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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Da_BombPosted:

What worrys me is like what it said in the article,"while this first implies better quality overall."

I would rather wait a month, then have a quickly made patch that could make games unstable and unusable.

This is the type of system android and im sure ios. I know half the apps in my phone have bugs every time its updated.

I think this new system will have the same issues.

AxePosted:

Sounds good to me. It won't take a month to patch glitches

StarifyPosted:

Sounds like a good plan for more security. I like how they are stepping up their game on this. Hopefully it will take less time to put out patches now.

IglesiasPosted:

Satanism Sounds good to me, less douche bags ruining the games


Not everyone ruins the game. Just the kids.

AncientEgyptPosted:

Wagering Who knows what people with Dev kits could accomplish if this comes out. Hopefully they secure them more.


I do to. This could really hurt the PS4 but it doesn't matter. im getting it anyway

WageringPosted:

Who knows what people with Dev kits could accomplish if this comes out. Hopefully they secure them more.

SatanismPosted:

Sounds good to me, less douche bags ruining the games

BotchPosted:

ExoticWolfs So I am guessing more game will be patched more often with less hackers. Sounds good to me. :D


Unless a modder has a dev console.

ExoticWolfsPosted:

So I am guessing more game will be patched more often with less hackers. Sounds good to me. :D

SkylineLegendsPosted:

I think this will be a good idea.


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