Our team recently had a discussion with developers about the topic of day 1 patches and the difficulties games like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor face during launch. Recently, there has been a lot of buzz on Steam regarding the Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Day 1 Patch, with many users experiencing performance issues and questioning why they exist in the first place. In response to this, EA has publicly apologized for the launch day problems on PC. We took the opportunity to delve deeper into the topic of video game patches, exploring why they happen and what makes a patch necessary for a game like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor on its launch day.