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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-InsanelyAwesome-Posted:
The reason why is because of the leaks, what does it matter anyway I have slow download speeds and I could download it all in less than a day so they will still have it for release.
Dr-PonyfilePosted:
McNuggets_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.
I agree with Breezy, So your telling me McNuggets_Jr that Sony just Decided not to allow pre download and push it back to the 16th of September without any exterior motive ie Rockstar telling them not to allow it due to the mass increase in leaked footage. I think not no need to post proof of it Sony would not just push something back for no reason. And people can make allegations all they want just pointing that out.
OasisPosted:
Daw That's why you buy a hard copy of the game.
I know right? Next gen round the corner and here we have people doing silly things like pre ordering a 17gb download. Sounds like it was over priced as well, do people have any sense these days?? I paid 35 for disc, at least it has retail value.
TomorrowLandPosted:
UrfI 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.
TomorrowLandPosted:
570I 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.
DV8Posted:
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.
UrfPosted:
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 shit. Rockstar told them to put it on hold because of all the leaks.
TomorrowLandPosted:
Breezy4G 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.
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