A public service announcement for the casual holiday shopper: Do you mind that your video game gifts may not be playable that day? You might want to double-check that box.
It's age-old wisdom to update a game console online before you gift it. What you might not be ready for is having to also download the games you thought were physically there. You don't have to read this whole article to figure out what's going on, just look closely at the photos. What might have taken you an hour or so to patch firmware might now require setting up digital codes. That's the problem though: In many cases, you can't even pre-load those without knowing a person's private gamer login or tipping them off in advance.
This is the new digital norm, but probably not fine for a special certain day of the year. If you're that one cool grandma that reads Destructoid and you're wanting to snap a smile on a kid's face, I've got some unfortunate shit to tell you. Not all game bundles are playable right out of the box. In fact, many Black Friday deals didn't even label them correctly.
My particular beef is a growing trend of misleading packaging when game consoles and "bundled" games are sold together. It would be one thing if they were digital and already on the hard drive. They're not. You'd have to be an eagle-faced Cumberbatch to notice:
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