PS3 owners furious over GTA V download delay
Rather than walk into a shop on Tuesday, or hope that the post arrives on time, many PlayStation 3 owners elected to pay full price for the game in order to guarantee they’d get it on day one.
They were told they’d be able to start pre-installing the game today, but now Sony has confirmed that the process won’t begin until Monday – which may not give those with slower broadband connections enough time to download the massive 17GB file.
And even those with faster connections are likely to run into the problem of so many other people suddenly putting a burden on the network.
Pre-installing is a common practise for larger PC games, which allow you to download a large section of the game before it’s released. The idea is that the download is useless on its own, but last month hackers were able to derive a full list of the licensed music tracks and details of the game’s plot due to Sony’s lax security.
Sony were forced to apologise and it’s hard not to imagine that the mistake isn’t behind this new delay.
‘I can confirm that GTA V will be available to pre-download on Monday the 16th September,’ said a Sony spokesman on their official forum.
As you can imagine many fans have not taken the news well, with the following a snippet from those on the forum:
‘Thanks for TAKING as for FOOLS!!! You said on the 13th WE WANT IT ON THE 13TH. Most of us preordered from PSN because we could preload it on the 13th’, said member Ceois. ‘I didn’t top up my account with 50pounds just so you can SCAM ME! I want my money BACK!’
‘Same. First time pre-ordering digitally and the last time. What a [DELETED] shambles Sony. No point in asking for the £50 back from my wallet I guess. Thats the part of the deal you will hold up – no refunds,’ added vertigo9219.
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Related Forum: Grand Theft Auto Forum
Source: http://metro.co.uk/2013/09/13/ps3-owners-furious-over-gta-v-download-delay-3987868/
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DV8Posted:
McNuggets_Jr570There's no evidence to support your claim, 'kid'.UrfMcNuggets_JrUrfI suggest you post proof and stop making allegations.McNuggets_JrBreezy4G You guys have to realize that it's not PlayStation's fault.So Rockstar sent Sony a load of SECRET media files and Sony just puts them up for download? Yeah, of course it's Rockstars fault!
It's Rockstar's fault for the leaked files.
I actually have the files myself pre-loaded to my PS3.
But there is no use for it.
Yea, actually it is, dip ****. Rockstar told them to put it on hold because of all the leaks.
Really, why else would they put it on hold? Use your **** head.
Dude the kid is clearly a moron, he/she doesn't have any common sense.
Were you speaking in reference to me, or that kid?
TomorrowLandPosted:
570True. But gotta admit, they should have just sticked to TV's...McNuggets_Jr570I was being sarcastic. If I wasn't I would be a stupid hypocrite.McNuggets_JrBreezy4G You guys have to realize that it's not PlayStation's fault.So Rockstar sent Sony a load of SECRET media files and Sony just puts them up for download? Yeah, of course it's Rockstars fault!
It's Rockstar's fault for the leaked files.
I actually have the files myself pre-loaded to my PS3.
But there is no use for it.
It is not Rockstar's fault, and who cares it will be able for download in two days, if you can't wait that long then wow you are impatient.
It's 100% Sony's fault. But no, most people won't wait. They wanted to get it guaranteed by day one, and now some terrible company is telling them they can't. Think about that for a second.
I understand I was talking in reference to his stupid remark, Sony is terrible just face it, anything I ever got from Sony except a TV was complete trash and would just stop working after 2 weeks.
lilrichard22Posted:
platyuiGeorgasm Everyone will have to install GTA V though
Yes but not the whole 17 gb. It has two disks and the second disk is just to download things that they couldn't fit on the first disk.
Only xbox has two disks. PS is on one disk because it can fit into one disk. But yes, both require an installation. The installation is 8 GB I believe.
TomorrowLandPosted:
570There's no evidence to support your claim, 'kid'.UrfMcNuggets_JrUrfI suggest you post proof and stop making allegations.McNuggets_JrBreezy4G You guys have to realize that it's not PlayStation's fault.So Rockstar sent Sony a load of SECRET media files and Sony just puts them up for download? Yeah, of course it's Rockstars fault!
It's Rockstar's fault for the leaked files.
I actually have the files myself pre-loaded to my PS3.
But there is no use for it.
Yea, actually it is, dip ****. Rockstar told them to put it on hold because of all the leaks.
Really, why else would they put it on hold? Use your **** head.
Dude the kid is clearly a moron, he/she doesn't have any common sense.
DV8Posted:
UrfMcNuggets_JrUrfI suggest you post proof and stop making allegations.McNuggets_JrBreezy4G You guys have to realize that it's not PlayStation's fault.So Rockstar sent Sony a load of SECRET media files and Sony just puts them up for download? Yeah, of course it's Rockstars fault!
It's Rockstar's fault for the leaked files.
I actually have the files myself pre-loaded to my PS3.
But there is no use for it.
Yea, actually it is, dip ****. Rockstar told them to put it on hold because of all the leaks.
Really, why else would they put it on hold? Use your **** head.
Dude the kid is clearly a moron, he/she doesn't have any common sense.
DV8Posted:
McNuggets_Jr570I was being sarcastic. If I wasn't I would be a stupid hypocrite.McNuggets_JrBreezy4G You guys have to realize that it's not PlayStation's fault.So Rockstar sent Sony a load of SECRET media files and Sony just puts them up for download? Yeah, of course it's Rockstars fault!
It's Rockstar's fault for the leaked files.
I actually have the files myself pre-loaded to my PS3.
But there is no use for it.
It is not Rockstar's fault, and who cares it will be able for download in two days, if you can't wait that long then wow you are impatient.
It's 100% Sony's fault. But no, most people won't wait. They wanted to get it guaranteed by day one, and now some terrible company is telling them they can't. Think about that for a second.
I understand I was talking in reference to his stupid remark, Sony is terrible just face it, anything I ever got from Sony except a TV was complete trash and would just stop working after 2 weeks.
MonokumaPosted:
Raci why would you want to download it anyways... it takes more time and you have to download everywhere you want to play it instead of just carrying the disk
If you download it the game is safe, if you use a disc and it breaks well...
platyuiPosted:
Georgasm Everyone will have to install GTA V though
Yes but not the whole 17 gb. It has two disks and the second disk is just to download things that they couldn't fit on the first disk.
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