens while second vid doesnt. The splash screens are like 30 seconds long.
 
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Maybe there were some issues in some BC titles loading that fast so they backed it off a bit.

Edit- Nah it's about the same, they're not loading from the same point.
 
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whats going on is that both videos start timing loading differently, one does it from game menu, the other does it from console dashboard
 
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ambar_hitman said:
Still that adds only around 7 seconds.
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what are you talking about

just take an actual proper look at the videos

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27 sconds to get to the menu mostly because of the splash screens
 

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the unskippable title screen is like half the time in the second video. I don't think anyone would consider that part of the loading time.
 
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ahead of our coverage this week, I retested Red Dead 2 on Series X and Series S to make sure my times were still the same as last go-round, and they were, down within a margin of error of about half a second.
 
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samred said:
ahead of our coverage this week, I retested Red Dead 2 on Series X and Series S to make sure my times were still the same as last go-round, and they were, down within a margin of error of about half a second.
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Thank you for your diligence. Has any testing been done on the XSX + PS5 with a full internal storage (load times, game performance, ui responsiveness etc)?
 
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samred said:
ahead of our coverage this week, I retested Red Dead 2 on Series X and Series S to make sure my times were still the same as last go-round, and they were, down within a margin of error of about half a second.
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Thank you. This clears all my doubts. Also Series S and Series X load times are exactly same right? Is there any difference?
 
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ambar_hitman said:
Thank you. This clears all my doubts. Also Series S and Series X load times are exactly same right? Is there any difference?
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In my limited testing, I've run into near-identical BC loading times for both. I'm pretty sure there'll be variance in fuller testing, since Series S and Series X are loading games' Xbox One S and Xbox One X versions, respectively. But I haven't seen that yet.
 
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samred said:
In my limited testing, I've run into near-identical BC loading times for both. I'm pretty sure there'll be variance in fuller testing, since Series S and Series X are loading games' Xbox One S and Xbox One X versions, respectively. But I haven't seen that yet.
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Oh yes, One S versions will have lower quality textures so in some cases Series S might load faster than Series X.
 
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