Few claims in the history of the modern technology era have been more false than “automatically update.” Games, apps, software, and hardware – not just for consoles like xbox Series X or Play Station 5 – Get patches all the time, but usually as a push notification that the user has to initiate. Typically, these pushes are accepted when the player or user starts the game or app, thereby not following the “update automatically” claim and requiring long wait times while the patch is downloaded.
This still appears to be an unavoidable layer of friction.
Despite all this, Microsoft says it’s making another change to its auto-update promise “Update pre-download” feature Recently it has been introduced through its Xbox Insider program – meaning that it is being tested and the company intends to introduce it to the general public later.
Never mind that updates and patches for console games typically have to go through a certification process that can take a week or more before they can be distributed, frustrating both gamers and developers. Online and live service games are able to apply “server-side” updates at the developer’s will, but anything affecting the game client – i.e. an app on one’s piece of hardware – must still go through the console’s command chain. will be.
Inside the patch notes for the next Xbox operating system update, Microsoft has said that some games that join the “Update Pre-Download” feature will allow them to download their patches a few days before their release, so you can join in. Can. And start playing as soon as the update goes live.
Aah.
It would be nice if games would only auto update when auto update is enabled.
– Retro Replay (@RetroReplay1980) 13 May 2024
The first game to take advantage of this alleged new feature is Sea of Thieves, via that game’s Insider (public test server). Program. Players can enable it by going to the “My Games & Apps” menu on their Xbox, selecting “Manage,” and then selecting “Updates.”
Currently, Xbox Series S. In any case, they will have to wait to play the games, especially if they want to use the online features. (The same is true for PlayStation 4 and PS5.)
Failed promise to ‘automatically update’
Nearly a decade ago, Microsoft and PlayStation bragged at console showcases for the then-state-of-the-art Xbox One and PlayStation 4 that their consoles would automatically update their apps and games — and even speculated that What kind of games would you like to buy? , downloading the demo to your console while you sleep.
That futuristic claim has remained unfulfilled in the decade since, as millions of gamers still boot up a game and find they still have to wait 20 minutes while a patch, allegedly released while they sleep, The time should have been downloaded and installed, arrives and is inserted. His game. So, we’ll see if this latest “automatically updates” claim is real or not.
Our guess is that this is not the case, partly due to the fact that individual third-party developers must opt-in to the program – and many legacy games probably will not – and partly because many titles have end-user licenses. There are agreements and other legal requirements, it must be acknowledged, that make automatic updates prohibitive.
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