Destiny updates from inside the game itself (Destiny)

by kapowaz, Thursday, July 17, 2014, 11:57 (3580 days ago)

So, those of you who are trying to get into the beta have undoubtedly discovered that the beta client you downloaded from PSN isn't actually the full beta, and instead there was around a 10GB download remaining, that you can only do from within the game itself.

I sincerely hope that this isn't how Bungie plans on updating the game in future. Modern consoles have lots of ways of updating games in the background (particularly on PS4, which can do it even whilst the console is on ‘standby’) so that the next time you turn it on to play, your games are up to date and ready to play. Relying on an in-game updater would completely undermine this, and instead of being able to play immediately, the first time you try to play after a major content update you'll have to sit and watch a download bar.

What's the deal then, Bungie, is this just for beta?