Reminder for people who buy consoles or games

[eyebrowsonfleek]

If you buy a console or computer game this Xmas please do not forget to download updates before Christmas Day.

It's my ds birthday today and I've bought a PS4 game. There's 2 hours of downloads before he can play and I forgot to do it last night. He's 11 so luckily very understanding but others might not be so lucky especially with younger kids.

If you buy a new console (Xbox/PlayStation) you might have to create accounts. If your child already has an account it will be a faster process but there will still be updates since the day that the console was manufactured so be warned.

[AllTheWittyNamesAreGone]

Yes!
we got the teen an Xbox one last year and it spent most of the day updating and downloading

[Isadora2007]

Thank you for the reminder but I don't really even understand half of what you said about updates and accounts etc.
Think I just ask Adult ds for advice or a geeky friend of his to set it up once we decide between an Xbox or ps - probably looking at an older style bundle as it's for young ds so he doesn't need the connectivity of the new ones.

[LinkPlease]

Oh thanks for the reminder. I have an Xbox one under my bed for ds's birthday next week! Best get it out, forgot about the updates saga!

[eyebrowsonfleek]

Consoles (even older ones like Xbox 360/PS3) need registering with accounts. It's so that a younger child can see their content while older siblings can see older content. There's also updates you need for the machine which take a few hours to do. It's not like pre-Internet days when you can open the box, plug it in and play immediately.

[misskatamari]

Yep, often once a game is sent off to actually be made into a disc etc, the company making it are often still working on bug fixes, and a "patch" which you can download when you actually buy and play it. Good tip on this Eyebrows!

[GahBuggerit]

Oh yes, and load any games up before hand. Fond memories of waiting nearly an hour for Battlefront to install :/