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- Why do games make you press any button to start?
- What is the point of press any key to continue?
- Why do games have loading screens?
Why do games make you press any button to start?
One because of a tradition from older titles that there was intro cutscenes before the game started, and as a precursor, the game had a press any button screen. Also, because it gives the user time to clarify that the input device is working, and can debug and look for issues before having issues in the game itself.
What is the point of press any key to continue?
Computer programmers historically used "Press any key to continue" (or a similar text) as a prompt to the user when it was necessary to pause processing. The system would resume after the user pressed any keyboard button.
Why do games have loading screens?
Nowadays, most games are downloaded digitally, and therefore loaded off the hard drive meaning faster load times; however, some games are also loaded off of an optical disc, faster than previous magnetic media, but still include loading screens to disguise the amount of time taken to initialize the game in RAM.
