I know this has been mentioned many times before on this forum, but it deserves another visit …
This step seems unnecessary and just adds to the time needed to start the game. Even with a good system (Intel i7, 512GB SSD, 32GB RAM, good NVidia card and GB Internet) the game takes between 2-3 minutes to load.
When you stop part way through, and ask the user to press a key, you just increase the time we have to sit and watch things load.