Goronmon@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoFinal Fantasy 16 on PC shows signs of life, with producer Yoshi-P saying it will run best on an SSDwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down16
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkFinal Fantasy 16 on PC shows signs of life, with producer Yoshi-P saying it will run best on an SSDwww.pcgamer.comGoronmon@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareli10@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·7 months agoIt’s been a thing for a while now. Hell, you should even be running an SSD for Windows these days. HDD isn’t suitable for modern systems, except for cheaper mass storage.
minus-squarethisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·7 months agoYes, I wouldn’t run any OS off of anything slower than an SSD. I was just wondering when it became a “requirement” for games instead of just a good thing to do.
minus-squareSuperIce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoIt became a requirement after the Xbox Series and PS5 consoles included SSDs and developers started taking advantage of that.
minus-squareli10@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoThe beginning of the end for HDD gaming was probably the PS5 release, it’s been an afterthought since then.
It’s been a thing for a while now. Hell, you should even be running an SSD for Windows these days.
HDD isn’t suitable for modern systems, except for cheaper mass storage.
Yes, I wouldn’t run any OS off of anything slower than an SSD.
I was just wondering when it became a “requirement” for games instead of just a good thing to do.
It became a requirement after the Xbox Series and PS5 consoles included SSDs and developers started taking advantage of that.
The beginning of the end for HDD gaming was probably the PS5 release, it’s been an afterthought since then.
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