Rychussnik said:
i understand what you mean, but, without the Xbox one update, you can't do anything. Also, smartphones and computers aren't entirely applicable; i don't know about you, but my smartphone is always connected to the internet, and for the most part, it's the same with my computer. My consoles on the other hand, are not always connected to internet, and what about the people that don't have access to good internet? Again, i do understand the need for a day one update, it just seems troublesome that you can't do anything without it. One more thing that i don't understand, is that if the ps4 had drm, but the patch takes it away, but you can still play games without installing the update, why can't you play games on the Xbox one without installing the update? |
MS is in the position where they did a complete 180 on what was built into the firmware from the start. Although I completely agree that the electronic should work when I buy it, I also understand the technical implication of why this can't happen in this case. I am positive that MS did not want to ship a product that could not work without a patch, but, I bought one of the first Android phones and they often had the same issue, and have even bought a few computers where without a day one patch they were always crashing. Although this is not normal in the console business, it is at least an acceptable exception in phones and computers.
There are a lot of coordinated events and logistics to shipping a product, chip production, motherboard production, etc. The firmware on the shipping X1's is probably way back from early July which is about when they announced the change. To strip all the DRM stuff out and fully test the 50 million lines of code was simply unfeasible unless they delayed the console. I for one would prefer to do the "must have" day one update on November 22 rather than wait a few months for the new console.
