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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No additional launchers or log ins, no waiting 30 minutes for the game to update

That happens on consoles all the time. Don't play your modern console (switch or newer) and the same thing happens. I avoid Xbox now because every time I go to play it's a 30 minute wait for system and game updates. -and my Xbox is hardwired Ethernet to 300 mbs service so it's not slow Internet

I even booted up my switch before family visiting on Thanksgiving because I knew it would want an update. At least Switch was nice by making it optional.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah no shit it doesn't update games when it's powered off?

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you can't complain that a PC needs updating if you left it turned off for a when when consoles work exactly the same way.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I'm not though. Unless you open every launcher for every game whenever you open you PC then you still have that problem.

If I'm using my xbox regularly than that one game I havnt played in 8 months is going to stay updated. The same isn't true for PCs. I use mine every day, but the other week when I went to load up world of warships for the first time in a while I had a 12gb update because it has its own special launcher, so I just said fuck it and went to a different game.