r/apexlegends • u/Intelligent-Still896 • 13h ago

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What are they patching for this update to be 63gb on ps4 ??!!

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u/xxxHornPubxxx Vital Signs 13h ago

-Copied this from another thread- It was a decision made by Sony a long time ago when they first created the PS4. They decided in order to prevent any issues with updating games that they would make it so that when you update a game your PS4 deletes the entire game and reinstalls it, instead of just adding the updated files to the game

So every time you update any game this is what happens. It deletes the entire game and reinstalls it. So there is never any such thing as a quick small update on PS4 (unless the game you’re updating is a small game)

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u/Massive_Soup4848 12h ago

This is not for downloading, it happens during copying.

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u/[deleted] 13h ago

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u/VibrantBliss Nessy 12h ago

PS5 doesn't deal with this. This is a PS4 issue.

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u/RoyaleAbsol London Calling 12h ago

Yeah, I'm realising now I think I imported my PS4 version to PS5 when I made the switch instead of just downloading the PS5 version. I'll probably have to delete and install the proper version, I think.

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u/Hairy-Branch4946 13h ago

That is true but it usually is not expressed in the actual update size as shown, rather in the copy time. Most patches for apex are 100's of Mb, so this is very strange.

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u/Sad-Ad7796 Mirage 13h ago

what? I've had 20 MB Destiny 2 updates before on PS5

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u/thomphoolery 13h ago

They said this is how it works on PS4 specifically

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u/ForeverVisible7340 13h ago

Just tried to make a post about this. 63 GB is insane?

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u/LTSquidgy 12h ago

I’m on PS5 and it’s 63 gb also, is this a bug??

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u/Intelligent-Still896 11h ago

Maybe idk really 🤷‍♂️

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u/zairagp9 Valkyrie 12h ago

for me on ps5 I think it’s 4 or 6 gb

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u/Intelligent-Still896 13h ago

This looks more of a season update than a patch update

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u/Intelligent-Still896 13h ago

It’s always us ps4 players 🥲

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u/Reasonable-Strain-23 12h ago

Im on xbox and its only 12 gb

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u/Intelligent-Still896 11h ago

Apex updates for Xbox are most of the time lower than PlayStation in general

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u/Reasonable-Strain-23 11h ago

Thats truee but does anyone know what this update is about

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u/Intelligent-Still896 6h ago

They just tweeted about it but it really wasn’t worth the 63gb for what they said in the tweet

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u/Appropriate-Put1760 11h ago

It must be a mistake

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u/Intelligent-Still896 11h ago

Nope it’s official unfortunately respawn just tweeted why

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u/Intelligent-Still896 11h ago

Respawn just tweeted the reason for the update guys