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These massive downloads before being able to play need to end.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 1/2/17 at 12:40 pm
This is getting absurd. I buy FFXV and before I can play, I have to download the game, download an update, and then download an additional file for 30 mins before the game even starts.
What happened to buying a game, putting it in the console, and playing?
What happened to buying a game, putting it in the console, and playing?
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Posted on 1/2/17 at 12:43 pm to Scruffy
You can thank publishers forcing developers to release incomplete games to meet deadlines
Gotta make dat money
Gotta make dat money
Posted on 1/2/17 at 1:12 pm to Scruffy
This is why you buy a PS4. Games that don't even bother to put all content on the disk (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5) just can't be helped though.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 1:13 pm to BulldogXero
I have FFXV on PS4 and I had to wait forever to play even after popping in the disc
This post was edited on 1/2/17 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 1/2/17 at 1:49 pm to Scruffy
I'm done buying physical copies of games. You still have to download a shite ton of stuff regardless, so you may as well just purchase & download the game the night before and play it when it's ready.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 2:01 pm to BulldogXero
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This is why you buy a PS4
Why does this matter? PSN is notorious for super long download times.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 2:42 pm to BulldogXero
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This is why you buy a PS4. Games that don't even bother to put all content on the disk (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5) just can't be helped though.
What?? I have both and PS4 is just as bad if not worse.
While the day one patches are annoying, they don't really affect me anymore. I'll pop the disc in before I go back to work for lunch and just download while I'm at work.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 3:04 pm to BulldogXero
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This is why you buy a PS4.
Man...
Posted on 1/2/17 at 3:15 pm to McCaigBro69
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What?? I have both and PS4 is just as bad if not worse.
FFXV has an unusually long install time, but you don't have to download the day one patch before you can play the game. You cannot play a game and patch at the same time on Xbox One.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 3:20 pm to Scruffy
I waited 2 days to play it cause it was downloading on and off. It's the worst I've experienced.
This post was edited on 1/2/17 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:11 pm to BulldogXero
If it is a day one patch you probably don't want to skip that
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:18 pm to RTR America
You're not skipping it. You download while you play. Ultimately, it's up to the individual as to whether or not their first experience with the game will be with or without the day one patch. Most of the time, I don't even notice any differences. If there's a case of where I know the day one patch dramatically improves some aspect of the game, I may wait until the update finishes before I play. A lot of times that depends on the file size too. If it's a gig or two, I might wait on the update. In the case of FFXV's 9gb day one patch, I played the game without the patch the night I bought it and let the patch download while I was at work the next day.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 4:21 pm to RTR America
I did on Fintal Fantasy XV and it was fine with no game breaking bugs. I just waited until the update was ready and installed it when it finished. The worst are sports games that you have to update the game to use Internet features considering all the game modes run online.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 9:01 pm to sicboy
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Why does this matter? PSN is notorious for super long download times.
I just got a ps4 pro and am downloading FFXV right now and it's been an all day endeavor.. it's crazy how long it takes.. I have 200mb/s connection but the ps4 rarely even gets 50.. my xb1 however downloads stuff SUPER quick, and of course my PC even quicker. PSN is notoriously slow when it comes to downloads.
Posted on 1/2/17 at 9:21 pm to Scruffy
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What happened to buying a game, putting it in the console, and playing?
I was having this conversation today with some friends of mine while we were playing MarioKart
The Nintendo64 came out in 1996, that's 20 years ago.
They still have not made a better system.
Mario Party, MarioKart, Smash Bros, Rush, Mario64, OoT, and on and on.
I miss the days of same console gaming with friends. Do they even make fun party games anymore where you sit with multiple people in the same room and play? Like Kart, Smash, etc...
I feel like everything is either single player or online.
This post was edited on 1/2/17 at 9:24 pm
Posted on 1/2/17 at 10:19 pm to BulldogXero
You most certainly can play and download at the same time. I just bought Battlefront and The Division on Xbox One digitally and was able to start playing both before they were finished downloading. battlefront once it reached about 50% and the Division once it hit about 70%. Was able to play all the way through the tutorial in Brooklyn. Couldn't go to manhattan until it finished downloading, however.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 1:24 pm to Breesus
I find that even Nintendo's starting to get away from that. And it's sad.
I still have gamenights like a 2k or Madden tournament. But I miss playing Mario Party as a drinking game then playing Mario Kart right right after
I still have gamenights like a 2k or Madden tournament. But I miss playing Mario Party as a drinking game then playing Mario Kart right right after
Posted on 1/3/17 at 1:29 pm to DannyB
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You most certainly can play and download at the same time. I just bought Battlefront and The Division on Xbox One digitally and was able to start playing both before they were finished downloading.
That's not what I'm talking about.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 11:37 am to Scruffy
Was given 2k17 for Christmas, took a damn hour with these updates before I can play it
Posted on 1/4/17 at 11:39 am to BulldogXero
PSN is absolute shite to download from. I can download a full Steam game in the time it would take PSN to patch anything.
Also not buying physical games helps with this since you can usually just pre-load the game with the day one patch.
Also not buying physical games helps with this since you can usually just pre-load the game with the day one patch.
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