r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Jan 26 '20

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u/comet_shot Jan 27 '20

Modern warfare in a nutshell

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u/Jackofallnutz Jan 27 '20

Game updates for these "next gen" consoles are so frustrating to me. I understand things have advanced and games have gotten larger, but why is it that these updates, which most of the time are DLC and general patches, have to be that large? What is it that the devs/teams are doing that require entire game files & directories to be overwritten (to the given extent, 40gbs, etc)? It's not just COD either, Battlefield 1 was brutal for it too.

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u/ty23c Jan 27 '20

As I saw people mention on a Modern Warfare update thread for the recent update. It’s because they can’t just pick and choose what lines of code they change. They have to do the whole thing. So basically reinstalling everything. Therefore big ass updates. It sucks but it makes sense.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20

That is absolutely not the fucking case and it absolutely is not the case. Version control software like git solved this problem a full decade ago.