GTA Online updates no longer being released for PS3 and Xbox 360

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Rockstar Games said that they will no longer be releasing GTA Online updates for PS3 and Xbox 360. As announced today the new Freemode Events update will be coming September 15th, but it will not be seeing it's way onto PS3 or Xbox 360 consoles.

The reason for no longer releasing updates to older consoles is it has become impossible for the technology of the older consoles to support it. Rockstar Games has said last December that some updates would be impossible to release for older consoles and that they would do all they could for as long as possible.

A statement provided to Kotaku UK:
"As we mentioned previously, we always knew there might be a point where we would reach the technical capacity of what the older generation of consoles can handle as each downloadable update requires additional memory both for assets and for additional scripting. We have continued to optimize the entire game over time in order to squeeze as much memory as we possibly could out of the last-generation hardware and at some point, continuing to add content for those systems could cause the risk of instability to the game overall."




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ehPosted:

Good, buy a freaking next gen console or a PC already..

Joyful-Posted:

Bummers, I guess I'm going to have to buy it for my PS4 then .;

FreshwafflePosted:

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BlueIceRaw This and Fallout 4 are the only reason atm i will purchase a next gen console


you mean current gen next gen will be released around 2030 or 2025


These "current gen" (xbox one and ps4) are shit. Doubt they'll last as much as the previous ones did.

Fallout3ismPosted:

Old consoles are just holding back next gen games. Expect better GTA V updates :)

MagnaFlowPosted:

Swift Great news, they should have dropped them when they current gen console games released anyways.


NO. It will be out by 2020 for SURE. THe console will be 7yrs old then, I wouldnt be surprised if it was out by 2018.

SkyPosted:

well i guess i have to upgrade soon then a ?

Mario350Posted:

BlueIceRaw This and Fallout 4 are the only reason atm i will purchase a next gen console


you mean current gen next gen will be released around 2030 or 2025

SwiftPosted:

Great news, they should have dropped them when they current gen console games released anyways.

ClioPosted:

I think this is good news! :D

DevilPosted:

This is good news. Last gen is just holding current gen back