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Sure beats the:
* hours to install / troubleshoot
* boot up game
* play for 5 mins
* find a literal game-braking bug
* time to uninstall and throw the game away because it’ll never be updated days 😀
Oh thanks for the reminder to start the game and do that before the weekend
cod everytime
Am I alone in feeling like this died down a bit with the new consoles? Since I got my Series X the longest waiting I’ve done is installing new games. Longest installation was The Master Chief Collection at just over an hour.
Updates have all been done under 30min.
Key is to run your updates while you’re at work
If you know you are going to have alone time at a certain moment, either update it now or make a reminder to check if the game needs to update like a day before your alone time.
If you don’t know when you’re going to have alone time, maybe check on the game from time to time to see if there’s a new update or if it’s coming up, maybe follow some page about the game, and update it when it does get an update.
Strange. What console are you on? I downloaded the big new next gen update when it first came out and it’s been smooth sailing from there. Haven’t had to wait for an update once.
Can’t you leave your console on overnight though?
This is why I don’t have warzone on my Xbox. I don’t even play it really and whenever I would want to play a couple rounds of shoot house or whatever it would be a 92gig update everytime. So I installed everything BUT warzone. Seems to have worked out well.
Do people not have their devices set to download updates automatically?
So thankful for the govt grant here to run high speed internet to rural areas. Now everyone out in the country where I live has symmetrical gigabit fiber
I don’t update my games, especially on console.
I literally carved out some time to play fallout 4 for the first time today. Told me it was ready to play. Started it up, its been installing for 2 hours so far. And the carved out time is now over
Steam has an auto update function, right? Just have your updates automatically run outside of your gaming hours. I never even see my games update on Steam.
I mean, couldn’t you just launch the game without updating since the Witcher 3 if an offline game?
If you get 1 hour a month to game you need to reevaluate your life. That’s hell.
You prepare before your event happens. I have friends who meet up and on the time we are supposed to game together, they can’t get their mic working properly… then a whole hour is wasted.
It’s a single player game. Just unplug the ethernet/wifi and enjoy!
Powered up my console after a “new baby” hiatus. An overnight worth of updates. Sigh.
“I forgot to install the massive patch before hand” is what you meant to say
This is literally a problem of not planning ahead.
Sounds like someone misses Stadia.
No management needed. No installation needed. No waiting for years for equipment to come in. No updates because you can just connect to an already updated server. Can play anywhere with a decent sized Internet connection. HD streaming.
Just use GeForce Now. About $10 a month to save your 3hrs of updates.
“try again next month”
Jesus Christ what do you do for a living?
Manage your time better
Rookie mistake!
I have two solutions for you
1: play something the fuck else
2: play it without updating it? The game is over 7 years old I’m sure it’s in a perfectly playable and complete state already
Witcher 3 was a very welcome update imo, I wouldn’t complain even if it took a week to dl. New content, QoL changes, visual enhancements, bug fixes, and more, all for free? We need more of this.
“Am I a joke to you?” -Automatic updates
So open your games and update them periodically, you can update them without actually having to play them.
Downloaded the entire game and updates in about 20mins. It took you 3 hours????
Just reminded me i needed to update so i can play tonight lol
This was me with Diablo III. Still have never played it.
Also fits in r/daddit
This is me every year when I fire up my PS4. Every time it needs a major update.
Must be on PS4. That shit take forever to apply updates.
That’s why my life is planned so i wont have this problem. No partner, work least possible time, remote is a must have. I’ve got like 6 hours a day to play games, since i can take care of most things during my work time (they dont mind what i do as long the work is done in certain time frame).
It’s not for everyone, but for a lone wolf like me its perfect.
Flight simulator 2020 was like this. Stuck at an updating screen that runs your GPU full tilt while you wait for a 30gb update.
I really liked the game, but I bowed out a couple years back and don’t plan on returning until they have a better update system.
Couldn’t you just start the update before game time or is that too easy
Just had this happen a couple days ago… wanted to fly around in MSFS20, but it needed some MASSIVE updates since it doesn’t update through Steam and only when you launch the game… I just watched YouTube videos, was bed time before it was done.
This is poor planning or failure to learn the system you’re using. Either way, this one’s on you. Maybe try looking at why something happens instead of just complaining.