Gamers will be hard-pressed to find a loading time that takes longer than 30 seconds when playing The Witcher 3 through backward compatibility. Even fast-traveling, which was the main culprit for long waits on last-gen, has been brought down a lot. Namely, the super-fast SSD on both consoles allows for near-instantaneous loading.
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Granted, these are still just the previous-gen versions (PS4 Pro and Xbox One) and not a fully optimized experience, but the improvements are significant enough to mention. However, backward compatibility allows The Witcher 3 to be played on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S hardware. Even after updates, it was still common to spend well over a minute waiting before hopping onto Roach once again and hitting the road. In what seems to be the theme with CD Projekt Red games, subsequent updates helped these loading times and other issues to a degree. The original release of the game was defined by these lengthy loading screens for starting the game, then another when fast traveling, and yet another upon dying. Given that The Witcher 3 can take upwards of 80 hours to complete, players don't want to be wasting precious time during loading screens. RELATED: A Remake of The Original Witcher Game Would be Worthwhile The fast-load times alone make now a perfectly good time to experience the end of Geralt's story.
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Furthermore, it's entirely possible that The Witcher 3's next-gen update gets delayed into 2022 as many other titles have been this year. Fans that simply can't wait for the next-gen update should not feel bad about jumping in right now on next-gen hardware as it won't be the exact same experience as it was on the eighth generation of consoles. There are, of course, many other improvements to be made through an official next-gen port that the console hardware just can't do by itself, largely in terms of graphics. Load times and frame rate for the acclaimed RPG are pretty significantly improved when running The Witcher 3 through the system's internal SSD. While the company is still hopeful to release both official next-gen versions of The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 at the end of the year, the next-gen consoles are already making big improvements just through the hardware itself. After CD Projekt Red's recent and very public misstep with Cyberpunk 2077 on consoles, many gamers are likely to return to The Witcher 3 on PS5 and Xbox Series X to get their RPG fix.