If you’re planning on getting a new console any time soon, make sure to provision for a whole lot of internet bandwidth, because you’re most certainly going to need it. According to the internet, the latest patch for Dead Rising 3 on the Xbox One is nearly as big as the game itself.
The newest patch for the craft-your-own weapons, open world zombie-slasher clocks in at a rather incredible 13GB. The game, when first installed, takes up a total of 19.9Gb, so the patch is very nearly the size of the whole game. It is, in fact, bigger than some whole Xbox One games, including FIFA 14, Crimson Dragon, Fighter Within, Killer Instinct and Madden NFL 25. It’s also not the game’s only patch – there’s a 3GB day one patch as well.
It also appears that the patch doesn’t really do anything. According to one NeoGAF poster, the update does little more than this, as outlined by patch notes:
Code:
System changes - System stability has been improved.
Speculation is that the update readies the game for impending DLC, and at that size should rightly contain all of the game’s extra content, allowing for multiplayer between players who have and haven’t purchased the game’s new DLC.
It’s funny; on the Xbox 360, Microsoft had the patching and update system down when compared to the PlayStation 3. Updates were very rarely more than a few megabytes thanks to incremental patching. On the PS3, the same updates for the same games would have clocked in at hundreds of megabytes – but it seems that may have been reversed for this generation. Not that PS4 game updates are all that small, really; I’ve had a few that are a couple of hundred megabytes, and one that was over a gigabyte…but nothing anywhere near 13Gbs.
Whichever console you end up going with, just make sure you’re not on any sort of metered internet plan…or wait for “Game of the year” versions of the titles you want to play.
Last Updated: January 20, 2014
SheHulkNigri
January 20, 2014 at 10:04
Holy Fuck, Batman! (is all I can say about the size of that thing…)
Chocolate Salty Hugs
January 20, 2014 at 16:59
That’s what she said!
Chocolate Salty Hugs
January 20, 2014 at 16:59
That’s what she said!
Hammersteyn
January 20, 2014 at 10:07
It’s probably on disk DLC like Capcom did with Tekken X Street Fighter. They make you download 13Gigs of DLC that just sits on your HD not doing anything till you pay to unlock it. When unlock it’s immediately available.
SheHulkNigri
January 20, 2014 at 10:12
It can be only that. 13GB to fix stability issues borders on a bloody rewrite of the game!!!!
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 10:08
13GB is more than most PC game downloads :/
General JJ PanMan
January 20, 2014 at 10:15
I think this update automatically updates all the other games in your library and then makes you coffee.
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 10:13
So… I’m assuming it’s possible to copy the updated files onto a flash drive so that your friends don’t have to suffer through downloading it as well or is that feature only available for a limited selection of devices?
Hammersteyn
January 20, 2014 at 10:15
That would be amazing customer service and awareness from MS’s side. But I doubt it.
TiMsTeR1033
January 20, 2014 at 10:13
The future of patches! fucking insane! 13 gb. Thats just not acceptable!
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 10:19
They’re just ahead of the times. 7 years ahead.
The future of games will likely include games in the terabytes, when that happens a 13 gb update won’t be unusual.
TiMsTeR1033
January 20, 2014 at 10:36
this all wouldn’t be a problem if we lived in say America!
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 10:41
I heard somewhere that only about 1/3rd of America has good internet.
The rest has internet as bad or worse than ours.
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:42
That 3rd is probably out of tornado, hurricane and earthquake zones.
TiMsTeR1033
January 20, 2014 at 10:43
Fine then how about Japan! I heard back in 2002 their houses came with built in T1 sat connections!
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 10:47
I hear Finland has amazing internet.
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:48
I hear so too… 5-10ms lag to the WoW servers lol
General JJ PanGirl
January 20, 2014 at 10:50
I hear Skynet is planning something big.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 10:52
Yes, that’s why the old Xbone always-online thing caused such a big stink.
General JJ PanGirl
January 20, 2014 at 10:50
America
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:50
*MuricA
Hammersteyn
January 20, 2014 at 10:20
Everything’s bigger in America. Food,cars,guns even people.
Admiral Chief in Vegas
January 20, 2014 at 10:30
Even the level of stupid is bigger 😛
Umar Break Dancing Cyborg
January 20, 2014 at 10:15
13 gigs is a new game all together……
Admiral Chief in Vegas
January 20, 2014 at 10:19
O_O
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:30
That says it all
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:19
I can just imagine people that have just gotten the game with internet speeds like mine:
Wait for install, wait for 3 gig patch… should be done surely… BOOM 13 gig patch… *cry* can’t play my game for the next 2 days
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 10:20
Only 2 days to download a 13 gig patch?
Can I use your internet the next time I have an update?
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:25
hahahaha, no! 😛
I’m waiting for some stuff to download off Steam.
Admiral Chief in Vegas
January 20, 2014 at 10:30
Dude, I drop 30GB in about 8 hours
🙂
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:31
I used to do that when I had a 4meg line… now I’m on 2meg, and with current speeds on Steam, takes me 12 hours to download a 7.5 gig game 🙁
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 10:32
What service provider, how much, how stable, is it capped, what line, etc?
Admiral Chief in Vegas
January 20, 2014 at 10:40
Vox, 6mb fibre, and not mine 😛
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 10:40
Lucky bar stool.
Admiral Chief in Vegas
January 20, 2014 at 10:41
Guess who has root access…
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:45
Damn… must be fun abusing that line!
Admiral Chief in Vegas
January 20, 2014 at 10:45
The funny thing is I almost never use it hahaha
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:46
What? That’s freaking terrible! lol
I used to abuse my mom’s 4mbps DSL line at one stage… averaging around 100gigs a day… Mweb never moaned surprisingly.
Hybrid
January 20, 2014 at 14:28
How the hell did you get a 100gb a day on a 4mb line. I’v got a 6mb business account from afrihost and the best I get is lime 60gb a day
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 15:35
I have absolutely no idea! lmao
Admiral Chief in Vegas
January 20, 2014 at 10:40
Very stable, much speed, wow!
TiMsTeR1033
January 20, 2014 at 10:39
What line is this? 4 meg?
TiMsTeR1033
January 20, 2014 at 10:34
IF you lucky! What if download goes bad and restarts!
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:35
Then I just blame you
TiMsTeR1033
January 20, 2014 at 10:35
When things go wrong blame Tim… The story of my life!
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:36
LOL! Nah, I just tend to blame things on people that aren’t there, because they can’t deny it.
So I can blame anyone in the Lagz community, and not feel bad about it.
TiMsTeR1033
January 20, 2014 at 10:38
The funny thing is I wasnt kidding about story of my life, as a kid I was blamed for everything, even now, my dad or mom says I killed the eg. Toaster or tv, or even cellphone from when I visited the last time! lol A tough life being a Tim..
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:41
Makes me happy I’m not a Tim… but I get blamed for stuff even when I’m not there… irritating as hell.
I think it’s all Rince and his concussion’s fault!
General JJ PanGirl
January 20, 2014 at 10:49
No doubt.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 10:50
Given how he normally is, how could you possibly tell if he has a concussion?
General JJ PanGirl
January 20, 2014 at 10:51
I wanted to say, ‘shape of his head’. But that doesn’t really work either, does it?
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:52
Probably not
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 10:52
Good point, I’ll check with OvG, and the rest of his family… they should have some idea as to how to be sure…
General JJ PanGirl
January 20, 2014 at 10:48
It works usually. But not all the time.
Admiral Chief in Vegas
January 20, 2014 at 10:20
Dead Rising? More like internet bill Rising
Kensei Seraph
January 20, 2014 at 10:20
Haha.
Umar Break Dancing Cyborg
January 20, 2014 at 10:21
lolz!!
Martin du preez
January 20, 2014 at 10:33
Oh how the tables have turned..
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 11:00
Just noticed something on Disqus… I have 1 follower… not sure if I should worry or not (refresh for pic)
Anon A Mouse
January 20, 2014 at 11:09
Just go for the heads then you’ll be fine 😉
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 11:16
Played enough zombie games to know that one lol
General JJ PanGirl
January 20, 2014 at 11:13
At least you know they’ll follow you no matter what you say to them.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 20, 2014 at 11:16
Are they zombies or Timbies? *run*
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 11:16
LOL
Kromas
January 20, 2014 at 11:55
Pandaren being followed by zombies.Whats the world coming to.Next we will have Nazis riding Dinosaurs … freaking dinosaurs I TELL YOU!!
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 11:59
Hahaha!!!! At least they’re not zombie Pandarens… that would be worrying.
Kromas
January 20, 2014 at 12:00
They would be … forsaken. 😛
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 12:06
Unfortunately there are no Pandaren Death Knights 🙁
Kromas
January 20, 2014 at 12:07
Good thing cause I would not be prepared! Okay enough wow puns for today. 😛
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 20, 2014 at 12:18
lol… sounds like a good idea
oVg
January 20, 2014 at 11:02
Why does the game require a PATCH? Did the game go to retail broken?
Only gamers pay for broken shit.
CAE9872
January 20, 2014 at 15:50
Yeah I saw that as well and cannot understand the word “Patch”…its been out for 2 months or so already!
Willem Swanepoel
January 20, 2014 at 11:47
Now, if they made a console as EPIC as a PC, you could quickly drive to your friend (the rich one) and copy the patch and installed it … BUUUUTTTT ….
Trolololololol ;-)~
Rikus
January 20, 2014 at 15:06
Could somebody please tell the Xbone that its not the size that matters?
sarcofago
January 20, 2014 at 17:33
It took me a little over 4 hours to DL the 13 gig patch. I let the patch fully DL and install before I played the game and now I get s random slight “pause” here and there.
Like when you save in Nightmare mode, or when someone joins your game online