Uncharted 4 has a 5 GB day one patch

The patch has general fixes and tweaks, plus some bonus features.

[InTheZoneAC]

sucks for those running out of space...

[Loktai]

It overwrites some of the game files. It doesn't add 5gb to the total install size thankfully.

[just_looken]

na it just adds what uncharted 2 has on the disc at launch

Multiplayer support
Singleplayer “Encounter Select” menu
Bonus Feature: Photo Mode
Bonus Feature: Character Model Viewer
Bonus Feature: Render Modes
Bonus Feature: Gameplay Modes
Bonus Feature: Singleplayer Character Skins
Bonus Feature: Weapon Selector
Bonus Feature: Journal Viewer
Bonus Feature: Concept Art Galleries
General fixes and improvements

Whats next a patch thats 20gb in size adds controller support and enables the gpu? LOL

[nitus10]

I would rather prefer 5GB compared to the last 17GB patch for The Witcher 3.

Still if you have the media for UC4 you can start playing the game within 5 minutes. Not sure with a digital download, I think (can anyone confirm this?) that you may have to wait for the full or at least a substantial part of the download before you start playing.

You do have to fully wait for the patch to be downloaded and applied before you can play the game with the patches enabled. Still all this can be done while you are still playing the unpatched game.

[badz149]

@just_looken

I'm not trying to defend ND or Sony here because 5GB is quite something. But you comment reeks of hatred towards them both. Were you THIS critical in your comment towards 13GB patch for Dead Rising 3? Or the recent 27GB patch for QB on PC? No matter how you look at it, 5GB is a miniscule figure compared to those and I'm still not defending it, mind you! Day1 patches suck! Buy nowadays, it's already like a normal thing for every single release, might as well quit gaming if you oppose them THAT much.

[MagicBeanz]

I put in a 2TB just after last Christmas, Im good to go!

[psman012]

I'm switching addresses with my ISP (whom I work for as well) but they're taking forever to do the paperwork and get everything moved...I hope I have it set up in time cause I'm dying to play this game D:

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

Upgrade is your friend

[rezzah]

Well then it'd be time to remove older games.

[BLAKHOODe]

I'm really stretching my bandwidth limit with this. It resets on the 18th, so, I might be okay.

[hay]

Not as bad as not having a PS4 at home currently to play this gem.

[fenome]

23 hours and 32 minutes until I get to play.. this countdown timer is killing me.

[Yukes]

Hang in there! Based on your time of posting it must be under 17 hours now? You're nearly there...

[fenome]

9 o'clock tonight, 13 hours and 18 minutes from now. Not that I'm keeping track or anything. Lmao.

It's impossible not to though when I can see it on my PS4 with a little countdown timer right underneath it. Can't wait for it to unlock, I wish I didn't wake up so early on my day off...

[ziggurcat]

I'm in a bit of a dilemma - I've still not finished Dark Souls 3, but I also really want to play this game tonight when it becomes available...

I feel as though I have to get through DS first, though D: (and by that I mean totally get the platinum, which requires almost 3 runs through the game)

[fenome]

That'll take A LOT longer than Uncharted 4 though. I'd play through the campaign on this first and then hop over to DS3.

That's actually what I'm going to do, I took a much needed vacation when Dark Souls 3 came out and had to put off getting it and then I preordered this instead. I'm going to get DS3 as soon as I finish this.

I'm going to have a good Summer between this, Dark Souls and the expansions of Fallout 4 and The Witcher 3 releasing soon, not to mention whatever else comes along. Things are starting to pile up. I think Star Ocean drops next month too...ugh..lol

[rainslacker]

I choose to pick up Life is Strange yesterday because I knew I could complete it before tomorrow, freeing me up to play UC4 when I get home without the feeling I'm leaving something unfinished.

On the plus side, I'm actually really enjoying it.

[MagicBeanz]

Sweet, Photo Mode.

[jorellpogi]

Alright, time to upgrade the PS4 vanilla 500GB HD.

[nitus10]

You can actually backup old games including the latest patched ones to a hard disk that you can connect to the USB ports of the PS4 (format with FAT or exFAT). Once you have done this then just delete the games you no longer play. You can recover your old games fairly quickly if there is room on your internal hard disk.

Of course, you can always put a larger disk drive in your PS4 but you should always have a backup disk or disks just in case your hard disk fails.

For those that are thinking of putting in a larger capacity storage device in their PS4 I would recommend a 7200 rpm drive over a 5400 rpm drive since you will get over 20% improvement in loading time and the cost differential is only a few dollars. If you are thinking about an SSD then their loading performance is exceptional (500+MB/s) but the cost is not cheap.

BTW. Even those people who have an XB1 or a PC and especially a PC should backup their files. Hard and Solid State disks even though fairly reliable can and do fail so backups are essential.

[jorellpogi]

@nitus10 Thanks so much for you informative reply. Much appreciated bro!

[GMW]

@nitus10. I didn't know this, thanks! I only thought we could back up the save files only. How do you back up the whole game?

I already upgraded to a 2TB internal drive as I figured out it's easier to have all the games on the PS4 than always switching discs when I'm playing 3 or so at a time. :-))

[dantesparda]

He can also just get a new drive, put new games on it, then whenever he wants to play his old games, he can just put in his old drive back in and play them. Many people dont know this but you can swap drives back and forth on the PS4 so long as its on the same PS4.

Warning though, do not try and put your HDD into a different PS4, as if you do it will force you to format it. Even if you choose no, it will still mess up that drive and make you format it.

[Tedakin]

Seems like every game does in the 2016.

[kraenk12]

It's completely natural and calculated in the development process. There is always room for improvement.

[level 360]

Just ran out space.. damn.. hate 500GB.. got me Samsung Seagate M9T 2TB just now..

[dantesparda]

You can still use both drives, keep your 500GB drive with all the games its got on it then just start putting new games on the 2TB, then when you wanna play the games on your 500GB just put it in and your good to go. In other words, you can swap drives, but dont try to put your drive into another PS4, it will force you to format it, you will lose your data simply for trying it.

[Trekster_Gamer]

Tired of games releasing unfinished. Naughty Naughty "Naughty Dog"

[DafunkyRebel]

time to delete some shit

[Bruh]

AHH whats the issue? Pretty sure most people play UC for its SP no? And you can play the title while your bonus features and the MP patch downloads in the background...sucks for those w/ bandwidth limits and so on. But thats really the age we live, patches like this are normal and I presume with Neo around the corner it'll get even bigger.

[holdmyown83]

No they don't!!!

[christocolus]

Got the game last night and I'm done with the update.It was 4.9g in total. . I hope to start my playthrough when i get back from work later today. Cant wait.

[Bathyj]

They should give you the option to download patches before you have the game. Save some time when you get it.

[Activemessiah]

Oh you mean "The rest of the game"?

[Imalwaysright]

What else is new?

[holdmyown83]

Well I might as well just buy this shit digital then.

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

Haven't been playing The Division anymore anyways. I'll gladly delete that trash for Uncharted!

[sadsatan]

glad i installed a 1tb 850 evo ssd!

[hazelamy]

it's because they don't actually finish these things in time to stick the whole thing on a disc these days.

they know it won't be finished, but rather than delay it, they'll throw it out and just patch the finished version in later.
the trouble with that is, having to wait for a rather big download , and it's not like there'll be a load of people trying to download that patch launch day is there?

and those who aren't online get an unfinished game.

and what if your net access goes down that day?
what, an ISP going down? what are the odds? that never happens, right?

and you get the disc out years from now to play the game again, and all the patch servers have long since closed, once again, stuck with an unfinished game.
not that they're bothered about that, if they haven't put out a remastered edition, what do they care if people want to play it?

was that too much sarcasm?
i hate being sarcastic. >_>

[rainslacker]

That really seems more cynical than sarcastic. Sarcasm typically has a point of showing how the extreme of one viewpoint makes the whole logic of people's opinions fall apart.

[akaFullMetal]

Cool that they added new features. However, while I think it is a bit much but in comparison to other games having 10 to 15 gb downloads to fix bugs, 5 gb is small.

[Immorals]

Compared with some games, 5gb really isn't much. It sucks, but it'll be worth it in the end!

[xrapperkdx]

Only game on my HDD at the moment is The Last of Us. I'm good to go!. :D

[PFFT]

Ill just play off line. 5gb is a crazy amount for my shitty internet. Ill download the day one patch overnight.

[Nodoze]

5GB patch is simply ridiculous.

[ChronoJoe]

This patch was available a week ago and the latest, or day one patch is 1.02, not 1.01.

[russo121]

Just hope it is possible to start playing even before this update as I expect the update process will be in background.

[ITPython]

5GB? Is this absolutely confirmed or are we just believing what this site is saying? A 5GB day 1 patch is sloppy, and indicates a lot of unfinished work got done at the last minuet, which is not how ND rolls.

Most games DLC is smaller than 5GB, no way ND had that much leftover work since the game was printed on disks.

Until this is absolutely confirmed, I don't believe it. No doubt there is a day one patch with some minor fixes and tweaks, but shouldn't be more than 1GB. Probably just a few hundred MB.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

I've got excellent internet so I'm good to go. I download 50 gb games in less than an hour. My only problem is HDD space.

[InTheZoneAC]

btw you can already download it along with the full game...comes out to 53.58 GB

[DarXyde]

Well, that's annoying.

Game gets a brief delay, goes gold with a decent amount of time left, and we still don't get it with the disc/download?

If you ask me, if a game requires a day one patch, especially a 5GB one, we should be able to download the patch at least 48 hours in advance instead of having to run the game to prompt the download. If I'm planning to buy it, that should be a thing.

[kraenk12]

My PS4 dowloaded the patch in advance even in standby mode!

Edit because of comment limit

@DarXyde

Yeah, I game share the game with my brother!

[DarXyde]

Did you buy digital?

I pre-ordered the physical special edition.

[DivineAssault]

we need a 4TB 2.5' HDD for people who get a lot of games.. Guess ill be deleting some more games i dont plan to play anytime soon.. I miss popping the disc in and playing.. No day 1 patches, microtransactions, and season passes.. I remember when rockstar released their DLC for Red Dead on a separate disc instead of forcing us to download it.. Plus it was like a full game on its own.. Hopefully this game's DLC has single player content.. Anyway, its been scoring great so im kinda pumped for it.. Still need to finish Dark Souls 3 and Ratchet n Clank before i start...

[Maxor]

5 GB day one is outrageous. I might as well go full digital.

[blakstarz]

Would be nice if the bonus was to include Uncharted: Golden Abyss redone for the PS4.

[kraenk12]

Btw my PS4 had already downloaded the patch in standby mode when I started to play at midnight! The game is breathtaking.

[Tankbusta40]

I am not really complaining as I am dying to get home from work and play this thing... But damn the game is already 53gigs...lets try to optimize our games here devs.