Dishonored 2 Has A 9GB Day One Patch

We can now reveal that Bethesda’s upcoming Dishonored 2 has a 9gb day one patch, on Xbox One at least. More recently, we’ve definitely seen a resurgence in huge day one patches.

[oof46]

Yooooowzah!

[supersonicjerry]

It has the same patch on ps4 as well for anyone that was wondering. Game is amazing though loving it so far even though i'm not too far making sure i don't miss anything.

[moegooner88]

Could you please let us know how is the story and performance?

[supersonicjerry]

performanace wise its really good so far besides one section when you're heading to the second mission but it's just like a cut scene the frames drop really hard. In combat the fps is solid. So far the story is good i was looking at the trophies and a few people already beat the game as emily. you can check my trophy list by searching up my psn: supersonicjerry

[Errorist76]

Luckily PS4 does download all of that in the background.

[Artemidorus]

Pre order cancelled.

[MeteorPanda]

wow. do you think down the line they will re release the disc with no patch? Most companies are working on games even after it goes gold. suck it up pricness

[pompombrum]

Patching errors after the game has gone gold is one thing but 9gb worth of errors? Blows my mind how people can consider this acceptable for day one patches.

[Artemidorus]

Cancelled.

[kevnb]

9 gb patch doesn't mean they changed a ton of stuff, they probably had to recompile the code and a large chunk of it changed slightly.

[Utalkin2me]

@aiBreeze

Just cause it 9 gigs doesn't mean all of it is errors. Alot of times you have to recompile the same data.

[nitus10]

It depends on how the developers go about implementing patches. As an example, I run a Linux operating system distribution (Fedora 24) and most updates are in the form of "deltas" which only contain the parts of the updates that need updating.this on average results in anything from 50% to 95% saving for each update compared to sending the full suite of packages every time there is an update. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

What is surprising is Microsoft with Windows XP were the first to implement the "delta" concept although for Windows 10 they seem to have forgotten how to go about doing it especially with the latest update of Windows 10. To their credit, Microsoft is bringing "delta updates" back again but calling it by a different name (probably because it is not "hip" enough).

[rocketpanda]

Stupid comments like yours justifies companies releasing unfinished buggy games and with Bethesda changing how they handle review game copies doesn't make them look good regardless how good their IPs might be.

Justify a day one 9gb patch. It's a patch.....9gb....what the hell are they patching with that size? Nothing wrong with patching a game on release to fix crucial issues. Every time you pop a new game into a console these days there is usually some patch to install, annoying when you just bought it and even worth when the size is huge.

Call people princess all you want, consumers can pick and choose not to buy something they find not to their liking and a terrible industry practice.

[MeteorPanda]

@aiBreeze it's more often than not because time restraints, the game HAS to go gold regardless of inner department errors and problems. With games needing bigger studios and more time to create theres bound to be unforseen issues. considering dishonored 1 has the worst texture mapping l've ever seen on ps3 l am happy they are polishing this off. Theres no tutorial for making a game, each company works out their own workflow.

[gamerpop]

Stop pre ordering games. You're the reason the industry is fuc***

[slappy508]

Although I didnt preorder this because of their embargo policy, I agree with you and am now put off from buying this. People who have an internet connection faster than 4mbps probably wont sympathise but this will take me a whole day to download this patch, thats still why I buy retail games. Maybe if the patch was 2GB or so that would be more understandable. I mean Titanfall 2 had a patch of 90mbs FFS, and that is multiplayer, this is singleplayer so why does it have to be so big? So another red flag is raised.

[quent]

I agree and I'm in the same boat, the best I can hope for is to wait for a goty or similar edition of the game and buy it then when its properly patched and working , its what I did with Bloodborne

[1nsomniac]

Amazon offered me a pre-order of this for £20 along with a free copy of TLOU. Sounded to good to be true so I contacted them. Got a rep & a manager to confirm the deal. They even explained that if I bought it they would ship Dishonored 2 today then later send me a free digital download code for TLOU later on dispatch of my PS4Pro.

After ordering it I got sent an email saying TLOU was actually a typo & I was no longer getting it. So I sent them the transcript were they confirmed I would get it if I placed the order. Advising that if they didn't fulfil it then it had been mis-sold to me & I wanted the order cancelled. They replied saying they were sorry for the miscommunication of TLOU but were unbelievably not going to cancel the order!

I then had to go back & tell them that was illegal & they would have to cancel the order as it was misrepresentation.

I couldn't believe how dodgy that was. Wonder how many people they've caught out with that? What annoyed me the most was the repeated broken English emails they kept sending me that didn't make any sense at all & were full of grammatical errors. The service was not only illegal but truly shocking!

[mogwaii]

Amazon is dodgy as f*ck!

[Perjoss]

I got the exact same email and to be honest it was quite obvious that it was a typo, there were codes in the email for Dishonored 2 and CoD but no code for TLoU.

[1nsomniac]

That's why I contacted them but like I said, a rep & a manager both confirmed & explained how TLOU code would be issued to me.

[King Nezz]

Unbelievable. These updates are becoming as big as the actual games.

[ifrit_caress]

Oh my gosh, there are some games that are 9GB. How can a game need such a patch...?

[HAHAHAHAHAHAHA]

All i can say is wow.... and that i guess it could be worse then 9gb

[TheUpbringer]

I'm sure I'm gonna get it anyway, but the new review policy, plus the day-early pre-order bonus, plus this, this is a dangerous combo. I'll probably wait a day or two on this before getting it.

[Mr Marvel]

Just delay the game if it isn't ready (which it clearly wasn't).
Not that it matters to me. While I enjoyed the first game I have no interest in the sequel.

[adaminoregon]

This tells me the game should have spent another month in development.

[Livecustoms]

bruh...

[Nivekki]

I got Uncharted 4 on the day it came out, that had a 5 gb day one patch. I had to download massive patches for The Witcher 3 and many other games that were bigger than 9 gb. I know it must suck for some people with crappy connections but I'm afraid that's just the way it is nowadays, patches are part and parcel of modern gaming.

This won't stop me from getting it on the day it comes out, I loved the last one and I've been looking forward to it for ages now.