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IsawYoshi on 26 October 2013
Munkeh111 said:
I think we are generally annoyed with Microsoft and Sony, but certainly with the PS4 you can just play games if you don't want to do the update initially

The issue as far as I can tell with the Wii U was that the update took forever. Just wait for the fallout when the update fails due to overloaded servers

We didn't have to dothat update at once, we could actually just let it go in the background. But they didn't state it on the screen, so nobody knew.



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kupomogli on 26 October 2013

Playstation fans are used to updates. That's why we don't care about it :P.



Munkeh111 on 26 October 2013
IsawYoshi said:
Munkeh111 said:
I think we are generally annoyed with Microsoft and Sony, but certainly with the PS4 you can just play games if you don't want to do the update initially

The issue as far as I can tell with the Wii U was that the update took forever. Just wait for the fallout when the update fails due to overloaded servers

We didn't have to dothat update at once, we could actually just let it go in the background. But they didn't state it on the screen, so nobody knew.

For Wii U?



shloob on 26 October 2013

More than likely the day one patch will be included on whatever games you buy, just like they are now. So when you pop in your copy of ryse or whatever game it is you are buying it will install the patch if you arent connected to the internet



Munkeh111 on 26 October 2013
shloob said:
More than likely the day one patch will be included on whatever games you buy, just like they are now. So when you pop in your copy of ryse or whatever game it is you are buying it will install the patch if you arent connected to the internet

I don't see any reason to think that the patch would be ready 3 weeks in advance, as all the games are being made now ready for launch. Maybe European copies will get them, but the idea of a day 1 patch is that Sony can keep working up to day 1. Obviously they have had to have been manufacturing consoles for a while now, so shipping them on discs would give them more time, but I reckon they will want all the time they can get



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Anfebious on 26 October 2013

Making gamers wait for an update is a sin. Gamers could be gaming, instead they had to wait for it by cleaning the house, studying or taking a nap. or go out and spend time with their friends, and that is something I can't forgive.



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Xen on 26 October 2013
kupomogli said:
Playstation fans are used to updates. That's why we don't care about it :P.

Sometimes I post what you want to say first, this time you did

Yes, exactly that.



Somini on 26 October 2013

You might want to take a look at this if you're wondering;

Gameranx: "Sony's President of Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida confirmed on Twitter that you can play your PlayStaion 4 without ever connecting to the internet. Thus, the Day One update is not required for the console to function."

https://twitter.com/yosp/statuses/393802492229611520



Somini on 26 October 2013
kowenicki said:
Somini said:

You might want to take a look at this if you're wondering;

Gameranx: "Sony's President of Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida confirmed on Twitter that you can play your PlayStaion 4 without ever connecting to the internet. Thus, the Day One update is not required for the console to function."

https://twitter.com/yosp/statuses/393802492229611520


lol... oh come on.

Come on what?



Somini on 26 October 2013
kowenicki said:
Somini said:
kowenicki said:
Somini said:

You might want to take a look at this if you're wondering;

Gameranx: "Sony's President of Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida confirmed on Twitter that you can play your PlayStaion 4 without ever connecting to the internet. Thus, the Day One update is not required for the console to function."

https://twitter.com/yosp/statuses/393802492229611520


lol... oh come on.

Come on what?


Look.  This day one download thing isnt an issue, it really isnt. 

But to say that a consumer would be happy with a PS4 that didnt get the day one update is just not honest of you.  Its gimped... unbelievably gimped without the update.  Without the update you have no blu ray play back, no online play, etc etc?  Hell, some of the already featured stuff wont be there even AFTER the update.

The update is required.

I haven't said anything about being happy with your PS4 without the update. It's a simple fact that the console will function without the update and thus the WiiU situation can not be compared to this one at all.

Even if having the update was mandatory, this is Sony and Microsoft we're talking about here and they are nothing like Nintendo where people were downloading for hours and hours.