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PS4 launch stalls with PSN connection error 'NW-31453-6'

GameZone's Matt Liebl writes, "Today, the PlayStation 4 released to the general public today, meaning no more controlled testing environments for Sony. And what's the first problem?
Well, for me at least, it appears to be some sort of network connection error."

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yellowgerbil3812d ago

I'm running into that right now...
Been trying to log on for a half hour...

M-M3812d ago

The servers must be flooded like crazy lol.

brbobcat3812d ago

Yea, I'm gonna assume servers are just packed with ppl trying to login. To be expected, but still not happy about it.

Not good Sony, not good. Hopefully that PS+ money will fix this :P Throw money at the problem!!!

Kingthrash3603812d ago (Edited 3812d ago )

only gunna get worse...as the system hasnt fully released yet...its only 10pm here in cali
but honestly this is to be expected this early.
its annoying but every launch will be this way...

Pixel_Enemy3812d ago

Mine is working perfectly. I am downloading Flower, Resogun, Sound Shapes, playing Killzone and Battlefield. Synced my facebook account and tested remote play. All working just as expected.

Tru_Blu3812d ago (Edited 3812d ago )

pixel what is the size of that BF4 download? NVM didn't see the playing. Must have the disc.

thereapersson3812d ago (Edited 3812d ago )

@BRBOBCAT

Yeah, I half expected this. My PS4 won't be here until Tuesday next week so hopefully things will be ironed out over the weekend.

Afterall, this is is hundreds of thousands of simultaneous connections happening all at the same time as we speak on launch. It's almost like a huge DDoS...

mandf3812d ago

Network doesn't fully go up until 3 as with any other major update. It has to do with a full usa release. I could be wrong but it's the most likely scenario. I hope.

lsujester3812d ago

I figured they would be, which is why I DL'd the firmware update ahead of time. I imagine I'll just install that and have the Killzone campaign and ACIV to keep me busy for several days until things get calmed down.

mandf3812d ago

Works now 218 eastern time have fun everyone

guitarded773812d ago

AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!! I just want to play a freakin' game, but I'm stuck on "Please wait..." and can't back out!!! Just let me play Killzone PS4!!!

FACTUAL evidence3812d ago

Mines is stuck on please wait.....

DeadMansHand3812d ago (Edited 3812d ago )

Psn for ps4 not live til midnight pacific time. I am west coast and got home at 1230 and logged right in. Got my psn ID set up, linked faceboom , redeemed 10 dollar gift card and currently downloading my battlefield 4 upgrade with it (woot).

UltimateMaster3812d ago

Nah, actually they didn't update the PS Store just yet, the update is coming today.
It's being released 3 hours later from NY eastern time and will be at midnight pacific time.
Nobody gets left behind nor gets it slightly earlier.

morganfell3812d ago (Edited 3812d ago )

Just finished a 5 hour run on the PS4. Things seem to have stablized as I and all of my friends that grabbed a PS4 have all gotten through the earlier stuck area and things have now been smooth. Less than 1 minute from download until Warframe was playable. Pretty quick and the store flies.

Sono4213812d ago

I got in just fine? Even signed out and signed back in this morning.. OMG it's everything I was hoping for! <3 only problem iv'e come across is the snap feature kinda glitches out... other than that everything has been amazing! :D and I wasn't even looking forward to this game but.... resogun is actually so good and addicting! and kllzone's graphics.... omg...... OMG..... So glad I got a PS4 :D

hakeem09963812d ago

SUCKS to be an early adopter .Good thing i decided to seat this one out this year .I'll get my Xbox with Titanfall and my PS4 with Uncharted 4

SaturdayNightBeaver3812d ago

To me more like Sony sold you a "half" finished product. Guess why Japan have to wait 3 or 4 months later for console? They would't tolerate that BS.

darthv723811d ago

seems the PSN was slow this morning (6am pacific time). I was trying to dl a couple of things on my PS3 from the store.

DoA Ultimate was sitting at 0% on my PS3 for half an hour and that is only 4gb in size (the F2P version). Sin Mora was in the pending mode.

I decided to just set it and forget it as i had to get to work.

timl2413811d ago (Edited 3811d ago )

You all laughed at "the power of the cloud." The reason it was talked about so much was because of the 300,000 servers the Xbox One is going to have. This won't be an issue at launch for Microsoft. Maybe Sony would've benefitted from having the power of the cloud ;)

But, Sony does no wrong. I get that servers are packed but come on. You're telling me they didn't see this coming? They knew, and they probably knew servers would be down. Just another Sony game console that has connectivity problems.

It looks like paying for Xbox live all these years is going to pay off, because with 300,000 servers I can't see this problem for the Xbox. Maybe next gen Sony, maybe.

Go on, disagree with me. I could be wrong. If I am, oh well. But I doubt I am.

MazzingerZ3811d ago

Hope they learned from this and PAL launch goes smoother...

ThanatosDMC3811d ago

Lucky bastards... I need one too.

AndrewLB3811d ago

Much like the government health care roll-out of Obamacare... Don't you think Sony should have anticipated this? It's not difficult to load-test a web server to make sure it could handle the traffic.

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majiebeast3812d ago

Its like a mmo launch servers are getting hammered like crazy.

MRMagoo1233812d ago

yeh, agree 100%, its like launch day of a new wow xpac lol its takes for ever to get connected and when you finally do its laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag city for a couple of days till it dies down lol

MizTv3812d ago

It worked for me the second try

GribbleGrunger3812d ago

Yeah, there are literally thousands of people trying to log in and download ALL the free stuff. I would wait until tomorrow when things settle down a little.

spatt3812d ago

incorrect, hundreds of thousands..lol

PSnation43812d ago

its going to get worst tomorrow @_@.. gonna wait till 4am est to log in lol

GribbleGrunger3812d ago

In the mean time, enjoy watching all these channels:

http://www.twitch.tv/direct...

Abriael3812d ago

It happens with every single MMO launch. Nothing to worry about. No network can hold hundreds of thousands of people trying to log in again and again exactly at the same time.

GarrusVakarian3812d ago

You are stating facts, but will probably be labelled as a damage controller. Sad.

Abriael3812d ago

@Lukas_Japonicus: it's ok. I get called damage controller and fanboy in turn for Sony, Microsoft Nintendo and even PC gaming, so I guess I'm just balanced :D

Omegasyde3812d ago

This won't happen to Xbox One launch because of the "power of the cloud"

(Someone had to troll.)

timl2413811d ago

@omega

This probably won't happen at launch for MS because of the 300,000 servers. Seems like Sony could've added a few more thousand

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Jaqen_Hghar3812d ago

same with a man but he did play Shadowfall's first chapter before needing to eat and fall asleep now.

BoriboyShoGUN3812d ago

I'm in boys skipped the main screen and signed in through the menu!!!

princejb1343812d ago

Thank god is not only happening to me
I was panicking thinking my system was defective

llMurcielagoll3812d ago

Yup I wouldn't worry about that, so far I have never seen a perfect launch when it comes to connecting online.

This is nothing compared to the early access PS4 faults we saw in the news. At least your PS4 is working and not bricked and that is a bright side lol.

Depending on how good Sony with resolving overflowing server traffic it could take from a couple of days to a couple of weeks.

Be patient.

Crazay3812d ago

Can't say I'm at all surprised by this. Hopefully it's worked out by the time I get home tonight

AbortMission3812d ago

Really? I honestly have had no probs whatsoever in getting into the PS Store or an MP match in KZ:SF

qu1ckset3811d ago

when using wifi mine kept failing but when i did a wired connection it worked for me, good luck guys!

yellowgerbil3811d ago

I got it working at about 4.30 in the morning, after a short nap. It was just too many people at once so if you wait till a time where 1mil people aren't trying in tandem you get on fine.

Digital-Devil3811d ago

Weren't there a few articles floating aroung n4g about this very same issue? If I recall, it was suggested to download the patch before the ps4 release to avoid this very problem.

yellowgerbil3811d ago

this wasn't about the update. It was about signing into your account (ps3 or from online) onto the ps4.
I am pretty sure it isn't an issue anymore as it was just too many at once trying to log on (I got in fine around 4.30am)

avengers19783811d ago

Mine has been working great. Played KZSF last night till about 3 am.
Got up downloaded Blacklight and resogun. Hope everyone else is having as much fun as I am. PS4 is pretty great IMO

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Pogmathoin3811d ago

I keep timing out.... Feels like GTA5 today....

WhiteDynamite3811d ago

Apparently, during the Sim City debacle, the good folks at Sony were too busy still high-fiving one another from the reveal instead of paying attention.

Some "launch".

Oh well, at the least the news about Uncharted was cool.

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animegamingnerd3812d ago

Am i the only one who isn't shocked by this?

GarrusVakarian3812d ago

Neither am i......millions of gamers trying to connect at the exact same time.....like trying to direct the river Nile to flow through a garden hose.

andibandit3812d ago

I think millions is perhaps exaggerating a bit

Langkasuka3812d ago (Edited 3812d ago )

Sony was expecting it too, so they've released some web sites to download the patch via USB.
I hope our EU friends is taking notes on this for their PS4 launch... :)

MRMagoo1233812d ago (Edited 3812d ago )

no us folk getting the console at a later date we are smart enough to know this already lol.

animegamingnerd3812d ago

That is pretty smart they probably saw what happened with the Wii U day 1 update a year ago and decided to come up with an alternative

0ut1awed3812d ago

^^
They've done the same with the PS3 all these years with every update. You even had to put it in a small folder called "PS3" and all that jazz.

Still it's defiantly a nice option to have.

beebap3812d ago

Had already thought of this so yea we downloading it before launch.

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violents3811d ago

to be sony did announce before the launch that they were going to spend the first two to three months getting all the and a online services running. so everyone was warned that certain features may not be available at launch.

everyone just needs to calm down and be patient.

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ElementX3812d ago

I downloaded the patch onto a USB so I'd avoid this problem

brbobcat3812d ago

Patch only took me like 5 min. to download. It's the connection to PSN that's not working

ElementX3812d ago

It doesn't matter how long it takes to DL if you can't even connect to the network

moparful993812d ago

@element I couldnt log into PSN for 2 hours but still was able to download the patch.. Download and install took 3 1/2 minutes.. I could definitely get used to these new download speeds on PSN.

Fiestabrian3811d ago

Patch took me a minutes a 1 am pacific time

tethered3812d ago

I downloaded it to my computer and saved it to a USB but decided to download it on the PS4 when I got it. It took less time for the download to the PS4 than it did the computer.

STEWIE_PLAY_PS43811d ago

Remember GTAV online same problem!.

jairusmonillas3812d ago

Network overload.

Happens everytime.

They should really put some log in queue.

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How to recruit Lam in Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes

Lam is among the 120 characters available for recruitment in Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. While she is one of the many straightforward recruits, a known bug may prevent players from recruiting her if certain conditions are met. Despite developers’ assurances of fixing the bug, some early access players still encounter issues with recruiting Lam despite attempting the standard method.

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Tomb Raider Remastered just quietly censored one in-game detail

Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered players are ticked off by the game’s most recent patch, which censors in-game pin-up posters of Lara Croft.

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rlow18h ago

This is why gaming is screwed. When people change things to fit someone’s agenda, it’s a slippery slope downhill.

Christopher8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

Even if that agenda is of the developer? Way to remove developer rights.

***One player called it a “huge problem with modern games,” saying they can now be “ruined AFTER people buy them”.***

The level of drama. Yes, I recall sitting there for more hours than I did anything else in the game. These two pinups are the core of the game, after all!

coolbeans6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

rlow1's cringe catastrophizing aside, I do think developers *ought* to strive to maintain an original work to the best of their ability. The language of a "remaster" tacitly implies that - for good or ill - what's being resold is what fans remember but better.

Profchaos6h ago

Games can be ruined after purchasing them yeah we know this not from this but from GTA IV which had half it's radio content patched out due to licensing expirations and to me that was a huge deal.

This pin up poster is a bit of nonsense but the whole argument of modern games can be ruined post launch is Absol true.

DedicatedDark5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

It's not their work to censor. They are incharge of restoration & remastering the work, not overwriting it.

Barlos4h ago

It's not the agenda of the developer though, they're pandering and trying to increase their ESG score.

Way to support censorship...

victorMaje4h ago

It’s not the end of the world for sure, but I understand the hate towards this kind of change. I believe it’s also a matter of principle.

Imagine a Picasso painting being restored & the restorer deciding there aren’t enough strokes, or some lines aren’t straight enough or curved enough…not sure it would/should sit well with people.

Have all original devs signed off on this change? Even if it’s the case, are we saying older gamers are better mentally equipped to process what was there than current gamers, hence the change?

Enough time ago the case was made that games are an art form. We’re supposed to have won that case.
So which is it? Are games art or not?

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Eidolon4h ago

Hasn't this been happened for over a decade since remasters? I can't see that it's any worse now. Maybe if Sweet Baby starts getting their hands on remasters we will definitely have a problem.

Rebel_Scum7h ago

tbh I dont see something like this as censorship. Does anyone else not find it strange for someone to stick pin ups of themsleves in a locker room?

Now of it was a pin up of some half naked firefighters it might make sense as Lara might like that, and if they removed that I would cry censorship. But removing pin ups of the main character, yeah I get it.

Barlos4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

It's a game, and they were placed there for the audience. It's not real life. If it was, she wouldn't have fought a T-Rex now would she?

Yes, it's censorship but it's a bit less in your face. If they were in the original game, then they should have been in the remasters. It's bad enough that they have that ridiculous unnecessary warning at the start, but then they start removing things post launch. I don't care how small the change, they shouldn't be doing it. It's nothing but ESG pandering but in a subtle way.

Rebel_Scum3h ago

Look bro, if you have pictures of yourself naked on a bear skin rug up in your house let me tell you, its not normal.

jambola1h ago

I wasn't aware censorship was based on what made sense to you

Rebel_Scum1h ago

Likewise, what a stupid comment.

jambola1h ago

I agree
Your comment was pretty stupid

Rebel_Scum56m ago

I never said censorship is based on what I say dumbass. Just because I dont see this as censorship doesnt mean I’m saying others cant.

How about you come at me with your opinion rather than snarky comments with no thought on the matter.

SimpleDad3h ago

By the year 2030, this remaster collection will totally be changed and censored. Probably will remove Lara as a playable character. It's ridiculous. Glad that my family didn't buy this.
I still have Tomb Raider 2 PS1 as a memory.

jambola1h ago

Those shorts are a little revealing
Should probably make them snow pants

Barlos1h ago

They'll probably make her trans

CobraKai3h ago

It’s mentioned in the article, and it’s a point i 100% agree with, it’s the fact that they can censor a game after you buy it. That’s total bullshit.

Killer2020UK3h ago

Whilst it's an overreaction to say this has "ruined" the game, it's still problematic that this has happened post launch and for many, post-purchase.

I don't want someone to change a product for the worse after I've bought it. The same goes for implementing micro transactions after reviews.

I wonder why they did this? Nobody was kicking up a fuss as far as I'm aware.

maykhausonninh3h ago

Nobody was kicking up a fuss as far as I'm aware.

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Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster Review – You Are Your Job, Apparently

Gary Green said: In a time where an enhanced, 3D remake of Final Fantasy III already exists, it’s hard to argue that Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster is the definitive version we were expecting. With Final Fantasy III already being the last in the series to be translated and make its way west, this is something of a slap in the face for the fans. Still, let’s not be disheartened. There may be many shortfalls in this edition of Final Fantasy III, however there’s no denying that this classic JRPG still holds some nostalgic value, even if it struggles to break away from its original hardware limitations.

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FACTUAL evidence8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

It’s funny I’m seeing these articles about pixel remaster, and I just platinumed 1-4 within 8 days lol. I’ve been on FF5 for about a week now. Let’s just say 5 was the start of FF having content like crazy. I should have the plat within 2-3 days.