GTA V copies sold early, Rockstar 'investigating'

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Copies of Grand Theft Auto V have been shipped to gamers this weekend, breaking Rockstar's September 17 street date.

The early copies were allegedly shipped by online retail giant Amazon, according to pictures of the game that have been posted online on Saturday.

It is not unusual for Amazon to ship games just ahead of their release dates to ensure their arrival on the release date itself. In this case, copies of GTA V appear to have turned up in customers' mailboxes four days early.

Rockstar has said it's investigating. "We are in the process of investigating early 'sales' to determine how and why that is occurring," the publisher told Games Industry.

Sony confirmed earlier today that pre-loading of the PS3 Grand Theft Auto 5 through the PlayStation Network has been delayed until September 16.

The delay follows the leak of GTA 5 details through a PlayStation Store error. In August gamers who pre-ordered the game via the EU PlayStation Store were apparently accidentally given access to files that revealed game details, which were inevitably posted online.

Rockstar has confirmed a US and European GTA 5 release date of September 17 on Xbox 360 and PS3. The game will launch in Japan on October 10.

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AuthorisePosted:

You can play your game as soon as you get it. They won't/can't ban you if you get it early. It's not your fault

JPEGPosted:

Why oh why didnt I buy it from Amazon.

neboPosted:

now I wish I bought one from amazon lol

DissPosted:

XxGA3MRxX Yea i got my copy today.. Freaking cool, but i wont be going online till tuesday


I wouldn't either, it just be risking a ban and then you wouldn't be able to play at all.

Lucky you though, I never get my games that early, they usually ship late :c

DissPosted:

Skeletons This is so stupid, it's released a few days or a day early, what's the big deal.. They paid for it.. So, what's the problem?


I think Rockstar wants everyone to get an equal share at the game, meaning everyone gets it on the release day. Plus they don't really like people leaking their game, I wouldn't blame them.

DissPosted:

Lucky, I wish I got my games ahead of time, usually when I buy a game online it ships a few days late -.-

WWSFFPosted:

Wow that is funny that they are investigating. Its not like they were giving the game away for free and there was an iSO leaked like 2 weeks ago why don't they investigate that?

KillzonedPosted:

This is so stupid, it's released a few days or a day early, what's the big deal.. They paid for it.. So, what's the problem?

gtapro151Posted:

what people dont understand is you dont have to go online to get banned if you put that disc in your xbox and play it online or not next time you connect it will know when you started playing however i dont think it matters at this point i always play the weekend before release no earlyer then that though ^_^

MultitaskPosted:

-LOST- Does this mean we can now play online? :D


lol i don't think so but to be safe just wait till the 17th


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