"Finishing thing up..." on Xbox game updates.

I'm also on a Series X and I've noticed this too. With fairly small games, sometimes I can delete the entire game and re-download it faster than I can download a small update for it and wait for the "finishing things up" thing to finish.

If it's decompressing and/or verifying data, I don't see why it would sometimes take way longer to do that with a small update for a small game, compared to a huge update for a huge game, but it does. Unfortunately I've never seen an MS dev give a full explanation of what exactly is going on during the "Finishing things up" stage, likely because they're under NDA.

I've downloaded quite a few games now but whether it was a full digital download or installing a game from disk plus downloading any updates no game has taken more than about 20-25 minutes to finish.

If your internet is not the quickest you can try installing the game ( from disk ) whist not connected to Xbox LIVE, once finished connect online and download any updates, this has helped speed things up for others in the past.

Hi, I hope you're doing great out there. I am an Independent advisor and I am here to help you with your concern.

I have here steps that we can try, please perform a power cycle on your console by following the steps below:

POWERCYCLE CONSOLE​​​

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"1. Turn off your console by holding the Xbox button on the front of the console for approximately 10 seconds. The console will turn off. ​​​

2. Turn your console back on by pressing the Xbox button on the console or the Xbox button on your controller. ​​"

If that didn't work may I ask if you have an external hard drive plugged into your console? A corrupted hard drive may cause issues as well.

I finished the game back in January, had no significant glitches. I did make an error in choices that messed up the Oblivion Walker achievement, so I had to start a new game to finish that off. I'm tempted to update all the "fixes" since then, start a new
game, and see if they've made things better or worse.

Hello Trace,my name is Oskayra, I will be happy to help you in any way possible.

I am very sorry for what you are going through, doing a search on the internet I found the independent advisor Dante Martino. He has a solution, I will leave him information so that he can find out about the solution.

But does this problem with games happen to you on a Windows 10 Insider?
And in a stable Windows 10 it doesn't happen?

Insider compilations, I suppose you already know, can have flaws and cause problems with certain programs. They are actually test facilities. We should be more concerned in stable installations.

Try to update all the system drivers, and make sure they are compatible with the latest versions of Windows 10. Search for those drivers from the manufacturer's website.

Credits:https://answers.microsoft.com/thread/78887121-1094-4b88-8d66-d2967a6641d8

I hope the information is helpful to you, if not, let me know that I will be happy to continue helping you, good luck and happy day.

Sincerely,
Oskaira.