According to
this article the update is not so big and can be updated in the background.
Mmm, good read. Handled most of my concerns with this update business, and I gotta say I agree with his sentiments. xP Thanks for the link, Jimmy!
Either way, regardless of what the norm is, even if it took an hour or two to download and install... I don't really see what the big deal is. Most handheld systems have setup instructions involving recharging them from empty or whatever, and that also takes several hours (it's what I had to do with my 3DS).
Arguably they're annoying. I won't contest that. But if so they seem like minor annoyances for setting up a system that you're going to proceed to use for years afterward. I don't see why you would decry a system meant for playing games because its initial setup is a bit longer than you'd like. Again, yeah it's annoying, but once its set up the console is going to do exactly what it's meant to do. The bricking thing, on the other hand,
was a serious concern that I'm not surprised freaked people out -- I still am wary of buying a 360 because of red rings of death and other horror stories -- but according to that article, those were false criticisms.
