Someone accidentally uploaded it to a Driveclub server and now they can't get to it to post it.
Driveclub PS Plus Edition Delayed by Server Issues
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Someone accidentally uploaded it to a Driveclub server and now they can't get to it to post it.
GrizzleBoy
Banned
Managed to have one race online with six others and got kicked offline at the end off the race. MP is greyed out again.
Lawl
Lawl
Maybe Sony's plan is to just hope we forget about Driveclub PS+ Edition the same way we forgot about the time Sony promised PS+ subscribers a free movie a week from the Epix app.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
They didn't follow through on the free streaming movie?
AmaterasuOni
Banned
orthodoxy1095
Banned
To be fair, you don't think Sony should have provided some better oversight to this game? Especially after it was delayed a year? It seems like it merited more attention and care for its launch.
Nope. I was looking up what happened to it a few months ago, and only found a total of around 3 forum and comment posts wondering where it was. No gaming sites followed up on it after posting the PR announcement. The Internet has collectively forgotten about free Epix movies.
Shit. I completely forgot about that!
lol new update on Facebook... Users who are actually connected will also get connections issues now haha... This is fucking amateur hour.
https://www.facebook.com/driveclubofficial/posts/708027809281582
https://www.facebook.com/driveclubofficial/posts/708027809281582
GenericUser
Member
Just came back from work, expected nothing and - sony DELIVERED exactly what I expected!
This is #4ThePlayers
This is #4ThePlayers
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Lawl. This is going to kill them. Now they're disrupting the minority who are actually playing online? Yeah good luck with that. If they don't fix this soon, the community will be dead. I'd think that this needs to be at least mostly functioning for the paying customers by this weekend.
AmaterasuOni
Banned
I'm pretty sure they had good knowledge about the retail and PS+ version and how many players they're expecting (several millions). So my bet is that they were prepared well, but Evolution should have had stress tests to check how their netcode(?) works. If the game is DDoS'ing the servers, what else can you do prior to launch than to have closed beta stress test? Servers died when NA players hopped online. There are less retail players than there are PS+ players, this says a lot about their coding,
But I have no idea how this went through Sony's QA. Rushed launch yet again? And who is actually hosting the servers, Sony or Evolution?
One of the worst game launch of all-time .
It's as if the universe is conspiring against Evo at this point.
lol I thought Sim City still had those honors.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Would have actually been another nice way to reward PS+ owners. Could have done an exclusive Beta for + and gotten a better idea of the stress the system would undergo when all of us try to download.
Um, no.
PSN was down for like the first 3 weeks SOCOM 4 was out. I think that's probably the worst I can remember.
This is nothing.
The PS+ version should have been released early. Would have been a nice incentive and it could have gotten some stress tests for them.
Oh snap, the PSN hack? I forgot about that.
I agree, if they released Plus edition last month or even two weeks ago they could've iron all these things out and have a perfect launch of the full game.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
That's another alternative route they could have taken. Really, they just needed to find a way to test their servers. They knew it was going to have this PS+ thing and millions of potential users, so it was terrible to be so critically unprepared.
That however, revolved around the PSN hack right? This revolves around Evo's blatant incompetence.
Worst game launch of all time. In a time where Battlefield 4 and Sim City exist. This whole situation is pathetic and that includes your post.
adamantypants
Member
That would've been a fantastic idea actually. I'm fairly sure most of us waiting on the PS+ version were on the fence about this game anyway. Letting us beta test it for them would be a two fold service; test their servers, and let us decide whether or not we were gonna buy. And if it was fucked, who cares? It would've been the beta test.
At least that's how I treated the Titanfall and Destiny betas. I helped them test their servers and also decided that those games aren't for me. They launched with relatively minor issues as well.
At least that's how I treated the Titanfall and Destiny betas. I helped them test their servers and also decided that those games aren't for me. They launched with relatively minor issues as well.
Using Rushy's definition of "few", the servers have only been down a few hours. I'm sure they're not sweating it.
Yea, but a online focused shooter launching with no online for three weeks still makes it the worst launch I can remember. Regardless of who's fault it was, what a disaster.
Graphics Horse
Member
Even though SOCOM 4's launch was no fault of Zipper, they still got put on the 'make a Vita game and then close the studio' list.
cookie-monster
Member
you're all in the beta. The actual launch is tomorrow in the UK.
AmaterasuOni
Banned
This is something I don't understand. Driveclub isn't delayed. Just buy the game and play it like many of us already do.
Well the actual game is out. The PS+ Edition isn't.
Anyways as for has someone ever done that, I can't remember the name, but I seem to recall some game not being on the shelves or shipping out on release day, and then a few months delay being announced the next day. This was maybe a few years ago.
ilikecandy
Banned
Your shtick is getting old.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
Servers will miraculously start working perfectly next Tuesday.
The game is out, just not the PS+ version, which a fair number of people are probably waiting for.
I corrected that post.
flyinpiranha
Member
I'd like to get the PS+ version first like I was promised. Plus, if going by the OT is any hint, even those that paid can only play certain parts.
It did happen. Read the comments.
"...you need subscribe to EPIX though your TV service. EPIX usually included in a Movie-Pack. Call your provider and see what they officer. Cox is the only provider that will NOT support the Playstation 3 or any other device except for the iPad."
AgentP
Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
I'm trying to comprehend why you hang out in every DC thread. All you do is shit it up, you seem to have zero interest in the game.
Graphics Horse
Member
Putty Squad? I dunno.
PseudoViper
Member
So we have no ETA on this?
So Sony just announced an extended maintenance on monday which...
1-Sucks for Canada GAF since it's our Thanksgiving so we're home but no PSN
2-Nice for Evolution, they have a 7 hour window where they can relax since for the first time it won't be their fault that the game doesn't work.
1-Sucks for Canada GAF since it's our Thanksgiving so we're home but no PSN
2-Nice for Evolution, they have a 7 hour window where they can relax since for the first time it won't be their fault that the game doesn't work.
BloodMoney
Banned
A game was cancelled after it was released.
But Driveclub isn't delayed. It's out and you can buy it.
There's a maintenance coming up? Link?
Yup. See the thread I made about Sony's WWS output.
BlackGoku03
Member
Assuming it's correct, there are a number of ways to fix it. The first is increasing the amount of servers needed. This can take a while depending on if they have to order them, image them, update them and so on. Another way to do this is to use an existing server farm and configure them to your needs.
The second way to fix it is to reconfigure the netcode the game uses. There may be something wrong with the code that they aren't telling us.
They may need to implement a mix of both.
There could be a problem with how their servers are handling the traffic as well, so some research may be needed to figure out what's wrong there. I can only imagine the long conference calls their network admins and code writers have to join being there's a lot of pressure on them to fix it ASAP.
Anyway, the fact that they're quiet means they're most likely working hard on the problem and we just need to wait for the update... hopefully any time now.
That thread was a disaster. Dunno if that's something you want people to actually go to.
Not only that, but has it ever occurred to you that SONY did not provide enough servers? Or that SONY did not anticipate any demand for a racing game, let alone a track racing game. Zipper btw lost their touch with Socom 3 and was at a steady decline from there.
Thanks!
I'm not sure what to think about Sony not anticipating demand for the first exclusive PS4 racer.
That seems rather short-sighted, no?
DriveClub was released on Tuesday, both physical and digital copies.
This thread is about the "free" PS+ version of Driveclub being delayed.