its actually better on newer consoles. (ps5 in particular is much better than xbox). The consoles themselves are quick to wake up, and if you're playing single

its actually better on newer consoles. (ps5 in particular is much better than xbox). The consoles themselves are quick to wake up, and if you're playing single player games there's no need to update. > in almost all cases you just put the cartridge in the console you're in-game within seconds. This is true for some games on switch, however my experience is that many games suffer from extremely long loading times even compared to PS4/Xbox one. The ps5s loading times for games are orders of magnitude quicker; power on to in game in Spiderman miles Morales is less than 30 seconds. I've spent more time than that staring at single loading screens in Smash Bros, Metroid Dread and breath of the wild. > this hour long wait before playing a game just makes the whole experience not worth it. The hour long wait does happen occasionally, but it's not like you actually need to do anything during that time. You can do that and come back that night, and a month later the game will still be playable without updating.