Bought a Console for Your Kids Present? Plug It in and Update It Now!

spackbace on 21/12/2016 - 20:43
Last edited 21/12/2016 - 20:43

This is to all the parents out there taking advantage of the current console sales going on, who are putting one under a tree

Please, unless you're blessed with NBN, pull it out of the box, plug it in, set it up, install some games, check for updates, then put it back in the box. Your kids will thank you immensely for it!

Most games will need an update straight out of the box, and the console itself might need one. If a game needs an update, they're normally the same size as the bloody game itself!

This way, on Christmas day, when the dust has settled and your stomachs are full and the kids get it out of the box, you're ready to go, no fluffing around.

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Comments

  • CactusReloaded on 22/12/2016 - 09:28
    +7

    Thank God I have NBN fttp now. Have two Xbox one consoles downloading 2 5gb updates for a game recently that both finished in under 10mins.

    • DiscoJango on 22/12/2016 - 13:26
      +20

      i hate you

      • CactusReloaded on 23/12/2016 - 13:41
        +3

        Perfectly acceptable response ;)

      • ThadtheChad on 23/12/2016 - 15:47
        +2

        Don't hate him… hate Tony Abbott and his band of luddite cucks (also F*K JOE HOCKEY!).

      • JayM on 23/12/2016 - 17:00

        I second this hatred

    • apptrack on 22/12/2016 - 14:52
      +1

      Yep thanks Rudd

      • StickMan on 23/12/2016 - 12:05

        That's a high ping! Upload is oddly low, weird! But still very nice and I'm jealous. :)

        I can only beat you at work, where I have gigabit connection :)

      • [Deactivated] on 25/12/2016 - 02:50

        Considering cable has been around for ages, goes alright, WiFi too - http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/1906695755

        Uploads though…..thats another story.

    • BartholemewH on 22/12/2016 - 18:12
      +1

      Ihave 25mbit fttp and downloading games at 50GB each still blows.

    • bjdchwr on 23/12/2016 - 11:05
      +1

      I have 2+ and mine gets ~11.5Mbps not bad but it has been a nightmare for downloading the games.

      I've joined the EA Access and Gold member and there are bunch of the games can be downloaded. The device has been turned on for days….

  • decr on 22/12/2016 - 09:53

    This might come across ignorant but is this the windows effect on xboxes? I've never had one and just bought a second hand PS3 which seems happy with anything I throw at it, connected or not. I left the console gravy train after PS2, still have them though and kids love lego star wars (though graphics are horrendous, should get an old CRT just for that)

  • Calmago on 22/12/2016 - 10:16

    Yep made this mistake last year, Satna go me PS4 was super excited to have a go at battlefront, nek minute…………

  • [Deactivated] on 22/12/2016 - 10:35

    I wonder if any where would help with no internet? Like the shop that sold you the console despite you not having internet

  • [Deactivated] on 22/12/2016 - 10:39
    +3

    OP can you be my parent ?

  • Ryanek on 22/12/2016 - 11:05
    +2

    My kids need to learn the value of patience. Not everything in life will be handed to them on a golden plate. They can take an hour out of their lives for updates.

    • Maz1 on 22/12/2016 - 12:38
      +8

      An hour? Hah if you are so lucky. I had to leave mine on over night with updates to be ready for the day. Seriously there is alot of updating to be done, dont under estimate the importance of this post.

    • DiscoJango on 22/12/2016 - 13:28
      +1

      thats not the point. the days of quickly booting up a console and smashing out a quick 15 minute session are no longer. now its turn the console on, do a 30 minute console update, and then a 2 hour game update, and then after all that, wait for the game itself to sign in to its developers server and sync your account, then, maybe, you can actually start playing.

      • johndemonik on 22/12/2016 - 17:59

        What's with the hyperbole in this thread? It doesn't update EVERY time you turn it on to play. You can smash out a 15 minute session whenever you like and every now and then you'll need to update a game or MS.

      • praga on 23/12/2016 - 02:17
        +1

        Wrong, PS4 and Xbox One has standby mode, where it can even download updates in the background. I never turn off my PS4 and I hardly get these update issues where I have to wait for hours.

        • ThadtheChad on 23/12/2016 - 09:52
          +1

          Doesn't that require PS+ subscription?

        • praga on 23/12/2016 - 10:17

          @gearhead: I always had PS plus, so I am not sure about that

    • njm on 22/12/2016 - 19:05

      I have had the Star Wars disc updating for 12 hours and its only at 86%.

      • spackbace on 22/12/2016 - 19:20

        You bought the disc? That's what EA Access is for! Unless you're on Playstation, then umm sorry :P

        • njm on 22/12/2016 - 20:44

          Yeah bought it for $24 a while back waiting for HN to drop the price to use the amex deal, before it got added to the EA list. Thought it would mean I had a game ready to go xmas morning that I could throw in 360 style and the kids could play it straight away. Told a mate of my plan who laughed and laughed.

          Almost 14 hours for 93%. Minecraft ones still to go…

        • spackbace on 22/12/2016 - 20:49

          @njm:

          Oh well at least it will be sorted :)

  • peterpeterpumpkin on 22/12/2016 - 11:28
    +1

    What's the best place to store your kids while this is happening?

    Hopefully the latest console doohickies have games that virtualise the giving of alms and tithes.

  • dlakers3peat on 22/12/2016 - 12:47
    +5

    there should be a warning on the box of the consoles like they do on cigarette packets. WARNING: MUST UPDATE CONSOLE IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASE TO AVOID ANGRY CHILDREN ON CHRISTMAS DAY

    • Baysew on 22/12/2016 - 14:59
      +3

      ANGRY CHILDREN

      Do you play that like Angry Birds?

  • [Deactivated] on 22/12/2016 - 13:22

    Solid advice.

  • apptrack on 22/12/2016 - 14:49

    Luckily I have been blessed

  • Marrk on 22/12/2016 - 15:27

    +1 Needed to install a 1.1GB update on the Xbox One S out of the box. Doesn't sound large, currently stuck with Vivid Wireless though.

  • Shwayne on 22/12/2016 - 16:48

    What if they want to run exploits on it and the latest update patches them.

    :\

  • bargainbeseecher on 22/12/2016 - 17:22

    I thought of this a few days after I extravagantly wrapped the Xbox so luckily we can just set it up on Xmas day because we'll be out of the house all day anyway!

  • DiscoJango on 22/12/2016 - 17:26
    +2

    also to the people saying simply dont connect the console to the network, some games require a minimum system operating system, so, if for example, you lived somewhere regional, and had no\really slow internet, you could in certain situations not be able to play a game at all because the game needed say os version 2.3 to run but you had only 2.0

  • aussieprepper on 22/12/2016 - 19:45
    +3

    If you bought a console for your kids? Do you have room for one more? Adopt me please? I am a big kid lol

  • MATTDAMON on 22/12/2016 - 20:32

    No problems here, 400/160 nbn fiber connection.

    I'll be updated before all the heathens will be.

    • spackbace on 22/12/2016 - 20:51
      +3

      Ah huh, and how are your 8x mini NES going?

      Troll troll troll your boat, gtfo

      • MATTDAMON on 22/12/2016 - 22:15
        -1

        Already sold at 295 each.

        The 26 I've sold this month averaged 301.60 each so 200% profit.

        Haters going to hate.

  • punk on 22/12/2016 - 20:56
    +1

    lets hope Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo don't go releasing a Christmas day update :P

    • silverrat23 on 22/12/2016 - 21:21

      Thankfully, the Xbox One just got a console update released yesterday.

  • neonlight on 22/12/2016 - 23:03
    +1

    It is nothing to do with NBN or not, as long as you do not play your console weekly or enough…I spend more time downloading updates every month rather than playing games. I wish I do not need to update.

    • MATTDAMON on 23/12/2016 - 00:02
      +1

      With 100mbi it only takes a few minutes to update you can comfortably do 36-38gb an hour on 100/40

      • neonlight on 25/12/2016 - 09:34

        Think for people who are only on ADSL…

        • MATTDAMON on 25/12/2016 - 09:35
          -1

          Couldnt care less about them, not my fault they cannot afford to move to where NBN is available or pay for an individual premise switch.

    • Soluble on 23/12/2016 - 08:22

      Turn on auto update

  • Ching ching on 23/12/2016 - 04:36
    +4

    I was at EB games the other day. A lady purchased a 3DS and games as Xmas prezzie for a 7 year old. The sale assistant advised her to charge the device before wrapping it up. The lady said Santa had sent the girl a letter to hint about the gift and discussed gaming time allocations😆

    Thought this was a cute story and great in case others are in the same boat🙂

  • cloudy on 23/12/2016 - 06:25

    +1 to you spackbace!

    I just got diablo 3 on pc, old skool game And it's 16gb update😩.

    Btw, can anyone explain, on Speedtest.net it says I download at 1Mbps, but when I'm updating blizzard says I am updating at approx 100-150kbps. I have no limitations on blizzard update speed, I don't get it.

    • ThadtheChad on 23/12/2016 - 10:17

      It also depends on the CDN you're pulling from sometimes.
      http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1057679

      See if the following helps:
      http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1090899

      I remember back in the day when I had ADSL at about 8-12mbps. I bought Dragon Age Inquisition from the PSN store on a Friday night, hoped to play it on Saturday morn. Oh boyyyy was I deluded! The download finally completed at about 11pm on Sunday. Thanks to the incredibly weird way PSN downloads games (everyone uses CDNs, but there seems to be something utterly crap abt the way PS4s download games).

    • smpantsonfire on 24/12/2016 - 09:50

      Speed test measures in megabbits.

      Downloads typically measured in megabytes or kilobytes.

      1 megabit = 125 kilobytes.

      1 megabyte = 8 megabits.

  • username1 on 23/12/2016 - 09:27
    +5

    Also remember a lot of games have initial updates which can be 1-10GB each even if you have the disc.

    • StewBalls on 23/12/2016 - 17:59
      +2

      GoW4 disc version update currently chugging away, 60GB+…

  • DiscoJango on 23/12/2016 - 10:56
    +1

    also, games are constantly updating, so even if you do plug it in and update it, dont think that, thats it im done. a few days, maybe even the next day, it will want an update, its getting out of hand.

    so, if your like me and have many games (like 30 +) installed onto your console, it is almost literally updating something, all the time, every day lol

  • BradH13 on 23/12/2016 - 11:44

    This warning/suggestion is useless unless you know your child's logon for Xbox Live or PSN, and if they don't have one - you'd have to make one for them and they probably won't like the name you give them (and that's assuming you know their email address, in which - the surprise will be ruined because they'll get an email about it pushed to their phone).

    Just let your kids be patient.

    • StickMan on 23/12/2016 - 11:59
      +5

      Parental controls? Create an account for yourself, update it, let the kid log in with their own?

      Patient is an understatement. 5GB system updates, plus 15GB game updates, are NOT uncommon. With on-peak ADSL2+ speeds, you're looking at a solid 24hrs before playing. What a fun Christmas, watching a progress bar.

      • BradH13 on 23/12/2016 - 12:15
        -2

        Fair enough I guess, but you can't do that for bundled digital games (well, you could but that'd be silly registering games to an account which isn't the kid's) which almost every console bundle that has been posted on OzB has had lately.

        Why is there a need to play games on Christmas Day then and there though? Christmas is a family time. You can play video games any day. Just open the box, plug it in, and let it do it's thing while you enjoy spending time with your family. Yes, I know kids won't think this way - but I don't see that as teaching them the right thing.

        Also, I'd be pissed off if I wasn't the first person to open the box. That's half the excitement of buying something brand new.

  • Butt Scratcher on 23/12/2016 - 11:53
    +1

    Even if you did have fast internet, the ps4 has a capped download speed. Which is absolutely silly imo. I'm not too sure about the xbone.

    • BradH13 on 23/12/2016 - 11:57

      Yeah, this. 100/40 internet here and PS4 and PS4 Pro both fluctuate between 6 (!!!) and 48 and are the only devices in the house that don't run at full speed (both connected by Ethernet too). It sucks, but in my opinion - it's still a much better system/ecosystem than Xbox One (I have both).

      • StickMan on 23/12/2016 - 12:00
        +1

        I tried to use my friends Xbone, 4GB system update. Couldn't do anything while that happened (100Mbps NBN, so not terrible), still wanted to smash it to pieces. The cream on top was when it failed multiple times with a super-vague message, spent 15min googling and apparently need to download whole OS to USB stick. Total and utter failure.

      • MATTDAMON on 23/12/2016 - 13:12

        There is workarounds for this.

  • dono2 on 23/12/2016 - 15:33
    +2

    Good tip, I sure the servers hosting the patches will get smashed Xmas so it will probably be slow getting them…

  • paragon on 23/12/2016 - 17:02
    +3

    Good call Spackbace! Solid advice - I am most grateful for 100/40 FTTP, if there was a way to seed updates for a few people gift buyers I'd happily do so! ^_^

  • String name on 23/12/2016 - 17:47
    +2

    I've got 400/400 fibre connection at work.
    Please send me your consoles and I will update them for you!

  • MATTDAMON on 23/12/2016 - 21:50
    -3

    Should of bought a mini Nes doesn't need updating and for the low price of 300+ shipping on ebay

  • rockyroad on 24/12/2016 - 06:28

    Just a warning for pre-updating games on the Wii-U: I did it with a game for my sons birthday and then it put the icon on the quick launch screen which he then saw and spoiled the surprise, also the update file appears in the "data management" screen.

  • Windows7forever on 24/12/2016 - 08:33

    I'll stick to last Gen thanks.

    • deanylev on 24/12/2016 - 15:48
      +1

      Last gen was even worse…

      You still had to update the games and firmware, but it couldn't be done in the background like it can now on the PS4 and Xbone.

  • deanylev on 24/12/2016 - 15:47
    +5

    Got I miss the days of my PS2. No updates, no menu to interact with. You plop the disc in, and boom, you're in the game.

    Nowadays devs have gotten lazy, because they have the ability to fix their mistakes with patches. In those days, games had to be perfect on release.

    • DiscoJango on 24/12/2016 - 19:42
      +1

      not necessarily developers. they answer to the parent company, who want to see profits asap. profits. they dont care about the game, just the $$$. the quicker a game is out the door, the quicker the money is in the bank.

      • deanylev on 24/12/2016 - 23:35

        By devs, I mean the development companies, not the engineers themselves.

        But yes, totally agreed.

    • Yuri Lowell on 25/12/2016 - 03:05

      You can still do that with the PS4 but games tend to be rushed and in need of a patch day 1. Still they can be played out of the box as long as you don't go online. Installation takes 5 minutes if that.

  • MrSammyMcG on 24/12/2016 - 19:18

    I'd like to point out that if you are getting a console with Doom or buying it from the Target sale etc is an especially big deal if you want to use snapmap or more because it has about 40gb of extra patches right now with all the free content. Some other games like Gears 4 have a 13GB day one patch and things too. Plus if you're unaware some single player games don't ship complete on the disc and need patches to even perform well. Mostly older titled like AC Unity, Just Cause 3 etc, not so many this year but it's good to do a quick Google search to see which ones need it the most if you're on a capped connection.

  • bluemeanie23 on 25/12/2016 - 00:06

    My advice is to not update.
    That is if u want the possibility of running homebrew and possibly game backups
    Wii u currently hacked on latest firmware
    PS vita hacked on 3.60 latest firmware is 3.61
    Ps4 hacked on firmware 1.76 (can install Linux and play games from steam)
    Xbox one semi hacked any firmware (must send overseas to receive hack)
    2ds/3ds hacked on firmware 9.2 can downgrade on higher firmwares but risky
    Just my opinion but do as u wish merry Christmas to all

    • neonlight on 25/12/2016 - 09:33

      Didn't know Wii U is now hackable, that's interesting…took long enough. Too late now

    • supnigs super skids on 27/12/2016 - 13:28

      What? Wii u is hacked now? Man emus would run great!

  • Yuri Lowell on 25/12/2016 - 03:04

    Games are playable out of the box and you don't have to update the firmware if you don't go online.

  • neonlight on 25/12/2016 - 09:30

    Worse two games that I bought requires lots of downloads Starcraft 2, and FFXV

    • DiscoJango on 25/12/2016 - 11:06

      be prepared for many more updates for FFXV

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