Burnout Paradise load times
You can buy Burnout Paradise from either the shop or off the Playstation Store. If you havent got Burnout Paradise yet but thinking of getting it you might want to compare the two versions. MTV has posted a useful article that compares the two version including the loading times.
1) The downloadable version is only 3.3 GB, including the add-on content, which means that a pre-installed (and presumably compressed) “Burnout Paradise” wouldn’t even come close to filling up a standard DVD, let alone a 25 GB Blu-Ray. It’s no shocker that the game isn’t, say, 10GB, because it had to have been designed to be small enough to fit on a DVD. The neat thing is that, thanks to being able to see the file sizes of content available on PSN, we now know exactly how big “Burnout Paradise” really is.
2) Your save file won’t be compatible with the $30 downloadable version of the game now offered on the PlayStation Network. If, like me, you’re converting to the PSN version, you’ll be starting your “Paradise” career from scratch.
2) Load times on the PSN version are a wee bit shorter: 70 seconds from booting the game up from the PS3’s cross media bar to being able to enter the loaded game vs. 82 seconds when booting with the Blu-Ray version. (Remember, that this is the open-world racer’s only loading sequence.)
4) You don’t get a discount on the PSN version if you own the Blu-Ray version. But you do no longer have to use a disc, of course.
The loading time from the XMB to the game is around 82 seconds on Blu-Ray while the PSN version takes 70 seconds. Not a massive difference.
I always prefer my games on disc so i’d go with the Blu-Ray version.
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“2) Your save file won’t be compatible with the $30 downloadable version of the game now offered on the PlayStation Network. If, like me, you’re converting to the PSN version, you’ll be starting your “Paradise” career from scratch.”
If you’re going after the Trophies, you’ll need to start from scratch anyway, as they’re not retroactive as promised - so it’s no big deal.
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