15 GB Patch on PS4

mikwin

Can some pc wizard in here explain how pausing and resuming the download actually helps to download more mbps?

Mitchblue

Anguished wrote: »

I called it two days after the game released.
This game is still in beta

It's in Master beta mode now..

Lifeshield

KingOfSpades22 wrote: »

I bought this game on monday afternoon, adter a 15Gb update i finally got to play!.. on tuesday. now i couldn't play for almost 4 hours because of the maintenance just to find out that there is another 15Gb patch.

Don't get me wrong, i like the fact that they are trying to improve the game, the problem is that the final patch was actually every patch combined. (i read that on gamefaq).

i just hope that this patch will fix most of the problems so we will not have to go through this crap anytime soon.
still loving this game so far. (from what i could actually see)

I feel your pain. I had a 15gb patch to download when I bought the game too. Then downtime, another 15gb patch, then more downtime tomorrow.

Could at least release the patch at 2am or something when everyone is asleep so it's mostly downloaded by the time we get up.

JarekReanimated

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Hey guys. Just to follow up, we do understand that having to download such a large patch is frustrating and not ideal, and we want to let you know that we are actively working to ensure future ESOTU PS4 patches are not cumulative.

Not one person who worked on the patch stopped to think that asking players to re-download the same massive patch twice wouldn't be ideal or frustrating until people started to complain?

I feel bad for those with data caps.

greymittens

I for one love downloading

mikwin wrote: »

Can some pc wizard in here explain how pausing and resuming the download actually helps to download more mbps?

@mikwin It also increases your gbs and ghz of your ps4.

Mitchblue

Woo hoo, under 10 minutes left.

sadownik

greymittens wrote: »

I for one love downloading

mikwin wrote: »

Can some pc wizard in here explain how pausing and resuming the download actually helps to download more mbps?

@mikwin It also increases your gbs and ghz of your ps4.

Eh my bet its faulty launcher - its faulty on pc (to the point i always start game directly from directory not from launcher to avoid many bugs) swo it "might" be faulty on consoles.

mikwin

greymittens wrote: »

I for one love downloading

mikwin wrote: »

Can some pc wizard in here explain how pausing and resuming the download actually helps to download more mbps?

@mikwin It also increases your gbs and ghz of your ps4.

LOL. seriously though i just paused it 5 times and downloaded 4gb in 10min

Mitchblue

Done. Only 90 minutes so not too bad. Of course I looked at the patch notes and not one thing made me smile.

JayceStyles

Anguished wrote: »

floydmurphy.kg_ESO wrote: »

LOL at the post at the top of the page. You say you want updates, yet you're "trading your game" because of the update download file. This isn't adding 15G to your console, it is OVERWRITING the previous update. Maybe you should do some reading to find that out. I'm rank 1 in my pvp server and have a blast every time I play. Lag is expected in any game that renders 200 characters on a screen. If you can't wait more than TWO WEEKS to fix a massive game, then we don't want to play with you anyways. BAIBAI!!

[snip]

Halo, Mortal Kombat X, Destiny, World Of Warcraft, shogun 2

This patch is also making it so the thousands effected by not being able to make a character, so that they could make one and finally be able to play the game. Why are you seriously crying over 15gb?? It is going to be used to rewrite over files while adding in a few files, it will be no where near 15gb once it is done.

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WelshAssassin1987

Got a solution, smash your head against your ps4 three times screaming "CURSE YOU ZENIMAX" and it increases download speed. Mine jumped from 36 hours to a more respectable 7 hours.

Toxe

Who thought a 15 GB patch would be a good idea?

This is really, really bad and annoying.

Earelith

If I am not mistaken, everytime a game updates on console it pays some fee to sony/microsoft. So for this reason, all updates come in "bundle". You wont see some MB update on console...all updates will be a lot of GBs

Belmont

We can all agree that Zenimax and/or Sony made a mistske while bringing up the maintenance patch.
Being angry and annoyed about this is completely understandable. They apologized for it and we will see if it will happen again on the next server patch.

Instead of moaning and bashing in this forum and on the internet, just let your PS4 download the patch and go enjoy some food, watch some Netflix, play on a handheld or another console or else.
Take it easy lads and cya in Tamriel.

Korah_Eaglecry

MissBizz wrote: »

Devve wrote: »

no this rediculus. this is almost the entire games file size on pc

No.. no it's not.

Anyways, I would expect some larger patches at first due to the amount of fixes they are implementing. Once there is less stuff to fix, I imagine there will be smaller patches.

Yes. Yes it is. I had to deal with it on PC and now Im dealing with it on Console. I dont know how many MMOs youve played. But the average MMO doesnt patch 15gbs every week or every other week. This is major Update size downloads. But for this game its 'normal'. The truth is its obnoxious and completely inconsiderate of their playerbase. Especially when you go in and look at the meat and potatoes of the patch and realize that its not that big of a fix. To top that off people have a limit on how much they can download over the course of the month. 15gbs tends to stack up. Especially when you have a family that are also using the internet.

Xothos

Patch wouldn't be so bad if it downloaded anywhere near what my actual internet speed is.

noob_almost

All this rage and condescension tho.

Like, in rural NZ I'm paying $20/15gb so essentially I'm paying $20 for something I have, I've been humming and hawing about whether to download it or leave it until there is an alternate source or the next patch. I mean, I wouldn't buy a newspaper if it was the same paper as the day before with a new crossword.

WellyUK09

Xothos wrote: »

Patch wouldn't be so bad if it downloaded anywhere near what my actual internet speed is.

Thats PSN in a nutshell for you... Xbox has a much better online service and downloads are much closer to your speed... I have 150 download and i only get 20 or so on my ps4 it's pathetically bad, worst things is we have to pay for it now...

pmn100b16_ESO

lol, good to see the console players come round already. Welcome to Zenimax world people, enjoy your stay.

Azylir

Sony, is not without blame and neither is ZoS. Somewhere along the line between ZoS submitting, Sony certifying, and releasing, neither clued in to the patches becoming cumulative for us. You can't blame one without the other, if simply because ZoS successfully put out a 500mb patch on XBox, so it is obviously Sony related, be it ZoS missed something or whatever. FYI, neither is going to out the other they're partners in this. ZoS gets the blame because its their game, now lets all calm down, they stated they're looking into how to fix it from being cumulative.

WelshAssassin1987

It's not the patch that's annoying, it's the pitifully slow speed its downloading at. 15gb usually takes me 2 to 3 hours, still got 7 hours left and been downloading for 4 hours already.

ForgiveMeGaia

A peer to peer system would be great.
Everyone would be playing by now judging by the amount of people downloading the patch.
I think everyone should take this time and have some sleep, I bet it is a luxury for some of us now days

Locket

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Hey guys. Just to follow up, we do understand that having to download such a large patch is frustrating and not ideal, and we want to let you know that we are actively working to ensure future ESOTU PS4 patches are not cumulative.

A big patch isn't all that big of a deal in my opinion as long as we're given a heads up so we can leave our PS4 in rest mode and DL the patch through the night.

Hiero_Glyph

Bloodfang wrote: »

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Yes and no. Apparently the patch bundling is controlled by the developer, not Sony. While this issue has occurred for other games as well, each of those developers has since corrected their mistake. This issue is further compound by the size of the bundled update. Let's be honest, nearly 16 gigs is incredibly excessive and makes the mistake all the worse when it should only be 500mb. Certainly ZoS bears much of the blame for failing to test the update during maintenance before it was deployed.

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symonator

The servers are taking a battering because

A> digital copies of batman
B> free ps plus version of driveclub
C> ESO aswell

For sony servers

slipHAZARD

Earelith wrote: »

If I am not mistaken, everytime a game updates on console it pays some fee to sony/microsoft. So for this reason, all updates come in "bundle". You wont see some MB update on console...all updates will be a lot of GBs

I don't believe that's the case any more. I think Microsoft charged developers for updates and patches last gen but I think they stopped that practice, which would make sense since they seem to be going very heavy into the indie realm this gen

SizerKoze

Just to throw in my tuppance worth. I got the game last Friday. Spent Friday night installing and downloading an enormous patch (something that really wound me up because it was reported that it was a purely money-saving exercise so the publishers didn't have to manufacture a second disc in the package) only to find out today, on my day off that I can't play the game as I need to re-download something that should have been included in the box in the first place right after the servers had been down for hours?

For those of you who think this is acceptable, please don't have any (more) children. The world is full of enough mindless automatons as it is thank-you. For Zenimax, get a grip. This is a quality service you are supposed to be providing us with, spend the extra money now and quit making your customers pay for your apathy and blatant cheapness.

In other news. My download originally clocked in at 32 hours. After switching DNS to Googles and doing the pause/restart trick I'm down to 85mins and the mb's are flying up, I've had to repeat that a couple of times when it slowed down too. I've no idea why that works, I can only assume it is something to do with switching through download mirrors until you find a faster one until it gets jammed up too?

Bottom line, this has to be a new low in gaming history. Next they'll be making us do their beta testing for them. Oh wait...

Hackulous666

No calm down [snip] the game industry is walking on our head now, i pay to each month for 32gb of internet yes and quite a lot so this kind of thing ist not possible for me. I think ZoS should make something for the psn players, like one month of ESO plus for free or something i bet next time they will look at twice before releasing a patch and do their job correctly !

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danieldewoeste

Pauze te download en push again saves huge time i,m under a hour now,just try few times

Junglejim82

Subscription cancelled. Not quitting the game yet but not supporting it financially. I've got plenty of experience with gaming companies now and in two weeks zeni have left an almighty impression on me . Terrible customer service and interaction with the community. Disdain shown towards console players with features missing from console that are mmo standards and available on PC and now 15 gb for a nothing patch . Never seen this size of update on any game. Full dlcs in dcuo are like 4 gb Max. Too much downtime already for it to be sub worthy imo. Must do better zeni . Much better. For the record I'm actually out tonight but this tells me all I need to know. Anyone not on unlimited net is getting bent over big time. Feel for those guys