Why can't new patch releases come out on a friday/saturday?

[Gramul]

Game should never take precedence over life and responsibility. Waiting a few days for the weekend won't destroy your experience. The content will still be there as will people willing to do it with you.
Gotta keep things in perspective. Save those sick days for emergencies.

[Zumi]

Reset day is Tuesday. If they released a patch on Friday or Saturday then you could double dip on new content. With the reset being right around the corner.

[MeeDeggiThePunisher]

Reset day is Tuesday. If they released a patch on Friday or Saturday then you could double dip on new content. With the reset being right around the corner.

And this is a problem why? I know I couldn't care less.

[Slappah]

There's something about Tuesday's being like official release day or something.

Look at any non-indie ps4 game release since it came out (almost all if not all have released on a Tuesday)
Every MMO I've played released patches and did maintenance on Tuesday.

It's just a thing.

[Gramul]

There's something about Tuesday's being like official release day or something.

Apparently that's because people do most of their home entertainment spending on Tuesday through Thursday, so they get right on the cusp of it. As for why they do it with updates and patches, I'm guessing it's just traditional.

[Skeith-Adeline]

Probably because that is when weekly reset happens

If the Weekly Reset was on a weekend, players would be able to cap out during said weekend, and then have nothing to do during the week. It's strategy lol

[Ooshima]

and with people playing games during the weekend, launching patches in weekend seems dumb. imagine the amount of people hoarding to log in, server crashes, emergency maint after that.

with people crying on forums every now and then on scheduled maint and asking for compensation, nope. not going to do patches on weekends and inviting more threads lol.

[Parawill]

I wonder if the staff who work on maintenance have weekends off. I'm pretty sure they don't work 24/7 and/or are not robots. :0 Beep boop.

[Ooshima]

I wonder if the staff who work on maintenance have weekends off. I'm pretty sure they don't work 24/7 and/or are not robots. :0 Beep boop.

Such staffs are usually on rotational basis. 5 or 6 days a week, with their offs on rotation, sometimes weekdays sometimes weekends.

[Violyre]

And cut into my off days? I'm already hit with maintenence when I get home from work, and now you want me to lose my time when I'm completely off?