SSDs: the real game-changer
With the constant distraction of social media and a seemingly ever-increasing number of streaming services vying for our attention, it’s no wonder that Microsoft and Sony are prioritising speed and convenience as a new console generation begins. PS5 and Xbox Series S/X may not revolutionise our free time, but they’ll certainly let us squeeze more into it. Which, ironically, should mean less squeezing for videogame protagonists: those narrow gaps (and, for that matter, tedious elevator rides) that have so often been used to mask load times in blockbuster games should be surplus to requirements from now on.