Why are there so many updates...?

Every time I get a new game, or even get on my PS3 for any reason... I have to download updates out the wazoo... Why are there so many?

I just bought Socom Confrontation... I picked it up about 2 hours ago... I thought "Finally I get to play the new Socom! SWEET!"

Well boy was I wrong... I turned my console on... "Disconnected! Download New Update!" "Update 2.50 Available!" 30 Minutes later... update is complete... so now I am thinking the same stuff as before... I am thinking how sweet this game is going to be!

WRONG! "Socom Update 1.2 Available! 473MB!" ... and here I am 1 hour later at 46% because this update is taking forever for some reason...

Why does the PS3 have so many updates and why are they so huge?

Well every new game I ever get... I need to get a firmware update, and then I need to get a game update... for EVERY game...Squeets

[QUOTE="Squeets"]Well every new game I ever get... I need to get a firmware update, and then I need to get a game update... for EVERY game...longhorn7

Yeah, but on a 360... There is a dashboard update like once a year... that last maybe 10 seconds... and game updates... are simply "Disconnected, Would you like to update?" "Yes" *3 seconds of updating* "XXX connect to Xbox Live"... it takes seconds to update 360 games... it takes hours to update PS3 games...

I just want to know why PS3 updates occur so much more often and are so much larger...?

[QUOTE="longhorn7"][QUOTE="Squeets"]Well every new game I ever get... I need to get a firmware update, and then I need to get a game update... for EVERY game...Squeets

Yeah, but on a 360... There is a dashboard update like once a year... that last maybe 10 seconds... and game updates... are simply "Disconnected, Would you like to update?" "Yes" *3 seconds of updating* "XXX connect to Xbox Live"... it takes seconds to update 360 games... it takes hours to update PS3 games...

I just want to know why PS3 updates occur so much more often and are so much larger...?

[QUOTE="Squeets"]

[QUOTE="longhorn7"][QUOTE="Squeets"]Well every new game I ever get... I need to get a firmware update, and then I need to get a game update... for EVERY game...longhorn7

Yeah, but on a 360... There is a dashboard update like once a year... that last maybe 10 seconds... and game updates... are simply "Disconnected, Would you like to update?" "Yes" *3 seconds of updating* "XXX connect to Xbox Live"... it takes seconds to update 360 games... it takes hours to update PS3 games...

I just want to know why PS3 updates occur so much more often and are so much larger...?

I 2nd that motion!! :)

Every time I get a new game, or even get on my PS3 for any reason... I have to download updates out the wazoo... Why are there so many?

I just bought Socom Confrontation... I picked it up about 2 hours ago... I thought "Finally I get to play the new Socom! SWEET!"

Well boy was I wrong... I turned my console on... "Disconnected! Download New Update!" "Update 2.50 Available!" 30 Minutes later... update is complete... so now I am thinking the same stuff as before... I am thinking how sweet this game is going to be!

WRONG! "Socom Update 1.2 Available! 473MB!" ... and here I am 1 hour later at 46% because this update is taking forever for some reason...

Why does the PS3 have so many updates and why are they so huge?

Squeets

[QUOTE="Squeets"]

[QUOTE="longhorn7"][QUOTE="Squeets"]Well every new game I ever get... I need to get a firmware update, and then I need to get a game update... for EVERY game...longhorn7

Yeah, but on a 360... There is a dashboard update like once a year... that last maybe 10 seconds... and game updates... are simply "Disconnected, Would you like to update?" "Yes" *3 seconds of updating* "XXX connect to Xbox Live"... it takes seconds to update 360 games... it takes hours to update PS3 games...

I just want to know why PS3 updates occur so much more often and are so much larger...?

It takes you 5-10 seconds to download 500mb? I think that you are exagerating a tad bit...

And to the guy asking if getting on for Socom was the first time I got on PS3... No... I have had my PS3 since launch and I get on it all the time...

[QUOTE="longhorn7"][QUOTE="Squeets"]Well every new game I ever get... I need to get a firmware update, and then I need to get a game update... for EVERY game...Squeets

Yeah, but on a 360... There is a dashboard update like once a year... that last maybe 10 seconds... and game updates... are simply "Disconnected, Would you like to update?" "Yes" *3 seconds of updating* "XXX connect to Xbox Live"... it takes seconds to update 360 games... it takes hours to update PS3 games...

I just want to know why PS3 updates occur so much more often and are so much larger...?

some times better things require more time.

If you got on your ps3 all of the time then you should've had the new firmware update a while ago lol. So somethings isn't adding up correctly. Also all new games don't require a firmware update thats only for the ps3, they may need a patch or a install or maybe neither. But something with your posts aren't adding up TC.

P.S. I'm not saying anything but in your profile you've reviewed 2 360 games only and have no games listed as owning. Why no ps3 games reviewed or atleast have some listed as owning. Just a observation.

Why do we have little red circles on our chest. And why do we have 2? One would do just fine truenextgen

Well every new game I ever get... I need to get a firmware update, and then I need to get a game update... for EVERY game...Squeets

It seems to be the premise of next gen gaming. If the game you got was just released, chances are you won't get an update for awhile. If you bought the game late or got the PS3 itself pretty late, then welcome to update land. Usually most games don't require you to update twice as the previous updates are implemented in the newer ones so you don't have to (you just jump to v.1.02 instead of having to go through 1.01)

These are how things have become. They find a bug later on, they release a patch. That's just how it is today I'm afraid. Not any different from PC games in terms of installing and updates.

[QUOTE="longhorn7"][QUOTE="Squeets"]

[QUOTE="longhorn7"][QUOTE="Squeets"]Well every new game I ever get... I need to get a firmware update, and then I need to get a game update... for EVERY game...Squeets

Yeah, but on a 360... There is a dashboard update like once a year... that last maybe 10 seconds... and game updates... are simply "Disconnected, Would you like to update?" "Yes" *3 seconds of updating* "XXX connect to Xbox Live"... it takes seconds to update 360 games... it takes hours to update PS3 games...

I just want to know why PS3 updates occur so much more often and are so much larger...?

It takes you 5-10 seconds to download 500mb? I think that you are exagerating a tad bit...

And to the guy asking if getting on for Socom was the first time I got on PS3... No... I have had my PS3 since launch and I get on it all the time...

Well every new game I ever get... I need to get a firmware update, and then I need to get a game update... for EVERY game...Squeets

Firmware updates aren't frequent enough to bother me at all. If you're getting a game at around the same time of each new firmware update, then you'd be getting a game every few months or so.

Also, only two of the games I own have had updates: Resistance because Insomniac updated and improved the online play every once in a while and Uncharted because Naughty Dog patched in trophies.

Most games without online never have game updates, so you're probably buying mostly online games that usually get patched to fix bugs or improve the balance of weapons in online play, etc. It's something that you should appreciate because that time it takes to download the patch will likely save you hours of frustration that would come with playing a glitchy game. ;)

[QUOTE="truenextgen"]Why do we have little red circles on our chest. And why do we have 2? One would do just fine ShadowBass989

Haha... nipples

It takes you 5-10 seconds to download 500mb? I think that you are exagerating a tad bit...

And to the guy asking if getting on for Socom was the first time I got on PS3... No... I have had my PS3 since launch and I get on it all the time...squeets

You're obviously trolling then. 2.50 has been out for a month, so ITS YOUR OWN FAULT. If you just bought one, getting wammed with updates I could understand, but you've ALLEGEDLY had it forever, game online all the time, and you have 4,000+ posts on this forum. YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER.

if you would please re-read my post it does say socom is the only game this gen with a large update like that. i think that either you are dodging something or you are lying. what is you psn.longhorn7

PSN is Squeets... and I am not referring to ONLY the 2.5 update... I am referring to the large updates for games on the PS3 in general...

I wasn't saying I was mad soley because I had to download the 2.5 update and the Socom update... I am used to downloading updates for things... I was saying that I was mad that the 2.5 update and the Socom update were several hundred megabytes of data that were needed before I could play my game...

And what do you mean by I am "dodging something"...? I am confused by this statement... Normally "dodging" means "avoiding" something... So I don't see how that ties into what I am asking...?