eli5: Why in the world does my playstation have to copy downloaded update files before using them???

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… Say I need to download an update file to use CoD. It will spend some time downloading the file, then it spends even longer “copying” the file. I don’t get it… I already have the file. How in the fuck could copying the file get me something that I don’t already have? Why can’t I just use the file I have already, that I just got??? Why can’t it just use the downloaded file to update?!?! I can’t wrap my head around it. Some software engineer out there… please make me understand how this could possibly make sense!

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It’s really no different from how it works on PC. You download an installer, but that in itself is not a program ready to run, takes a while to unpack it and put everything in it’s proper place. PS just calls it copying files instead of installing it, for whatever reason.

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