Driveclub PS Plus Edition Delayed by Server Issues

sublimit said:
Of course i know but i would have liked to at least download it in order to have it the next time i resubscribe (February.)
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ok, cool. Just looking out for ya. I am hoping that this will be a permanent fixture. By having a 'free' plus edition it would make sense to keep it around longer than just a month.
 
Please Driveclub I would like to try you out, but my interest is starting to fully shift over to Project Cars now. I feel like at the end of all this I'm just gonna say fuck it go back to the previous gen and just play Gran Turismo 6 lol
 
Late Flag said:
I watched that keynote too. They very clearly indicated that there was going to be a special "PS+ Edition." At no point did they ever say or imply that the full game was coming to Plus.

Here's a contemporaneous link that explicitly states that the Plus version wouldn't be the full game:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Free...Won-t-Include-All-Cars-or-Tracks-360327.shtml
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Here's a link to a gaf post that says it will be "the full game minus a few cars and tracks"... "A few"... Lol

flyinpiranha said:
This argument comes up time and time again. It all depends on your definition of "few". The PS+ edition was said to have "the full game minus a few cars and tracks" which was also on a slide somewhere during the presentation, I can't find that though.

So, does a "few" = over 80% of the game or does a "few" = a smaller portion of the game? I sided with a few meaning what most people take it to mean, if there were 5 locations, we'd be short 1 or 2, not 4 out of 5. If there were 100 cars, a 'few' would be 10-20, not 80 of them.

If I say I'm going to give you a $100 minus a few dollars, you'd expect about $75-90 most likely. Not a $20 bill.
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PSYGN said:
How are the servers even overloaded for this game and Destiny was not? Who's to blame?
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It's not about the number of players pinging the servers. It's about the number of requests per player.

So 5 million players ping the server once to get connected to the destiny servers and it's good. Servers can handle the load.

drive club has considerably less server capacity. And 100k players are pinging the servers 20 times each and your up to 2 million requests. Servers weren't anticipating that. They crash or don't allow new connections.

I hope I explained that correctly. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong
 
ricen-beans said:
It's not about the number of players pinging the servers. It's about the number of requests per player.

So 5 million players ping the server once to get connected to the destiny servers and it's good. Servers can handle the load.

drive club has considerably less server capacity. And 100k players are pinging the servers 20 times each and your up to 2 million requests. Servers weren't anticipating that

I hope I explained that correctly. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong
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Assuming your explanation is correct (makes sense to me), how do they fix that?
 
orthodoxy1095 said:
Assuming your explanation is correct (makes sense to me), how do they fix that?
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I have no idea. I just hope they get it up and running soon.

For now, even tho I love what I've played so far, I'm gonna put drive club on hold cause I want to play with challenges enabled. So I'm playing Daganranpa 2 and Dust on PS4 to hold me over.
 
I think it's time Sony brought out the big guns. After this debacle, where they've brought shame upon half the planet, there is only one thing that can appease everyone. It's a little sad since he was busy selling his way to multimillion status, but his presence is needed now more than ever. It's time Sony give the people what they want, and what they need. It's time to give them Knack.
 
"This game is all about socializing." I'm so sick of this social buzzword as if it's anything other than a typical MULTIPLAYER game.
 
I never made it home last night. Based on the Facebook page, am I right that the PS+ Edition still isn't out?

Edit: It's not on the web-store either. I'll take that lack of response as a "yes."
 
Verendus said:
I think it's time Sony brought out the big guns. After this debacle, where they've brought shame upon half the planet, there is only one thing that can appease everyone. It's a little sad since he was busy selling his way to multimillion status, but his presence is needed now more than ever. It's time Sony give the people what they want, and what they need. It's time to give them Knack.
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Only if it's social.
 
mr2t said:
Only if it's social.
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It's even more social than Driveclub.

With Knack, you can invite people to your homes, and experience the thrill together. So not only does it give you the social experience, but it gives you that real life interactivity, that will also help many people's social skills.

Can Driveclub do that? No, it can't. You're restricted to online, a fake world, and a fake reality.

It's about Knack now. Like having your own treehouse club. Knackclub.
 
mr2t said:
"This game is all about socializing." I'm so sick of this social buzzword as if it's anything other than a typical MULTIPLAYER game.
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It's not really typical. The leader boards are integrated into the game play real time.

Is not just your TYPICAL race against 11 other people to see who wins
 
david3foster said:
ok, cool. Just looking out for ya. I am hoping that this will be a permanent fixture. By having a 'free' plus edition it would make sense to keep it around longer than just a month.
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Thanks. :) And yes it would have been nice if they could keep it longer than just a month.I know they did this with some PSVita games (Uncharted,Gravity Rush) so maybe since DC is also first party they will keep it longer (hopefully at least February which i plan to resubscribe)
 
Dysun said:
PS Plus on PS4 has been a giant waste of money so far, not surprised to see it keep that trend a little longer
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Yeah. It's a waste of time. I don't even bother checking it anymore. You'd think they could at least get some launch first-party game like Knack on there. I would cancel it if I didn't have a couple of Vita games from it.
 
They may fix the servers over the next few days - but as soon as they release the PS+ edition and the millions of PS+ subscribers across the world jump on at the same time this shit show will inevitably happen again.
 
sublimit said:
Thanks. :) And yes it would have been nice if they could keep it longer than just a month.I know they did this with some PSVita games (Uncharted,Gravity Rush) so maybe since DC is also first party they will keep it longer (hopefully at least February which i plan to resubscribe)
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Rushy implied it would be available well into the new year. But that was over a year ago and he was talking about a different year, so I'd think it's still the case but can't guarantee it.
 
Dysun said:
PS Plus on PS4 has been a giant waste of money so far, not surprised to see it keep that trend a little longer
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That's the way I feel now looking at back at XBL for like 10 years when they offered ABSOLUTELY NOTHING but the privilege of playing multiplayer.

And then they prematurely slit the throat of every one of my OGXB games' online functionality...
 
Wow, extreme popular. But it's way few games this year from all of the game market, that people are hungry of any more new game.
 
sublimit said:
Thanks. :) And yes it would have been nice if they could keep it longer than just a month.I know they did this with some PSVita games (Uncharted,Gravity Rush) so maybe since DC is also first party they will keep it longer (hopefully at least February which i plan to resubscribe)
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I think they will treat this like a demo rather than a standard plus game. It would make the most sense to keep this version available in order to try and get peeps hooked.
 
Overall my PS+ subscription has been a waste. When it runs out I'm not renewing for another year.I purchased my PS4 to play Driveclub at launch.

Sony, good spec console for the price but poor subscription service and tbh poor quality hardware.
 
IvorB said:
Yeah. It's a waste of time. I don't even bother checking it anymore. You'd think they could at least get some launch first-party game like Knack on there. I would cancel it if I didn't have a couple of Vita games from it.
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The system hasn't been out a year. Give it some time before expecting full retail titles.
 
Pjsprojects said:
Overall my PS+ subscription has been a waste. When it runs out I'm not renewing for another year.I purchased my PS4 to play Driveclub at launch.

Sony, good spec console for the price but poor subscription service and tbh poor quality hardware.
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What's wrong with the PS4 hardware?
 
BadHand said:
They may fix the servers over the next few days - but as soon as they release the PS+ edition and the millions of PS+ subscribers across the world jump on at the same time this shit show will inevitably happen again.
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Which is probably why it's taking them longer.
 
IvorB said:
Yeah. It's a waste of time. I don't even bother checking it anymore. You'd think they could at least get some launch first-party game like Knack on there. I would cancel it if I didn't have a couple of Vita games from it.
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Oh good, we're back to wanting shitty AAA titles instead of fantastic indie games.

Abandon thread.
 
Concept17 said:
The system hasn't been out a year. Give it some time before expecting full retail titles.
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Sigh :( Unfortunately, too many people just don't understand that though. I've quite enjoyed the PS+ offerings myself. I've still received more value from my PS+ sub than I have with the competitors.
 
Ricky_R said:
I don't know... I think that's the most reasonable thing for them to do. It would be even worse for them to put effort on the free version and make the ones who actually paid wait longer.
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There is no free version. The PS+ version is paid for as well. In fact, the PS+ edition of Drive Club was used as one of the main justifications for PS4 PS+.
 
Concept17 said:
The system hasn't been out a year. Give it some time before expecting full retail titles.
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I wonder if anything will change. Now that Sony got their paid multiplayer through I wonder if they will be quite so generous as they were.

Carl said:
Oh good, we're back to wanting shitty AAA titles instead of fantastic indie games.

Abandon thread.
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Yes, some people prefer it that way just as you yourself have your own preference. Each to their own.
 
IvorB said:
Yeah. It's a waste of time. I don't even bother checking it anymore. You'd think they could at least get some launch first-party game like Knack on there. I would cancel it if I didn't have a couple of Vita games from it.
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Cancel it and lose the online functionality? The discussion about how wrong this is has died now that both Xbox and Playstation gamers have to pay for online functionality and most people simply won't be able to cancel the service now that they're used to have it, just like it was for 360 gamers last gen.
Nintendo should really be praised for not doing the same thing. Next big thing is PS Now, pay for laggy backwards compatibility, yay. And MS isn't even trying. Another thing that Nintendo got right, full backwards compatibility, for free. Makes me sad to think that N might not survive much longer :(
 
Fredrik said:
Cancel it and lose the online functionality? The discussion about how wrong this is has died now that both Xbox and Playstation gamers have to pay for online functionality and most people simply won't be able to cancel the service now that they're used to have it, just like it was for 360 gamers last gen.
Nintendo should really be praised for not doing the same thing. Next big thing is PS Now, pay for laggy backwards compatibility, yay. And MS isn't even trying. Another thing that Nintendo got right, full backwards compatibility, for free. Makes me sad to think that N might not survive much longer :(
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I don't need the online functionality. The only online game I play is FF XIV which doesn't need it as far as I know.
 
nullpoynter said:
Sigh :( Unfortunately, too many people just don't understand that though. I've quite enjoyed the PS+ offerings myself. I've still received more value from my PS+ sub than I have with the competitors.
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Personally my problem is with their PS3 offerings not the PS4 ones which i can totally understand. There are lots of PS3 games that i still want to try yet for one year that i was a subscriber they have been giving me games that i do not care about (with 2-3 exceptions).It seems that i don't belong to the group of gamers they are catering with PS+ therefore my decision to not renew my subscription

Anyway i'm getting off topic so i'll stop here.
 
orthodoxy1095 said:
What hardware problems have you had? The DS4 I understand but what's going in with the PS4 itself?
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DS4 triggers and stick rubber.

PS4 No1 switched of would not turn on. No2 eject packed up and now my third ones power button has packed up but seeing as I can still use the console I'm not spending another hour on the phone.
 
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