Posted December 21, 2020
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it does not apply to computer gaming because we are always in a whirlwind of updated hardware, software, and development. "next-gen" could mean tomorrow or 2 years from now and all of the same arguments would still apply for either definition.
"next-gen" is a console term defining if the platform has been released yet or not, very simple.
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Finished the download in minutes, but the installation/applying of the patch has barely moved 1-2%.
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a patch, whether large or small, that has to first unzip itself and then possibly unzip multiple large game files, insert the updates, and then re-compress the game files and re-install them will take much longer time than a game that only needs to replace a few files.
Witcher 3 just re-d/l'ed the files.... I liked it that way and I wish that's what happen with 2077.