I do have a question, are you playing on the PS4, PS4 Slim or the PS4 Pro? This could quite technically be the reason as I am playing on the Xbox One S which was the second slightly faster xbox one.
From my gameplay on XBONE S, compared to the original PS4 it does have around a second of loading difference. Still testing for things like the Slim PS4 and Pro.
And should we not count load times? cause you just said that some consoles are faster and slower than each other
I say we have a community vote for it. I am all for it, but some people may have a different opinion and we need a solid answer for a change like that
But since you mentioned it, maybe current gen (xbox series x/s and ps5) should be seperate categories because of the obviously faster loading times and general gameplay due to the SSD
Now that I've checked, there indeed would be no point currently as speedrun.com doesn't even list the PS5 and XBSX as seperate from the PS4 and XBONE. If there is a change in the future, we would probably have to, but as of right now, the 19th of November 2020, it is unnecessary.
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