Het is niet ongebruikelijk dat games een patch krijgen op de dag van release, om bugs die pas na het verschepen van de discs ontdekt werden, toch te kunnen verhelpen. Maar de day one patch van Sniper Elite 3 weegt wel 10 gigabyte! Ontwikkelaar Rebellion legde aan Eurogamer uit waarom deze enorme patch doorgevoerd moest worden.

“The main part of the update is to sync data between the game’s retail discs and the Xbox Live digital download edition of the game. We’ve also begun work on multiplayer DLC and a small part of this update is to introduce a compatibility pack. This is standard for any game that adds DLC – it’s just to make sure everyone can have the same multiplayer experience whether they own DLC or not.”

“While we understand gamers will be frustrated at the wait [door het lange downloaden], the good news is that the update will actually reduce the size of the game’s total install footprint on their hard drive, and reduce the size of future patches significantly.”