Rockstar has released a patch for the PS3 version of Grand Theft Auto IV to address crash bugs found in the game. That's the good news. The bad news is that it only fixes the online multiplayer server problems and not the main issues with the game hanging up and freezing during the offline game.
Rockstar said the fix ""prevents Gamespy's servers from being overloaded and therefore reduces the impact on those servers that were causing the game to stutter and lock up."
That's great, but the awful issue of not even being able to play the SP game is still alive and well. Rockstar says it is "monitoring" the offline and online portions of the game.
"We continue to monitor the performance of the game both on and offline and will provide further updates as necessary. We want to assure everyone that, together with our hardware partners, we continue to strive to give our fans the best possible interactive entertainment experiences possible. This update will ensure that everyone will experience Grand Theft Auto IV the way it was intended.
"We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused."
Thanks for the apology but some gamers would have liked a working game even better. Call us silly but when we pay $60 for a game, we expect it to work properly the first time we put the disc into our machines. But gee, I guess we're asking too much.
Rockstar has not released a time schedule on when these further updates will be coming.
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Well... welcome to PC gaming?
They said the same thing for Assassins Creed; once I put the Disc in I did an update; after the update I think it only crashed once.
Likewise I bought GTA4 for PS3 and it had an update, I updated it and I havent had it crash. I've put in at least 8-10hrs total and about 5% completion and so far no lock ups.
Wait a minute
The only lock up I had was when I quit the game, it wouldnt return me back to the PS3 Homepage; so I dont know if it was the game that caused that or the PS3 unit itself.
this brings back memories of mlb 2k8... (though the problem was with framerate AND freezing AND online lag... but it still cost me 60 bucks...)
by the by... it took them a good 2 months to patch that game...
i bet you the percent of people this is happening too is so small, and just some people are making a huge deal about it. And like KG said, welcome to pc games, hell, need for speed most wanted doesent even install on my computer.
Gamer: "Hey, my game doesn't install on my PC!"
Game Publisher: "So?"
Gamer: "Don't you care?"
GP: "Why are you making such a big deal about this?"
Gamer: "Because I paid money for your freakin' game that doesn't work!"
GP: "So?"
Gamer then walks away, never to question the game publisher again while continuing to buy games that don't work...