Rumor - Next gen consoles may allow developers to self patch games

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The giant issues that stem from the current generation of consoles if that EACH time a developer wants to publish a new patch they are required to submit it through the hardware makers internal QA department. While this at first implies better quality overall what happened was up to two month wait times for game NOT published by AAA studios. A example of this being that a CoD patch would be pushed through in the length of a week while a lesser known and played game like Phantasy Star Universe was plagued with month plus wait times for the patch to reach players.

The entire process means it is quite expensive to publish patches on these platforms. The rumor going around is that on the PS4 and the next xbox developers will be able to self-publish patches due to the devices both having been built with the well established PC x86 architecture. Keep checking back for details on their rumors here at TheTechGame!

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SmurfsPosted:

Bulb Finally, this would help game developers out a lot more.


Yeah it would. I hope they decide to go with this decision.

Soldier_Posted:

TTG_Negative i hope they do this more patches and better games


Yeah its a real good idea.

Soldier_Posted:

M60
Relations No more glitching! Haha, finally! Legit leaderboards might be real very soon!


That is if they go ahead with this decision


Exactly, keyword 'may'

CearnsyPosted:

Relations No more glitching! Haha, finally! Legit leaderboards might be real very soon!


That is if they go ahead with this decision

-VisionPosted:

i hope they do this more patches and better games

PGAPosted:

Maya
Undisclosed That would make minecraft on the Xbox be more easily updated with newer things every week or so.


Yeah, but this is ps4 lol


Actually it says "Next-Gen Consoles", so no, it is rumored to be on both. The picture is just misleading.

Soldier_Posted:

Undisclosed That would make minecraft on the Xbox be more easily updated with newer things every week or so.


Yeah, but this is ps4 lol

Soldier_Posted:

Drumstep that's awesome


Yeah it is, very good idea.

neboPosted:

that's awesome

undisclosedPosted:

That would make minecraft on the Xbox be more easily updated with newer things every week or so.