Following in Nintendo’s footsteps, Sony (along with Microsoft) will be requiring people who purchase the new console to download a 300mb patch in order to use many of the next-gen console’s features. Perhaps the most notable of the features effectively disabled without the patch is online multiplayer. The system simply wont be able to play online until after the download. With any luck, this will be a painless process for early-adopters and not at all like the hours off waiting people had to endure just to use their Wii U at launch.
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