Why is Automatic Update a PSN+ feature?

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Dgc1808 on 20 September 2011

I don't find it that intrusive. Years back, updates were like once every two weeks but now they're months in between.

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Ajescent on 20 September 2011

I thought this was a thread updating games not updating the firmware...if it's the latter...there's really nothing to complain about...

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twesterm on 20 September 2011

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I think it has to do with the continuous changing of their end user agreements. Each update brings a new agreement the user must accept and they probably want that forced electronic signature. PSN+ users probably have some other way of signing that change as part of their monthly/yearly dues.

Yeah, but automatic updates are available to PSN+ users so I assume that means they found a way around it.

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twesterm on 20 September 2011

Ajescent said:
I thought this was a thread updating games not updating the firmware...if it's the latter...there's really nothing to complain about...

Do automatic updates not work for firmware?

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mornelithe on 20 September 2011

Immediate satisfaction requires a premium. It's a pretty simple concept that most industries have been able to exploit out of the lazier consumers. Pretty logical, really. Apple, Alienware, Dell, Microsoft, Sony, etc... they all employ this strategy.

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blkfish92 on 20 September 2011

I see where your coming from as automatic update is such a simple feature that everyone should have access to, but why not just get ps plus anyway? Get loads of goodies.

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Ajescent on 20 September 2011

twesterm said:

Ajescent said:
I thought this was a thread updating games not updating the firmware...if it's the latter...there's really nothing to complain about...

Do automatic updates not work for firmware?

IIRC they do but you have "sign" before it installs, if you want to you can cancel.

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kitler53 on 20 September 2011

twesterm said:

kitler53 said:
it doesn't cost MS anything to allow netflix to run though their hardware and yet they put it behind live...

simple answer - business make business decisions.

The thing with something like Netflix is it's something that can actually entice people to buy into it and it's an optional service that does put a strain on their network (or some network at least).

Updating is something everyone has to do and something Sony should really want us to do.

..and as you mentioned before, updating is a pain. so apperently sony thinks automatic update is a useful feature to entice people to buy into psn+.

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