GTA IV Multiplayer Down For Some PS3 Players

Kotaku reports:

"Even if your particular copy of Grand Theft Auto IV doesn't lock up your PlayStation 3, you may still find it a challenge to experience the online component of the game".

We've heard from a number of tipsters that they've been unable to connect to the Gamespy hosted servers, with a quick peek at popular online forums reflecting similar complaints.

[poos3]

the ps3 is garabgePM
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PS3 VERSION 640 P
PS3 VERSION LOOKS LIKE A CARTTON THE FACES ONTHE 360 ARE HYPER sharp the lighting is sick
the ps3 version has worse frame rates
the ps3 version cant not even acheive 2x aa with a resolution of 640p
the ps3 version has a mandotry install
the ps3 verdion cost more in certain retauilers
the ps3 version looks lieka totally defferent game and the 360 version that i have on my hd looks sharp and brillaint any other look will mqake it a joke
360 version only has a slight pop in defference which ive not noticed but maybe after 50 hrs of play i might notice 1 haha i love how things have change how can a multyplatgame of such scle run on the ps3 at 640p with no aa while the 360 version runs at 72o with 2 x aa this is a megaton defference and dont worry guys the bad news have not begun when gears of war 2 gameplay is shown 8 may the major crys will begin p.s i always new 360 gta 4 was superior

[PirateThom]

1 bubble... is it possible to reduce it to zero?

Let's try.

[leeger]

Will I even take you seriously? You don't even know correct grammar and doesn't even know how to spell "knew" correctly.

[InMyOpinion]

Are you the 360 version of sammy mantra/shadow hearts?

[Sir Ken Kutaragi 1]

Try and Try xBot Lemmings...YOU WON'T STOP PS3 DESTROYING YOU!!!...
AND YOU WON'T DESTROY THE PS3!!!
;-D
;-D
;-D
These Lies are FUNNY!!! ;-D

'PLAY&WATCH-BEYOND...xBox 360's LIMITS!!!' ;-D

p.s Thats your one good game out now, nothing left till Gears 2!!!
;-D (For the rest of the year!!!)

[frank jaeger]

dont worry m8 ,the ps3 is doing fine destroying itself =p the xbox cant beat the ps3 at grilling

grill b3yond ur backyard , ps3

nuff saidz

[Qbanboi]

When you say "destroying itself" you mean like getting RROD of something?

[Sir Ken Kutaragi 1]

I think it's the xBox 360 that BURNS things!!! ;-D

'PLAY-BEYOND...xBox 360's LIMITS!!!' ;)

[ravinshield]

god nothing works on the ps3 version.Im glad i got the superior version

[thereapersson]

Please do us all a favor and off yourself!

This isn't the fault of the PSN so much as it's the fault of Gamespy's buggy network. If I were to have problems in GTA IV online, it wouldn't be the first game to be affected by Gamespy's bugginess.

[KS1985]

I am having the same problem myself.

Each time I try to connect to the multiplayer part of GTA IV it keeps on saying having connection problems.

whoever is working the servers for GTA has to get this problem fixed.

[legendkilla]

i could not play online ! and when i was playing the sigle player game it froze a couple of times.. i hope they patch this soon!

[sabbath420]

The smart ones play on live!

[kewlkat007]

it's one of the reasons I dislike Sony's PSN architecture. They are passing the Buck unto the Devs and some devs have to host server time from other companies,(Gamespy hosted servers,) I mean the opportunity for a mess is always there. Well this is just 1 game, plenty 3rd-party online games to follow.

[games4fun]

it was down for a day and people complain lol

[Captain Tuttle]

People make excuses too lol

[pp]

so much for psn.i'm glad i have xbox live oh well back to gta4 multiplayer

[NO_PUDding]

Hasn't Live been down AGAIN recently?

So glad that i could get free internet if I wanted to.

[guitarfanboy]

so much for pp.i'm glad i have psn oh well back to gta4 multiplayer
btw i think masterchief is a pretty cool guy eh kills aliens and doesnt afraid of anything

Sbot on, pp. Sbot on.

[BLUR111]

Hasn't Live been down again recently? ..umm no pudding

[xtreampro]

the PSN is working fine how do u think the MGO betas working then IDIOT, nno ones having problems with the beta so shut the hell up, PS3 future 1080p 120fps realistic games, xbox360 future ummmmmm it dosent exist in the future

[Dorian_D]

for the short time I was able to play the game on the PSN however, my game froze within seconds and has constantly done so. I really hope that Rockstar has a chance or Sony to bring us a patch or Firmware update to bring stability back.

[therealwillie]

ya its workin now, couldnt play it for a long time yesterday
although i have a feeling it will be down again tonight

[ECM0NEY]

I cant believe the ps3 fanboys thought it would be XBL that would go down. lol

[xtreampro]

a free network will out number a overly charged expensive network, use ur brains idiot, everything is allredy built in to the PS3 thats why its got a high well use to be high price but now its cheaper then the xbox in terms of the amount of tech it offers, on top of this SONY arn't a greedy company so they gave a free indestructable PSN for free..YES..FREEEEEEE

[WIIIS1]

I'm plenty upset with this constant barrage of negative news for the PS3 version of GTAIV, especially after it was hyped to be the superior version, but I guess the best way to deal with it is to laugh it off.

LOL!

[TornRaptor]

I was thinking along the same lines " And this is the superior version of GTA". Its not funny though, people have been looking forward to this game for a long time and to have problems like the ones that some have reported is sad. Hope it can be fixed soon

[komp]

You know I have been on the games scene for years and all this fanboyism over the slightest is now just a laughable experience.

I mean come on, do these fanboys have no real people to speak to? Oh well, in 2050 and were using megagoogle.com cache we will look back and read the post from our juvenile years and laugh. Just laugh now, there is no fun times while dead.

[ericnellie]

I'm sure Sony and R* will work this issue out rather quickly!

[leon76]

3 -
I waited for my copy of GTA4 to post any comment, I read a lot of stupid dumbsh*t news yesterday, and I just have to make sure of that, so here it is:
- I have a 60g PS3, and after the installation, comes the intro cutscene and after that the gameplay, whith ANY FREEZING, in fact I played like 5-6 hours in a row, and no freeze, no glithch, no nothing, and connected to the net!!!! the truth is noone that I know have this problem!!!!!
- The graphics are AMAZING, just like IGN and other sites told to us, making well known that the PS3 is suporior of its x360 couterpart...I can't compare both, only have PS3 version, but one thing I'm certain... this games' graphics are one of the best in this gen, not the best, but hey it's a GTA game!!!!
- This is for sure the best GTA game ever, and one of the best games I ever played, don't undestand how some @sshole bash this game!!!! It's an intense experience of gameplay, tottaly funny, whit specatcular little details, just amazing!!!!!!!!!!!
- Wow I'm really lucky that this game is being a SPECTACULAR EXPERIENCE for me!!!!!!!!!!
- And these are the reasons that I think this stupid stories that are coming along are ALL COMPLETLY BULLSH*T!!!!!!The curious that the same happened whith games that were proved to be better in PS3 like DMC4, COD4, Burnout paradise, Assassin's creed, etc, all of them good experinces to me!!!!!!.... In fact I can't understand how news based on FORUNS, RUMOUR-BASED SITES and ANOTHER SH*TY SITES nonody knows could call them NEWS!!!!! I can enter a forun saying that I'm a owner of x360 and making up that i have 18000 freezing in my game and blablablablabla nad call support and blablabla!!!! It's funny how n4g is expert in posting news that a couple hours later are proven to be fake!!!! Ahahahahahahah!!!!
Bye bye n4g!!!!!

[frank jaeger]

gud bye , grill a few sandwhichs for me

[sleepyk]

you call ps3 a grill when your 360 is known for heating up or burning down your house?

[frank jaeger]

if xbox is heating up , its heating up the competiton .. unlike the ps3 , uck my sandwhiches are really sucky even with blue ray dvd player!

nuff saidz

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Bad news has been painfull for the Droids past couple days.

[xtreampro]

this game shows what happens if you port a game from the X-toy-box-please-play-with-me to the all Powerfull!! PS3, but u know what it dont matter cus GTA5 will PS3 exclusive, this was probably a test run, thats why they did'nt actually develop GTA4 on the PS3 instead they just just ported it so it saves time so the crew back at ROCKSTAR could get back to the real treat that actually makes use of the PS3 and thats GTA5

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

They should have tested the game more.

[americanGTA]

It hasnt been working for me at all

[Darkiewonder]

go enjoy it.

[iceice123]

The inferior PS3 showing its weakness. The game not only freezes on PS3 players but now they can't even play online because how s­hit PSN is, hahaha. Oh man, good time to be a 360 owner, as always.

[xtreampro]

HAHAHAHAHA it wont be a good time when all our major..MAJOR EXCLUSIVES bully the Xbox, HAHA u lot will be crying 'MUMMy the PS3 has better games then our console and we were stupid enough to choose the Diper-BOx WEEE WEEE BOOO BOOO' HA-HA sissies

[bootsielon]

Jenzo says:

"Who on earth plays the game at 400% zoom?

Compare these pics instead and tell me which one looks sharper - http://static.videogamer.co...
"
Uh... sharper? The PS3 version looks sharper. Check out how jagged the 360 image is. Just posting an image and denying that PS3 looks better doesn't make the 360 look better.

Then comes power of dumbass:
"14 - Fine #13, 400% or not this is the end result comming from the same people when viewed by average people.
http://forum.beyond3d.com/s...

See #616's screens in the link. "

Great, I've seen 616, and guess what? Again, PS3 has more realistic colors, however you want to spin it, and not only that, but it has better AA. If you are too delusional to believe it, make a soom on both pictures and check these details out:

-Skin Care and Nails sign

-Comrades bar sign

Those signs clearly look jagged. Well, most of the 360 picture looks jagged, but those are the worst looking examples.

About the color, the 360 version looks artificially lit, or like a cartoon, or whatever you wanna call it... NOT REALISTIC. But hey, I guess Xbox 360 fantards love "choice" (like not having an hdd out of the box) and prefer garbage looking than, in Piece of Sh1t words (or whatever his name is) "warm".

This *still* frames don't even account for the frame-rate issues on 360, the pop-in on trees and other in-game objects, the massive dithering just exposed on the 360 version (which is also present in Burnout Paradise for the 360), nor the RROD potential, or the burning houses potential of the Xbox 360.

Seriously, there has only been ONE outlet supporting the Xbox 360 version (see theMart's link but I wouldn't go there as it would only make their pockets deeper for an unethical and inflammatory article), which can explained by either two things: They have a fanboy agenda, which is what Xbots think the rest of the press outlets did, OR, much more likely and realistically (unlike Xbots' delusional view of the world), they wanted to generate hits by adding fire to the controversy. That's how business works.

Again, here's the example of Xbox 360s massive dithering; Xbox fans love to call this an "effect" or "feature". Enjoy:

http://forum.beyond3d.com/s...

Anyway, at least they're happy paying 50 anually, even though this issue will probably get fixed.

[dork0783]

ACT like little spoiled B_TCHES give up ALREADY your version is not that better.LOL thats what you guys get for hating on 360 version.

[rowdy 1]

It locks and freezes on the 360 too. The online is working better on 360.

[Nostradamus]

Look through the threads.

Alot of people are saying their PS3 version is locking up.

Only one or two people have said their 360 is locking up, and their accounts were made an hour before posting. Makes you wonder doesn't it?

[599 US Dollars]

SOME? LOL. But PSN sucks for EVERYONE! lol.

You get what you pay for....

PSN = nothing