{"id":10473,"date":"2020-12-03T00:09:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T00:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/fortnite-season-5-long-loading-times-for-xbox-and-playstation-players-everything-we-know"},"modified":"2024-07-19T10:56:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T10:56:46","slug":"fortnite-season-5-long-loading-times-for-xbox-and-playstation-players-everything-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/fortnite\/fortnite-season-5-long-loading-times-for-xbox-and-playstation-players-everything-we-know","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite Season 5 long loading times for Xbox and PlayStation players: Everything we know"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems the launch of Fortnite Season 5 has not gone as smooth as Epic would have wanted, as a huge portion of the player base is reporting an issue with loading times on Xbox and PlayStation consoles.<\/p>\n

Via the Fortnite Status Twitter account, Epic revealed they are currently looking into this issue in hopes of finding a swift solution to the problem.<\/p>\n

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We’re investigating an issue that is causing players to experience long load times after completing a match on PlayStation and Xbox consoles. We’ll provide an update when the issue is resolved. pic.twitter.com\/jrlTKVLQuA<\/a><\/p>\n

— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) December 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Fortnite Season 5: Long loading times on Xbox and PlayStation<\/h2>\n

Many console users, via social media, have reported these extremely painful loading times as they try to enjoy Season 5 of Fortnite.<\/p>\n

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Omg im actually about to get mad @FortniteGame<\/a> @FortniteStatus<\/a> every single game i get infinite loading screen and I try to avoid it by readying up in game and it doesn’t even work I actually wanna play the game and now I barely can plus the game takes 5 times as long to load<\/p>\n

— TheLeaf (@TheLeaf43) December 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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@FortniteGame<\/a> @FortniteStatus<\/a> Hi, just letting you know that I’ve had to restart my game (on xbox one) multiple times now because I can’t get queued back up into another game and when trying to get back to lobby I stay stuck on the loading screen where it says connecting…<\/p>\n

— anwrr is a qt (@aznwrr) December 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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 “Hi, just letting you know that I’ve had to restart my game (on xbox one) multiple times now because I can’t get queued back up into another game and when trying to get back to lobby I stay stuck on the loading screen where it says connecting,” user Aznwrr tweeted out.<\/p>\n

\"Fortnite(Photo: Epic Games)<\/span><\/p>\n

At the moment, there is no current fix other than waiting patiently for the game to let you back into a lobby.<\/p>\n