[dylan604]

This was my gripe about all console games. Real gamers that are daily users have their systems kept up to date, but I'm not one of those. I'm one of those that plays a few times a month, and only when I have nothing else to do. Because of the infrequent use of the console, I'm guaranteed to have to do an update on every use. The update alone cuts into the time allotted for gaming. So I play even less and less to the point that after my last move (3 years ago), I never even plugged my console in.

So I totally sympathize with the loss of enthusiasm for the delays from forced updates.

[quartz]

Nintendo seems to be the best at this. I pulled my Wii out of storage to play with my 4 year old earlier this month. Plugged it in and was off and running having a blast playing Wii Sports and Mario Kart.

[dagmx]

The Wii is barely online. That’s a big part of it.

[ricardobeat]

The PlayStation has had the ability to keep itself up-to-date while in sleep mode for almost a decade now.

[brundolf]

OT, but for consoles you just leave it in sleep-mode and it'll update things quietly throughout the day. It's more of a problem for desktops

[solardev]

Why don't you just turn on auto updates?

[bombcar]

I don’t know what it is but those don’t seem enough. Maybe it fights with sleep somehow but my Xbox is supposed to keep games updated and if I haven’t played in a week I seem to have a download. Annoying.

[philistine]

On Xbox One and Series S/X you can turn on sleep mode, which uses far more energy but makes sure the console never goes without an update. I'm like you, I can go long periods without opening it and this mode keeps my system always up-to-date.

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-network/power/l...

[bombcar]

Deep sleep with updates seems to keep the system updated - it’s the games that apparently wait until you want to play.