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39gb Patch for AC Unity Is Ridiculous

Katie Ireland from Gamerscore Whores writes "Assassins Creed Unity Patch 4 has landed with a staggering 39 Gigabytes of updates required for some Xbox One users. This goes down in console history as the largest gaming patch ever released, however there appears to be some confusion as the patch is only appearing as 6.9GB for other users.. The question remains, are people ready for such gargantuan updates? HDD space, broadband speeds, download times...surely this simply isn't good enough Ubisoft?"

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Snookies124165d ago

Wow, they might as well have made a completely new game...

SonofGod4165d ago

The patch is supposed to be like 7GB but there is a bug (only on the XO I think) that makes the update 40GB. Basically you're re-installing the whole game..

Tapani4164d ago

So, even the patches are buggy. *laughs*

Army_of_Darkness4164d ago (Edited 4164d ago )

Lol! It's like putting on a defective band-aid that has holes and doesn't stick too well....

Ranma14165d ago (Edited 4165d ago )

Try downloading that with a dial up connection, it would take 8428571 seconds (thats 2341.27 hours or 97 days).

If true, its a leap of fail by ubisoft

RedDeadLB4165d ago (Edited 4165d ago )

I love inconsistencies. That's Altair in the picture, not Ezio :)

Other than that, well.. PC hasn't even got the update yet..
Not that I expect much from it..

-Foxtrot4165d ago

They have it's called Victory :)

Ezz20134164d ago (Edited 4164d ago )

it will be 40GB game with 45GB day 1 patch

NuggetsOfGod4164d ago

Someone told me consoles are better because they are optimized.

Hmmm not sure anymore.

Low frames and broken games.

BX814164d ago

Don't confuse software with hardware.

brish4164d ago

Games on broken on PC as well.

brish4164d ago

That should have said "Games ARE broken on PC as well."

*facepalm*

rdgneoz34164d ago

Watch TotalBiscuits WTF series, he basically couldn't do it for Unity because of how broken it was and he has a new high end gaming rig,

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TheXgamerLive4164d ago

Its an under 7 gig download, and for some its nearly 40 gig as it will redownload the entire game due to a bug and not an added 40 gigs.

medman4164d ago

Ubishite strikes again. I wish I could say I was surprised, but.....

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Eonjay4165d ago

"The question remains, are people ready for such gargantuan updates? HDD space, broadband speeds, download times...surely this simply isn't good enough Ubisoft?"

Well said. And what about if you are playing offline. Can they really be satisfied with the product they are providing?

Ezz20134164d ago (Edited 4164d ago )

Who need finished games when we get creatures like that
http://static4.gamespot.com...

i always wanted *Hallow Man* game and Ubisoft did it
i'm satisfied

TheJacksonRGN4165d ago

The Patch is 6.9GB. 40GB is how much you install for the full game. Maybe there is an error that is causing it to re-install the game.

ShadowNextGen4165d ago

Right now the download is 40gb on the Xbox One. If you want another source, here you go:

http://kotaku.com/6-7gb-ass...

TheJacksonRGN4165d ago (Edited 4165d ago )

Read the comment from below:

"Its def a bug. I was prompted with the 40 gig patch. I uninstalled the game, rebooted my console, and inserted the disc and was prompted to only install a 6.5 gig patch."

Clearly it is a bug, the actual patch is not 40 gig. Ubisoft themselves said the patch was 6.7gb.

"Part of the team's effort to enhance frame rate for players involves replacing and updating portions of the Paris city map where we are seeing issues," Ubisoft said. "This explains the large size of this title update (6.7 GB). However, since a large portion of the patch replaces existing files the net increase to the game’s overall size will be less than 6.7 GB"

http://www.gamespot.com/art...

This guy is ranting as though Ubisoft put out an actual 40gb patch. This is a bug.

ShadowNextGen4165d ago (Edited 4165d ago )

This is a bug but it is a 40gb bug. Once again, check out Kotaku and the statement from Ubisoft:

"We have received and confirmed reports that some Xbox One players who have previously applied Patch 3 are seeing a 40GB download instead of the expected 6.7GB download. Unfortunately, an issue with the patch downloading process is replacing the entire game instead of just the parts affected by the patch. This is obviously not the expected behavior, and we apologize that many of you will have to wait longer than expected to complete this download. This issue isn't causing any other problems and once the download is completed players will have the most-up-to-date and fully patched version of Assassin's Creed Unity."

http://kotaku.com/6-7gb-ass...

NuggetsOfGod4164d ago (Edited 4164d ago )

Unity is an error itself.

Maybe the 40gb is a new game!?

So happy I got dragon age instead.

nitus104164d ago

For some with slow internet access and possibly capped download limits even 6.9GB is huge for just a game.

My internet speed can be anything up to 2MB/sec so downloading 6.9GB would take me approximately 1 hour. 40GB oh the other hand would take, if I am lucky 4 hours and eat into a third of my cap and all this for just one game. For those on dial-up I truly sympathise.

DarkBlood4165d ago

Whew scared the bejesus out of me lol

4logpc4165d ago

Its def a bug. I was prompted with the 40 gig patch. I uninstalled the game, rebooted my console, and inserted the disc and was prompted to only install a 6.5 gig patch.

Had to reinstall from the disc which took awhile, but a lot better than downloading all 40 gigs.

KiwiViper854165d ago (Edited 4165d ago )

I also un/reinstalled. Took so long to install, much longer than the original install aswell. From 7pm-11pm got to 12%, gave up and went to bed with Xbox On all night.

Original install took less than 2 hours but not sure as Tv was on a different input.

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Give me a proper PS5 port with trophy list, Syndicate too and I'd happily buy them both again

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Skuletor790d ago

Do the NPCs still randomly levitate every now and then? Even years later I noticed they hadn't patched that out

andy85790d ago (Edited 790d ago )

Honestly I loved the PS4 ACs. I'd love next gen ports of Black Flag, Unity and Syndicate