Didn't they say this would happen when they backed down on the DRM stuff?

Didn't they say this would happen when they backed down on the DRM stuff?

They said its going to need a patch for some things, didn't say it wouldn't work without it.

Didn't Sony announce recently that PS4 requires a day one patch as well? Seems to be par for course. Makes sense considering the lead time there must be on production, the firmware/software on them would have gone through plenty of work since the one that was on the hardware when it got built. Wii U had to do it as well, it had a huge day one update to download before it would work.

Both console require day one patches for adding in certain features, however the PlayStation 4 is able to play games without the need of going online to get said patch. Microsoft's Xbox One console differs here in that it requires the day one patch to even function in an offline state, and to allow disconnection of the Kinect.

For those grabbing the consoles and putting them under the trees, I would recommend what IVY mentioned, in pulling it open and updating it before wrapping. PlayStation 4's update rolls in at 300MB and available from us locally, with the Xbox One update said to be roughly 1.5GB though no local download as of yet.

...this would be the thread to ask, anyone in here buying an xbone and running Windows 7 or 8 (or 8.1) and would like to report/PM me some detail?


I've pre-ordered an xbone controller, and want to use it on PC. From the press vids that have come out have stated that when you 'plug in' your xbone controller to charge, it disables the radio componentry (meaning all control signal etc is tx/rx'd via the cable) Would one of the 'day one-rs' mind plugging your xbone controller into your rig and reporting whether or not there are any embedded drivers in winblows for it?

I don't have any RBJ's to trade, but if someone can PM me their results I (and the rest of the internet I'm sure) would be most interested in the results.

also, dead rising 3 seems to be having some frame rate problems:

The statement from the team is that a locked 30fps is targeted here, but in the build we saw there's a huge gap to be bridged in this regard; drops to 20fps are consistent and sustained when outdoors, with 16fps being our record low during some of the biggest explosions. With Battlefield 4 on Xbox One, the drop to 720p opened the door to 60fps gameplay - Dead Rising 3's big issue is that despite the upgrades, the feeling in terms of refresh and response often feels very much like a poorly optimised current-gen title.

I can personally vouch for 3 people who have bought PS4's for kids and don't have Internet that will handle large downloads without costing a lot.

If people don't have internet in this day and age that can handle a couple of of hundred MBs of download without falling over, then they just suck at life. Anyone who can afford to drop $600+ on a new console, can afford semi-decent internet (I mean s***, even bare-bones basic internet these days can handle that).

If someone is buying it for xmas i am happy to play with it for a week and update it for them and give it back before xmas :)

Lol at Mass. Seriously dude - settle down.


OMG MS ARE BAD CAUSE THEY MAKE YOU DOWNLOAD UPDATES


Take the console to a friends house and download the update... Seriously! You seem to have enough bandwidth to start s***** threads... I'm sure you'll be fine.

Oh man this article is ridiculous, making out like its 1995 and we all use dialups. I can't recall in the last 5 years having no net. This is such a non issue.

It's a pretty lousy attitude towards consumers though. It's basically selling you a non-functioning product.

It's a pretty lousy attitude towards consumers though. It's basically selling you a non-functioning product.

A s***** attitude would involve them not going public and informing their consumers; seriously ever heard of production s*** just doesn't appear in stores around the world with instant demand.

WTF are you on about? Every other console has waited until the OS/system software was ready before they started manufacturing.

Sony and Microsoft have continued to work out the kinks of their software that's what the update is for, if they waited for this to be completed the consoles wouldn't be shipping this month, that is what I meant.

At least they have the sense to let everyone one know what they are in for, how wasthe BF4 launch I hear EA are still trying to fix it guess it's just the norm for day one updates and day one DLC.

"Aw shucks, the internet is out!""it looks like you've got yourself a $500 paperweight until your ISP comes back online."Oh man this article is ridiculous, making out like its 1995 and we all use dialups. I can't recall in the last 5 years having no net. This is such a non issue."Fingers crossed your internet service is strong as we head toward launch later this month!"Today Tonight fear-mongering style!

Every time it rains, when moving house, ISR dies and has to be replaced but short on cash so can't afford a decent one and have to wait, on holidays with nothing to do in the downtime now, Microsoft's servers are DDoS'd, Microwank has network issues in general and can't handle the influx of people.

There, I've listed a bunch of common occurrences where you have a $500 paperweight.

Every time it rains, when moving house, ISR dies and has to be replaced but short on cash so can't afford a decent one and have to wait, on holidays with nothing to do in the downtime now, Microsoft's servers are DDoS'd, Microwank has network issues in general and can't handle the influx of people.

Oh no, end of the world, once every few years you might not be able to play your XBox for a couple of days! How ever will you cope! Its pretty rare though that I've ever seen XBox Live go down from a DDoS or because it can't handle load or has a problem, I can only remember it happening like twice in the last five years, so I think its a stretch to call it a 'common occurance', same as moving house really. Sure these things might happen, but they're small blips on the radar hardly worth worrying about.

Reminds me of when WoW servers have a problem and they need to do emergency maintenance on them and take them down for a few hours, everyone is up in arms and demanding compensation and abusing Blizzard for being so s*** and running such s*** servers. They ignore the other 360 or so days where the servers have worked perfectly, and just focus on the couple of days where they haven't, guess thats just human nature or something.

They haven't needed the Internet at that level. Frankly what you've said is very close minded and I thought you were above comments like this, perhaps not.

And nobody knows what the filesize is so half your statement is made of straw. It could potentially be a few GB.

I don't think its closed minded, I don't think its a huge leap to assume in this day and age that someone who can afford a $600 console can afford basic internet services. I mean even my parents who barely use the internet at all except for the occasional email and some web browsing have some cheapass $30 a month plan bundled in with their phone with Telstra and it still gives them like 10gb a month, and they're pretty much the most technophobic people I know.

And yeah, I was making assumptions about the filesize, was just basing that on the Wii-U day one patch really which I think was 250mb, but after just googling it, it sounds like it was a few gigabytes, so yeah I guess that could be a lot more of an issue for people who ultra bare bones low quota internet if it comes in around that size.

M$

Is it 2003?

I feel like saying it's DOA because it needs a patch is overkill...

And seriously.. we're not talking about a nintendo 64 here guys... b****ing about having to patch a complicated bit of tech is silly.