Aielyn said:
Consoles exist to be a consistent and standardised system so that developers can be confident about what system they're making the product for. Updates are generally required to play certain software, and generally seek to increase functionality. And console autoupdating can always be disabled (unless MS have done something with the One that I'm not aware of) if the user doesn't want it to happen. PCs (not counting Mac, where standardisation is expected) exist to provide users with choice, with certain standard libraries used to ensure compatibility for most products. Users want their systems to be highly configurable. Having the option to have automatic updates is good... but it should be an option. Especially since updates can get quite large, and many people have quite limited internet quotas (I don't know if that's common in America, but in Australia, quotas are common and can be quite restrictive for some). Being unable to use your internet on your PC because, if you connect, Windows will download large updates without your permission, immediately eating up your quota that you had hoped to use, could be a huge problem. Personally, I dual boot Windows and Xubuntu... and only rarely use Windows, where necessary. If I have to go through a huge download of updates every time I boot up Windows, I'm just not going to use Windows at all (I'll put up with not having access to certain programs/games). And by the way, what did you think the big uproar pre-release regarding the Xbox One was? People like the idea of having the choice for streamlining. They severely dislike having any alternative option taken away, especially when it causes problems for them. Whether it's requiring online even for offline functionality, or forcing updates when connecting online, it's wrong. |
But thats the thing. What annoys me about those moaning is that they arent even aware they wont notice the update since it does the proccess during restars and not the other way around. While when I play online specially a round of CoD or Halo or whatever thata matters the most not to interupt and yet my xbox tells me its time to update is the real issue.
Correct me if i am wrong but its like trying to explain a child why you eat after you swimm and not the other way around whenever I see arguements like those. I am a power user and even I am will be having the pro version on most my machines, I know I wouldnt mind the autoupdating ( as long as i can check the history log whenever I feel like it ) cause in order for MS making it automatic both for home or even enterprise users means that the proccess should make no interuption to the workflow or risk being corrupt etc. Doesnt that seem sensible to you?
