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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Bacon1771Posted:

yay
gtapro151 hopfully we find a way around it so that we can remove and change patches lol


Well if you can change patches.. whats the point of them being there to begin with?


Well they are to fix problems... But if your a modder than patches are bad.

WoobiePosted:

That'd be good, wouldn't have to wait weeks..

yayPosted:

gtapro151 hopfully we find a way around it so that we can remove and change patches lol


Well if you can change patches.. whats the point of them being there to begin with?

SosaPosted:

Yea they don't want it to be like PS3.

EmazedPosted:

gtapro151 hopfully we find a way around it so that we can remove and change patches lol
I doubt that would happen, but it's a possible chance.

gtapro151Posted:

hopfully we find a way around it so that we can remove and change patches lol

LichPosted:

The devs could make a lot of mistake's.

-HexPosted:

This seems like a lot of potential problems from the gamemakers... But that's just me

EmazedPosted:

Tuba
Emazing-Lights This is a great idea. They'll be able to send out patches for the games a lot faster.


downside: exploits will probably be patched immediatly
I'd rather have them patch the exploits in the game for people don't go glitch/hacking the game and ruining it for others.

PlusnetPosted:

Mazur
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Tuba
Emazing-Lights This is a great idea. They'll be able to send out patches for the games a lot faster.


downside: exploits will probably be patched immediatly


So? It will be for the good of everybody.


indeed, sucks that this won't happen for COD 4 or WaW



They need to be fixed badly.