Sony's SOCOM II Gets Cheat Patches

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @12:43PM from the evilness-decrease dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to an email reprinted on the GameBattles.com forums, it seems that Sony has released the first mandatory downloadable patches for the Playstation 2 online game SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs. This is nothing new in the PC gaming world, but is relatively novel for PlayStation 2 gamers - there's no official word on what changed, but there's a list of perceived changes on the official SOCOM II boards." 1UP also notes that the patch "occupies some space on your memory card in the blocks already used by the game", but doesn't need the forthcoming PS2 hard drive in any way.

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Sounds Cool by NedR · 2004-03-10 13:11 · Score: 3, Insightful

Is this the first step towards downloadable extra maps, etc., like on XBox Live? Or, conversely, is this the next step towards developers releasing buggy games for the PS2 because they know they can add on patches later? I'm hoping for more of a trend towards the former than the latter.