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GTA IV's PS3 Problems To Be Fixed Via Firmware Update?

pepian2904 — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:26:04 MDT

I have a 80gb PS3, I have played a lot of games before, some of them for more than 4 hours. I beleave GTA IV just fucked up my PS3, since the last freeze, my PS3 is not reading any kind of Disc, it won't read DVD disc, Bluray disc or any other kind...

pepian2904

GTA IV's PS3 Problems To Be Fixed Via Firmware Update?

Jim on the Wall — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:55:22 MDT

I have a 60GB PS3 and have 0 problems with freezing.

Jim on the Wall

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dboy93 — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:38:24 MDT

woohoo

dboy93

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WingZero987 — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:50:27 MDT

@iamhitori:
@z357x:
@artofwar420:

Thanks for your anecdotal experience! You have helped this thread and discussion greatly with your contribution!

WingZero987

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The Red Comet — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:19:43 MDT

Boy do I want this to come out soon. I haven't had any freeze issues for about 15 hours of gameplay, and then I play a mission and the cinematic freezes on me. I couldn't even press the PS button. Luckily it hasn't frozen since.

The Red Comet

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Barbara — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:42:26 MDT

PLEASE SONY LET THIS BE TRUE! Let us know if you have a fix for this issue. I have a launch 60 gig PS3 and cannot play GTAIV for more than a few moments before it crashes. No I do not want to call Sony Customer Support because I've done enough of that with MS.

Barbara

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WPack911 — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:06:58 MDT

Ok I have a 60GB PS3 and have never had an issue with GTA IV, so whatever *fix* they have must be for some other issue then just 60GB PS3's.

WPack911

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genghiskhan — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:44:36 MDT

How about R* work on giving us PS3 owners playable framerates in multiplayer, that'd be nice.

genghiskhan

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Heartless1 — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:09:32 MDT

WTF, what issues, I'm just about to beat the game on my 60gb PS3 that I bought the day they came out, and had no issues what so ever.

The same can not be said for my little brothers 360 version that he is running on hardware from release day also. Lockups galore.

Heartless1

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VishusBurn — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:42:23 MDT

@levarien:
You can turn on subtitles under GAME.
Unfortunately that doesn't really help much as they are word for word captioning and not translated into actual English.
I think that's what ROCK* was going for though. It is meant to be confusing.
That's why Nico just kinda looks so dumbstruck when he is talking to them.

VishusBurn

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artofwar420 — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:08:46 MDT

I have a 60GB PS3, and have had NO problems in the single player, obviously like a lot of PS3 users, I did have online issues. But after the patch I connect 95% of the time.

artofwar420

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kylo4 — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:55:47 MDT

Wow, how impressive that it's taken them two weeks to "consider" releasing a patch for a game that doesn't even work for some people. How nice of them.

Even though mine had slight pauses I still made it to the end, I'm just annoyed for all those people who waited in line at launch and after two weeks can't make it past the first cutscene.

kylo4

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FredQC — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:42:28 MDT

@iamhitori: Yeah me too, launch 60 Gig, no lockup before 1.01 patch, have since upgraded to 250 Gig HDD and still no lockup... 30 hours of gameplay so far.

FredQC

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Akmed — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:18:22 MDT

it was already fixed... hasn't froze since the patch. multiplayer still is kinda strange... on both system.s

Akmed

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angerized — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:17:57 MDT

Just a reminder: There is a difference between PAL launch 60GB and NTSC launch 60GB. The Emotion Engine was removed in the PAL 60GB.

This problem seems to be more frequent on NTSC 60GB. This might explain why many of us (myself included) having PAL *launch* 60GBs are not encountering problems.

Then again I may be full of crap.

angerized

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SixPounds — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:31:34 MDT

I was having tons of problems before the updated, no crashes after.

SixPounds

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levarien — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:13:11 MDT

I just want them to put subtitles for Little Jacob and Badman.

levarien

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ReginaldTheSeventySecond — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:42:44 MDT

@stopcrazypp: If you read what warlock7 said, this does exsist on 360 and the users were vocal about it. [forums.xbox.com]

ReginaldTheSeventySecond

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Stikasasn — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:42:11 MDT

Mine usualy takes about 9 minutes then freezes. Some times i get a few hours and it seems totaly random. I mean it doesnt matter about any of the setting or if i'm hooked up to the internet or not. oh well. I emailed rockstar and they emailed me to call sony now.

Stikasasn

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stopcrazypp — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:33:26 MDT

@will:
The PS3s that have this freezing problem is far worst. They can't even play because it either freezes in cutscenes or if you skip it, it can only play for like 2 or 3 minutes. But I agree with the other posters, the 360 forums have been very silent on the issue compared to the PS3 ones. If they have problems, they should band together be very vocal about it or they are just going to lose out; so far they obviously haven't been vocal enough.

stopcrazypp

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sascha23 — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:29:51 MDT

Seriously, sucks for anyone who's getting this. I have a launch 60gb PS3 and no issues and I'm about 6 hours into the game.

Weird how it affects both PS3 and 360. The game is very solid, so it must just be a rare hardware configuration issue.

sascha23

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djmonsoon — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:23:33 MDT

Yea I have a 60gb PS3 a few months past launch
freezes at the intro "starting new game" screen
I have called countless times over past two weeks.
in fact one Sony rep told me I had to pay 149 to replace the unit because its outside of warranty. I hope they patch this..two weeks in entirely to long to not even play the game!

djmonsoon

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silentbob343 — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:18:48 MDT

first patch worked perfectly on my brother's launch 60GB. Now he no longer has to disable internet connection in the PS3 menu.

silentbob343

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z357x — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:12:15 MDT

@iamhitori: Same here. no issues at all.

z357x

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M4A1 SD — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:52:17 MDT

After the 1.01 patch, I've had no lock-ups whatsoever :)

M4A1 SD

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ynp7 — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:50:25 MDT

Are people still having problems? Mine's been fine since the patch and it was locking up every 30-90 seconds with Internet enabled before the patch.

Any of you with 60GBs that aren't having problems using WiFi or are you all wired into your network?

ynp7

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adventchild08 — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:41:04 MDT

I have had this since launch...and have yet to play it. I have done everything conceivable. And the patch doesn't work either...the game locks up during the intro sequence without fail. I have had conversations with rockstar and sony...and they have yet to help me. I have watched this game go through its long install process at least 10 times. I have turned off all of the features I was told to turn off (all of which I use... btw).
I hope they get this sorted out soon, I know one other person who is getting the same error.

adventchild08

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iamhitori — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:36:07 MDT

I have a 60 Gig(320 Gigs now) and haven't had any problems with mine.

iamhitori

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fenderfuel08 — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:30:35 MDT

There are basically 2 variations of the problem:

A) game crashes without fail in the intro movie, making the game unplayable. Even if intro movie is skipped game crashes within seconds

B) Gave crashes on first loading screen when loading autosaves, crashes many times in-game,frequent freezing

The already released patch fixes problem B, at least for me.

Good to hear they are going to do something for the problem A people.

However, there is no excuse for these problems. We pay a $60 premium for these games and they are broken. We should all get a partial or full refund for being sold broken software...

fenderfuel08

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D00mM4r1n3 — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:30:32 MDT

I've got the 360 version and a relatively new Elite, and it freezes after about 10 minutes of play. I've been able to play it about 4 times total for a little over 6 hours before a freeze occurred, but it still eventually froze. Never had a single problem playing Burnout Paradise or any other game, only GTA IV freezes.

D00mM4r1n3

GTA IV's PS3 Problems To Be Fixed Via Firmware Update?

kingclip — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:13:08 MDT

I'm so confused as to the variability of this. Like many on this comment stream, I have a 60GB, and I've had zero lockups, yet obviously tons have had the freezes. Figuring out what that magic bullet is that's causing it must be a nightmare.

kingclip

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thebigsmoke — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:00:03 MDT

@VishusBurn:
@ Everyone Else.

Firstly, as a 60 Gig launch owner *with* the dreaded "Type2" lockup - this has been a very frustrating two weeks.

I picked up the game at launch and have managed to play up to "Bleed Out", twice.

That's the entirely of the game that I can play at which point the entire console just freezes up every 2 minutes.

No problems with any other games, dvds, blu-rays... Sony and Rockstar clearly have no idea (or aren't saying) what the issue is.

If you follow the PS3 thread above - Sony now just appears to be replacing consoles willy-nilly to "solve" the problem (although, frustrating - not for everyone yet)... so the "Firmware Fix" may end up being "Send in your PS3 for 14-21 days".

Awesome.

Oh well... in the meantime, I still have the "Drive to Roman's Apartment from the Boat" mission.

Again.

Provided I can complete it in under 3 minutes.

At which point the game freezes.

The Next Generation of Videogaming is AWESEOME!

thebigsmoke

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rocbolt — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:59:29 MDT

I have a 60GB launch PS3 and haven't been able to play GTA for more than 90 seconds past the opening before it freezes. Hope this fix comes out soon

rocbolt

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Burnout399 — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:58:04 MDT

I have the 40gb version,

and GTA killed my ps3, The ps3 wouldnt read any disks.

i had to send it back to sony to fix.

Burnout399

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GamingNinja — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:54:35 MDT

I just got GTA 4 yesterday and played it on my launch 60 GB PS3 and i have no problems.

GamingNinja

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KillerAJD — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:48:40 MDT

I haven't had but one issue, and that was the loading bug during multiplayer...once. Singleplayer runs fine, no problems whatsoever. PS3 60gig from last July.

KillerAJD

GTA IV's PS3 Problems To Be Fixed Via Firmware Update?

tsukasa1288 — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:47:03 MDT

i've dropped about 30 hours of gameplay into gta4 on my 60gb ps3 and haven't had a single lockup. though i guess a patch would be nice for safety net to prevent one from ever happening.

tsukasa1288

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anSisyphus — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:46:24 MDT

Have a 60gb launch PS3. Never experienced any problem.

anSisyphus

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TitillatedOcelot — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:19:11 MDT

@badasscat: Same here, and I have a launch 60 gig model. I REALLY hope that this firmware update doesn't bork my saved games.

TitillatedOcelot

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Mr_Fuzzypaws — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:15:23 MDT

They need to fix Party Mode. I've never been able to go into a game with my entire team, we've tried many different hosts and it just won't take.

Any lock-ups I've had happened directly after I was trying to get into a game through Party Mode.

Mr_Fuzzypaws

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ChimeraTheory — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:12:06 MDT

Only the 60GB version gets a fix? I've heard some 40GB users also had an issue... or was it only because of the PSN and has now been resolved since 1.01?

As for 360: no news here it seems... perhaps they think keeping quiet will make it go away. For many GTA4 has been a right crap experience. I'm fortunate enough not to have had any problems thus far.

@Huckleberry: the 360 may not have as many problem but they are problems nonetheless. If MS doesn't decide o bring out a fix for the 360 soon, there'll be a whole lot of unhappy customers.

ChimeraTheory

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tehFluffz — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:11:58 MDT

@Lachoy:
Same, plus mine is very often left folding/downloading stuff overnight before playing several hour GTA marathons, no problems yet.

tehFluffz

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Grive — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:09:23 MDT

@MightyHealthy: Streetwalkers are at a higher risk of STD contagion, man. Still, call a doctor. With a couple weeks of not using the package it'll clear right up.

Grive

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GoldenGotGame — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:03:54 MDT

I've never experienced any freezing with GTAIV and my launch 60GB, but there was a lot of stuttering and skipping when I loaded it up the second time after playing the morning of the midnight launch. That problem went away before the patch. My problem is that I can screw around in Party mode with my friends, but I can't get in any MP matches without it saying "The connection to one or more players has been lost. Returning to single player". This is fuckin' annoying because I convinced at least 5 people who weren't planning on getting this game to get it because of the fun matches we could have...

GoldenGotGame

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unicronband — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:01:11 MDT

I have the 360 version and I've had boatloads of problems. One big issue seems to be that at random points the disc stops loading. I'll be driving and suddenly objects stop appearing, the high res textures don't load and the game freezes. This has happened 7 or 8 times so far. I've encountered some of the "funny" glitches too, but that's to be expected. Surprisingly I haven't encountered any of these problems in multiplayer, beyond normal lag weirdness. Also, the texture pop-in on my system seems far more noticeable than any of the videos I've seen. Some times a trashcan will appear out of nowhere directly in front of me.

unicronband

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FanDam — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:45:26 MDT

I've had a few lockups on my 360: the game freezes then it says it can't be read anymore. I reboot and presto! It works again. This is a console issue, not a GTA4 issue, since the same thing happens in COD4. I think I have literally lost count of how many 360s I have replaced.

I didn't get it for the PS3 because of the DLC but perhaps most importantly because 90% of my friends have the 360 version and I wanted to play online.

My frustration with the game has nothing to do with occasional hardware lockups.

FanDam

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badasscat — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:43:32 MDT

My 60GB PS3 problems were fixed as soon as the network issues got sorted out.

badasscat

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sander_dutch — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:41:57 MDT

@MightyHealthy: Always use protection!

sander_dutch

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cleverlymadeup — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:30:00 MDT

i have a 60 gig, got a few lock ups, mostly random tho, had to restart one set of missions cause it wouldn't load for me, then played more of the game, saved and it was fine.

could have been my router tho because it was giving me issues before this as well but i was working fine with no lockups before the patch was issued

cleverlymadeup

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I Spit On Your Comments — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:25:38 MDT

As for the 360 end I have 40 friends playing it and none had any problems with the game. A few times I'd lose a friend who was on the West coast while everyone else is on the East coast in multiplayer. But that isn't really a game problem more than a connection problem.

20 hours in and haven't had any problems besides getting pissed that I failed a mission or two.

I Spit On Your Comments

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greeble — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:23:22 MDT

I have a 60G, I was getting the freeze at the start of the game, but that hasn't been an issue since the patch. No other lock ups.

greeble

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WingZero987 — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:21:20 MDT

@gamesronlygames: Thanks for your input! Man, all these other people must be crazy! Your individual experience clearly defines and represents the current experience had by all!

WingZero987

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gamesronlygames — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:14:54 MDT

I have a 60gb and not having any problems. Works great!

gamesronlygames

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Astrofox — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:13:07 MDT

@severeon: That sounds awful man! :( I wonder if it's your disc or your console...

Astrofox

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Burnout399 — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:06:30 MDT

What about the 40gb version? will there be an update to fix them?

GTA actually killed my PS3, it doesnt read any disks put into the system, i had to send it back to Sony to fix it.

Burnout399

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phrequency — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:06:20 MDT

man, i got off pretty lucky then. i have a 60gb and while i did have freezes... it was due to the network which got fixed last week.

i remember getting the game and was so nervous thinking that it may freeze in the intro (one of the types of freezes i heard about at the time)

phrequency

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MightyHealthy — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:58:02 MDT

The night after I first used the services of a hooker in GTAIV, I got the 3RLoD :(

True story.

MightyHealthy

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severeon — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:55:02 MDT

This may be a silly request, but if anyone with Kotaku reads this; could you keep reporting on the GTA 4 issue, so that Sony may one day fix it? I still haven't gotten more than 1 minute in, and I have tried everything.

severeon

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Mpalm. — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:53:15 MDT

I've got a launch PS3 60 gig and no problems at all... yet. DUN DUN DUN!!!!!!!!! . . . . (rumble rumble).

Mpalm.

GTA IV's PS3 Problems To Be Fixed Via Firmware Update?

Nexus6 — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:48:09 MDT

@ryivanV2: Or hasn't broke down since launch. Maybe my 360 is juicing. Anyhow no problems on my end.

Nexus6

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SnakeCL — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:47:53 MDT

@Garo:

Oct 2006 for me, and I have the freezing problem.

SnakeCL

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okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:39:25 MDT

@warlock7: I'm wondering if this is due to bad data on the disk or some kinda artifact that makes it hang when disk data is read badly? Lots of people having this problem have other games work fine it seems... we most remember this is in the hands of 4+ million 360 users. Even with a bad disk rate of %0.1 is still 4000 people. and that's enough to complain but maybe not enough to be heard :(

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

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Garo — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:37:15 MDT

@VishusBurn:
Same here. Maybe they should compare when their PS3s were made?

Garo

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warlock7 — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:28:37 MDT

@Rotmm

I guess you missed this 32 page thread for one:

[forums.xbox.com]

Gotta look in the right place is all. :)

warlock7

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warlock7 — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:24:17 MDT

Well, the .1 update fixed the lock-up issues I was having. Couldn't get into a game with the PSN connected sometimes. Must've been a simple TCP timeout issue.

warlock7

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okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:24:08 MDT

@ca$h: That's how people get screwed over. Remember the hell people raised with the RROD when it first started.. MS paid 1.01 billion to service the issue. Halo 3 disk scratches, people bitched and change happened. GH3 Wii... people bitched. I don't see much bitching about this issue even though that one Rockstar rep Kotaku spoke with stated they've heard the complaints and were looking into it. It's just sad that people are experiencing this and not complaining. Maybe they like being screwed :(

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

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okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:19:12 MDT

@Rotmm: Hey man *puff puff pass* I'm not dogging you man! lay off me man... man :(

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

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ca$h — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:15:40 MDT

@okenny :):
My roommate is one of those people who just doesn't care and won't stand up for their rights as consumers (ie the average person). I was more pissed off when his first 360 died than he was.

ca$h

GTA IV's PS3 Problems To Be Fixed Via Firmware Update?

VishusBurn — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:13:48 MDT

I got the 60 gig and am many hours in with no problems. I wonder what the specific variable is that is causing the problem for the people that have had one.

VishusBurn

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Rotmm — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:13:12 MDT

@okenny :): "A lot of people seem to have friends with 360s who are having a horrid time playing this game."

Strange, isn't it. Yet the xbox forums seem strangely bereft of performance complaints in comparison to the PS3 forums.

Rotmm

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~pandafresh~ — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:11:30 MDT

i have a 60gig and it hasnt frozen on my once, odd (in a good way!)

~pandafresh~

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TheJeanGenie — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:07:44 MDT

*joins lockup tales campfire* Mine refused to load once after I had moved to a diff. tv, had to delete the save, but meh, all I had done was harass anyone talking on their mobiles.

TheJeanGenie

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Heyyou27 — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:06:27 MDT

I own the PS3 version and have only had the game freeze on me once. It's great to hear their patching it, but I'm already tired of GTA and don't plan on playing it again anytime soon.

Heyyou27

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okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:04:37 MDT

A lot of people seem to have friends with 360s who are having a horrid time playing this game. You guys should convince them to go on blogs like these and send in tips and obviously, first and foremost, COMPLAIN TO MS AND R* so they can be made aware of the issue... the squeaky wheel gets the grease and PS3 users have been quite squeaky.

I've had no problems with my (near) launch 360. *knock on wood*

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

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Star Commeter — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:54:41 MDT

@will: Locking up? Serious stuttering? Momentary pauses? Damn. I've been playing the game since April 29 on my launch 360 and haven't experienced a single hiccup. Ask your flatmate to clear his 360's memory cache and see if that alleviates some problems:

Go to the System blade and select Memory, highlight the HD, press Y, then enter: X, X, LB, RB, X, X. Click Yes when prompted.

Star Commeter

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hastyp — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:43:26 MDT

My 60 was freezing at random times and refusing to go past the load screen. Then I turned off networking and it worked fine. After the 1.01 update, I've been playing with no problems and networking on. Haven't been playing online much yet though.

hastyp

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ca$h — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:39:00 MDT

@Huckleberry:
That's not true at all. My roommate owns the 360 version, and I've seen it free half a dozen times (literally - 6 times) while watching him play it. And since I've got my own copy in my room, I don't see him play it that much.

See my above post about the PS3 version.

ca$h

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dionion — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:38:37 MDT

@Lachoy: Yes, me too but it seems the problem is quite common.

dionion

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ca$h — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:37:25 MDT

@Lachoy:
I dunno either. I too own a launch 60GB and it hasn't frozen ONCE during 35 hrs of the single player campaign. *knocks on wood*

Multiplayer however froze every time until that patch was released though.

ca$h

GTA IV's PS3 Problems To Be Fixed Via Firmware Update?

ryivanV2 — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:36:35 MDT

I have the 40gig model, but its been running flawlessly from day 1. And i have been playing it alot. My mate, however, had the game be the last disc in there before his Xbox RROD because he played it for 3 hours straight O.o..

He played it pretty cool, but i think its kind of sad that as consumers we spend hundreds of dollars on something completley aware and okay with the fact we KNOW it will break down within the first year... :(

ryivanV2

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Lachoy — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:33:08 MDT

I wonder what it could be? I have a launch 60gig and never had any problems. Maybe I'm just one of the lucky ones.

Lachoy

GTA IV's PS3 Problems To Be Fixed Via Firmware Update?

Huckleberry — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:32:52 MDT

@will: Yeah, maybe. Personally I haven't heard of any issues with the game except from the one guy I know with a PS3, and he was having trouble with the online.

I'm sure there are sporadic cases on both sides, I just figured it was mostly a PS3 issue. Then again maybe that one is just talked about more on Kotaku.

Huckleberry

GTA IV's PS3 Problems To Be Fixed Via Firmware Update?

enewtabie — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:32:13 MDT

@deathtastic:
3 redlights..Right top corner not lit and middle was green..Had to reset it about 10 times before it worked again.
It never really locks up unless I'm playing GTA4,so I know there are issues.

enewtabie

GTA IV's PS3 Problems To Be Fixed Via Firmware Update?

deathtastic — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:30:22 MDT

@enewtabie:
lol 4 red lights or 2 because 4= unplugged AV cord, 2= overheat. It is extremely hard to overheat an xbox unless you rap it in towels for an hour.

deathtastic

GTA IV's PS3 Problems To Be Fixed Via Firmware Update?

dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:27:46 MDT

Great. So now can they fix the Stevie missions so I can get my frickin 100%? I really, really don't want to play this again.

dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased

GTA IV's PS3 Problems To Be Fixed Via Firmware Update?

enewtabie — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:26:10 MDT

@Manny:
There is a problem.I was playing it the other night when it locked and red lighted and it still hangs up on scenes.It's done it ever since I picked it up on GTA launch day.I didn't get the full red light apparently from what some other Kotaku folks told me.

enewtabie

GTA IV's PS3 Problems To Be Fixed Via Firmware Update?

will mutters something rude and then says: — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:23:26 MDT

@Huckleberry: Watching my flatmate play on his 360 I'd beg to differ. His game (360) has locked up far more than mine. It also suffers from serious stuttering and momentary pauses. My PS3 has had that loading issue a couple of times, but turning of the net connection sorts that out. It hasn't frozen in game once.

Just luck I guess.

will mutters something rude and then says: