You know that the people at Rockstar are probably less thrilled about all this than we are right?
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You know that the people at Rockstar are probably less thrilled about all this than we are right?
Spazznid
Member
Seems that way to me.
yellow submarine
Member
They knew how many copies they were going to sell (obviously, since they shipped X number of discs to store). If you know the order of magnitude of copies you're going to sell, you can design your servers to handle that load. 500k users v 600k users is not really a big deal to provision for if your system is built to handle 500k users.
It just costs more to get infrastructure up, and they didn't go the cloudflare/AWS route, so we're fucked.
They won't own up to it ofcourse. Brilliant PR move with the pre-emptive "we know it's going to suck" route. Wish I could do that in my annual job review.
Consistently? Can you let me know if you've got any port forwarding going on?
On Solo?
TheSpoiler
Member
I can't wait for "we know it's going to suck" to become the new PR buzzline.
"Well, you really can't blame us for creating such a shitty game because we told you before that the game was going to suck."
Laughing_Man__
Neo Member
It might have to do I have my router half a foot from my 360. So I might just be brute foricing my way in with repeat connection requests or something..but trust me....you are not missing anything. Its RDR freeroam more or less.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
The main difference is they have a pile of money to blow their noses vs us.
True Underdog
Member
Got past the race mission, finally.
TheAbsolution
Member
I've been in the game for several hours now. Even left and turned off the game and came back. It seems to be random who gets through that initial race. Its a fun fun game once you star playing though. been doing races to earn enough to get a garage.
Does that some how justify this mess? 2013 - games and game components should not LAUNCH like this, pre-emptive "it's going to suck for a bit" disclaimer or not. Why the fuck even launch this thing if it was going to be in this state? I'd rather have a beta phase over this fucking gong show.
Seriously? You honestly believe that? Wow.
RealityPales
Member
Revenge for GTAV code leaking on the European Playstation Store? lol
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Not really. I wish thing worked better though but them having stacks of cash is definitely true.
FrostuTheNinja
Member
Exactly. I would've rather waited than sit here and waste my time. Bummer...
WarrenMax007
Member
You can deposit money to bank account directly from your phone through Maze Bank website.
I got it to work but in a strange way. One of the times it loaded the first race, it glitched and the race wasn't even there. I could leave the area (with Lamar yelling "You're going the wrong way, fool!", lol). I couldn't progress or anything, though. Even the start menu didn't work.
So I used down on the d-pad to switch back to single player and then again to switch back into online. When I came back, that time the race worked and I was able to save my game and everything has worked since.
So I used down on the d-pad to switch back to single player and then again to switch back into online. When I came back, that time the race worked and I was able to save my game and everything has worked since.
Nope, just whatever it defaults to.
Yeah, I didn't intend to come off as an entitled prick either, but I've been doing MP for over a decade and know pretty well what goes into a solid launch. This one just seems to lack the proper resources and focus, but hopefully they'll recover in the coming days and we'll all be singing their praises.
Maybe the execs... not the devs.
TheSpoiler
Member
This stems from the main problem, and it's something I feel only a few have caught onto - this game was rushed. Removed features, lack of interiors (though this may be a snide to the consoles), tons of glitches like the easily replicated cloning glitch, sparse endings, and not having the Online portion seem to be a large flag waving in my face.
GTAV needed more time in the oven, and Online is the biggest alarm.
GTAV needed more time in the oven, and Online is the biggest alarm.
astronaughtE
Banned
Awesome! Good to know. I just want to play
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Devs definitely get bonuses for a game that is as successful as this. They want to keep the people there. They're well compensated.
FrostuTheNinja
Member
Which is nuts because it spent what, 5 years in development?
As I said a few pages back, hope it's ironed out.
Rebel Leader
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and GTAO from R* involves sony... how?
Live Free or Die
Banned
What does this have to do with Sony? It's Rockstars fault their own game isn't working. Not Sony's.
astronaughtE
Banned
They should've staggered gtao mp launch.
Laughing_Man__
Neo Member
Leveling skills takes FOREVER.
Rebel Leader
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Indeed
Biff
Member
I'm probably super late to this bug but hopefully one of you can help me out?
I tried to create an online character and load in. Couldn't connect me to online, so instead it tried to load me into single player as Trevor.
Now my single player save file is fucked. I can't switch characters anymore; I'm stuck on Trevor. I'm in the middle of a heist, and it won't let me complete the heist set-up requirements.
What. The. Fuck. This is so goddamn frustrating. Please tell me there's a workaround?
I tried to create an online character and load in. Couldn't connect me to online, so instead it tried to load me into single player as Trevor.
Now my single player save file is fucked. I can't switch characters anymore; I'm stuck on Trevor. I'm in the middle of a heist, and it won't let me complete the heist set-up requirements.
What. The. Fuck. This is so goddamn frustrating. Please tell me there's a workaround?
TheSpoiler
Member
Yes. And refused the cloud stuff.
I hope so too. I'd not be as angry if they hadn't been so kind to forewarn us of their incompetence (which, admittedly, isn't all of their fault, but I'd say a portion is).
mordecaii83
Member
It's possible that Sony does have some fault in this, especially since the official Playstation twitter chimed in on helping Rockstar out, coupled with the fact that I haven't seen a single report of a confirmed PS3 user being able to play online, whereas it's just difficult for 360 users to get online.
I don't know what the difference would be that would cause the PS3 version to be having so much more trouble, but since it does seem to be platform specific, it's not impossible that it's at least partially Sony's fault.
With that being said, I'm counting on Sony to have a much better online infrastructure with PS4 due to paid online.
Which was revenge for Agent
We have come full circle.
I thought they were staggering it tbh. The way they were talking about how rough the launch would be I assumed they would slowly unlock each region.
Still not a valid excuse, IMO.
You know we can go back and forth saying, "they should have done this, they should have done that. they're stupid, they're idiots" but it's not going to change anything. At all. There's nothing wrong with crying over spilt milk but that doesn't change the fact that the milk has still been spilt. I choose to remain positive and look forward to the inevitable time when I will be able to get on just fine. Until then, I have other ways of entertaining myself so to each his own.
Rebel Leader
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I bet MS is probably helping too(I see no reason NOT to).
I played to the point I could go solo but the character disappeared.
Same here @ better infrastructure
Yes, and apparently white knighting for for-profit organizations is one of those things. Enjoy!
Rebel Leader
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I've already beaten SP. There's nothing else to do there.
Ploid 3.0
Member
And we did wait.
They really should have had a beta with limited people but it working for most of those limited people. Heck give it to the people the preordered, or got the limited editions, they could have been beta testing these two weeks. It being Rockstar, it probably would have spoiled the experience in their minds, hype would probably die down, I don't know, rockstar seem to like having so tightly behind their walls that problems like this can't be straightened out beforehand.