The latest patch for Fallout NV has hit the Xbox. I'm very happy that I can load my saved games again, and it's really cool that your companion shows up on the map.
Almost every game on the PS3 and Xbox 360 will have an update/patch to download at some point. Some of these updates fix MAJOR problems with the game, like the Fallout NV bug mentioned above.
But this made me think. What happens 10 years from now when I want to play this game again? I dust off the old xbox/ps3 or maybe I buy one off the internet, pawn shop, garage sale, etc....
I put in the Fallout NV disk and I'm stuck playing a broken game. I assume that the patch is no longer on PSN or Xbox Live since those networks will be long gone, having been replaced by whatever network the newer console will use.
These patches need to be able to either
1) be downloaded as burnable disk image
2) be able to request the company send you a physical disk with the patch on it. (hell, I'd even pay a couple bucks for this)
Either of these will ensure that these games will always be playable as their final, fixed version for years to come.
NOTES:
Don't think that I'm purposely picking on Xbox or leaving out PS3. This idea hit me when playing the super-broken Fallout NV on Xbox, so that's what I talked about.
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