Topic on User talk:Sandemc
As for why is it RAM hungry, if you track the ram usage, during the loading screen it gradually spikes from 5-6gb usage to 11-15gb, which makes me suspect it literally just loads the whole stage into RAM at once (which explains both the long load screens even on SSD and the "please wait" screens). As for why did they do it - it's probably to 'simulate' the performance of the PS5 SSD, as DirectStorage and other alternatives on Windows are still not really functioning that well