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[falconzss]

Why do they omit information on the size of the update in the first place?

 

[KillerTravis]

@RichIGN "Guessing this takes... about an hour total. Moving faster now, actually. Curious if this is a download and THEN an install or what."

 

[clav]

I'm only looking at his down rate. He's averaging about 300 KB/sec

Looks like the download even dips down to zero at some points.

I suppose the update is broken in chunks. Progress bar moves as a "file" is completed.

 

[KojiKnight]

Wonder if it has a seperate install graph or if it's like the Wii/3DS and it'll switch to "installing" half way through.

(edit) Beat by Rich from IGN no less

 

[OMG Aero]

hope the giantbomb crew can get their update before the live stream tomorrow morning

If not, at least they found a way to record a loop of that sweet Nintendoland music to play over it.

 

[OG_Original Gamer]

He mad. He salty as hell.

Indeed..... dear Watson

 

[lednerg]

@RichIGN "Guessing this takes... about an hour total. Moving faster now, actually. Curious if this is a download and THEN an install or what."

That's what I'm wondering. Like if the first half of the status bar is downloading, and the second half is installing.

 

[Coins]

Arthur Gies am cry

What's new?

 

[KojiKnight]

That's what I'm wondering. Like if the first half of the status bar is downloading, and the second half is installing.

Well we'll likely know in the next 10-20 minutes.

 

[MThanded]

Arthur is right.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

omg what's that fluffy thing ;_;

 

[Drago]

OMG the song change :lol :lol

 

[NFreak]

LOL, let the bodies hit the floor. This stream is amazing.

 

[kassatsu]

Something's got to give!

 

[Smiles and Cries]

excited!

 

[The Elite]

Getting WWE flashbacks.

 

[SirIgbyCeaser]

40 minutes and not even 50%, I guess that means 2 hours give or take and it'll be done!

Btw i'm very impressed by this streaming technology, he must have a pretty good PC

 

[falconzss]

Haha that song change.

 

[FINALBOSS]

This stream is awesome.

Which one of you is this? LOL

Amir0x: let me snort more drugs to wash away my sorrow

 

[MThanded]

What if this is the update to the update....

 

[HarryDemeanor]

Getting WWE flashbacks.

I've been sent back to the Invasion days.

 

[The Elite]

Stream does seem to be going faster. They've put more servers on it. I told you. servers.

 

[Row]

I don't understand, why is a day 1 update expected/necessary for a system not even out yet?

 

[Cbajd5]

This is why I need mine at midnight, I can let it update while I watch Toonami.

WHAT WOULD I WATCH TOMORROW?

 

[clav]

I don't understand, why is a day 1 update expected/necessary for a system not even out yet?

People still work on the system after it is submitted to manufacturing.

 

[BocoDragon]

I don't understand, why is a day 1 update expected/necessary for a system not even out yet?

Basically the system software and all the features promised weren't done when they entered into hardware production months ago.

 

[iammeiam]

I don't understand, why is a day 1 update expected/necessary for a system not even out yet?

Same reason why we get day 1 patches for new games? Stuff gets done after the product is sent off to get made and gets patched in

 

[MThanded]

I don't understand, why is a day 1 update expected/necessary for a system not even out yet?

Dev team was behind and they needed all the development time they could get. Hardware had a set launch date. So they put what they had on the system.

 

[Tattooth]

Cyrisaurus: Wario64 does nothing but sit on twitter and news sites so he can be first to make Neogaf threads. I mean... BOMBA LOLLOLOL

From the stream lol.

 

[Tagg9]

Wow, some serious Wario hate on the stream haha.

 

[Drago]

So much Wario64 hate in the chat

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

What if this is the update to the update....

This is just the update for the Tablet.

The actual system update is after this.

 

[Sandfox]

I don't understand, why is a day 1 update expected/necessary for a system not even out yet?

It gives the devs time to work on the system's software while the consoles are being built/packaged in the factories. This allows them to work up until the final day of the consoles launch on changing things up rather than stopping months earlier. All of the current gen consoles did it as well.

 

[Darko]

What if this is the update to the update....

 

[KojiKnight]

Dev team was behind and they needed all the development time they could get. Hardware had a set launch date. So they put what they had on the system.

This... US launch was almost assuredly rushed to make black friday, there is a reason why it's out in Europe and Japan later.

 

[Kyou]

I don't understand, why is a day 1 update expected/necessary for a system not even out yet?

the system internals have to be finalized and put into production long before the software is done

 

[Curufinwe]

Arthur is right.

Handed?

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

Over 900 people are watching a dude download an update, bwahaha.

No one is honestly watching it.

We are getting ready for when it ends.

 

[Wario64]

So much Wario64 hate in the chat

Of course lol

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

Am I reading the chart right? Over 312mb?

 

[maniac-kun]

This is how you do a stream!

 

[Ken Masters]

Can't wait till tomorrow when I open it up and wait for an hour for the thing to update out the box

 

[maquiladora]

Must be a pretty big file. Man I hope the servers will be able to withstand all the people downloading it tomorrow...

 

[SirIgbyCeaser]

Can't wait till tomorrow when I open it up and wait for an hour for the thing to update out the box

One hour is generous!

 

[KojiKnight]

Can't wait till tomorrow when I open it up and wait for an hour for the thing to update out the box

You can always just play the games without updating when you first get it, then set it to update when you go to bed... then just hope that Nintendo was smart enough to disable auto shutting off after 60 minutes during an update~ else you'll have a bricked system by morning.

 

[Row]

It gives the devs time to work on the system's software while the consoles are being built/packaged in the factories. This allows them to work up until the final day of the consoles launch on changing things up rather than stopping months earlier. All of the current gen consoles did it as well.

But why is it being made into such a big deal for the Wii U? For other systems it wasn't given much attention, and with games it's usually because of serious issues seen in betas or review copies, but people seem to be going off of nothing this time but making it seem like a really big deal from what I can tell.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

these are the lucky one by tomorrow these serves will be hammered

 

[lednerg]

Well we'll likely know in the next 10-20 minutes.

It's past 50%, so I guess that's a no.

(status bar: 50% d/l and 50% install)

 

[chickdigger802]

How giantbomb duders are dling this right now and not tomorrow.

 

[Freezie KO]

So I'm going to be excited after I pick up the console and then get home and have to wait 2 hours to use it?

Terrible. I'm assuming we can't play games while this downloads in the background?