Ps4 Patch Install times

[Morrigu]

Todays hot patch was roughly 84 mg. Took seconds to download and nearly 25 minutes to install? Why is this? The older way was seconds download and usually less time to install.

[Styxx3550]

I feel you on this. The past few times I've had an update the download takes no time at all but then the copying stage takes forever. Shouldn't take this long for such a small update. Wish they would do something about it

[Arrhin]

I'm on PC but my SO is on a PS4 pro, it's bonkers how long it takes now! I'm guessing it's to do with moving everythin to the Sony side? I mean, the PS4 doesn't have the fastest processor, and the HDD is on the slow side...but this is something else entirely. My whole patch, download and install took about 14 seconds this morning..

[Alteriius]

I play on PC, but my sister's got some horror stories about the PS4, so my only guess is that it's something on Sony's end?

[RicaRuin]

It took forever for even small Patches for me, ever since they changed how the Update System works. No reactions on German Forums, so another plea to fix this here.
It's always during the copying process, the one that even works when you turn internet off (tested it), so no connection issue.

Hells, a Patch for Dissidia NT that was more than five times the size of recent patches was done within a blink of the time FF XIV needs for the small Hotfix Patches.

[Whalen777]

Since they changed to this way even the smallest updates take forever. It downloads quick and even the install isn't too bad but for some reason when it is "copying update files" it takes a really long time. This last one took 30 minutes to copy. Not sure what's up with that.

[TooQuiet]

I was wondering about this myself. Google didn't turn up much, so maybe someone out there has some info ? Kinda under the impression the copying process may be some sort of defrag or file check ? I think the wow launcher had something similar, haven't played that in years tho'.

[Rhus]

Think it's to do with it being treated like a zip file. Downloads a smaller version of the patch and then copies/extracts" all the information in it before replacing the original smaller file with the actual patch. Suppose to save on bandwidth and also make it quicker for people with less good internet to download on PS4 since it's a smaller file and you don't need to be online for the copying stage so internet speed is irrelevant, at that point it's down to your PS4 processing speed which as someone said, isn't ideal these days. PS4 limitations

[Ash_]

The PS4 processor isn't limiting it at all, otherwise every game on the system would be suffering from this and Sony's social media accounts would be crippled by raging users. The fact that it's also taking 25mins+ on PS4 Pro, means it has to have something to do with the actual install of the files or utterly atrocious coding. To put it into perspective; a clean install of FFXV is quicker downloading and applying it's monstrously huge patches.

[RicaRuin]

Think it's to do with it being treated like a zip file. Downloads a smaller version of the patch and then copies/extracts" all the information in it before replacing the original smaller file with the actual patch. Suppose to save on bandwidth and also make it quicker for people with less good internet to download on PS4 since it's a smaller file and you don't need to be online for the copying stage so internet speed is irrelevant, at that point it's down to your PS4 processing speed which as someone said, isn't ideal these days. PS4 limitations

How do you explain bigger Patches from almost every other game (one of them 1+GB FF XV Patch) installing/copying in way less time, then?