Shuhei Yoshida: We Are Postponing The Release of the PS+ Edition of Driveclub Until Further Notice

Message from Shuhei Yoshida - President of World Wide Studios -
Hi everyone,
I wanted to provide you with the latest update on DRIVECLUB. Unfortunately, the road to launch has been a little rocky, and we are truly sorry that so many of you have not been able to enjoy everything that we had hoped DRIVECLUB would deliver.

[4logpc]

Thats truly disappointing. Not sure how Evolution dropped the ball so hard on this.

[sigfredod]

A real letdown for me, becuase i was waiting for it, the only reason i didn´t get the full version is the lack of support for my logitech, so i was planning to use the free one with the DS4, :(

[SniperControl]

Just to let you know, the new ControllerMax allows logitech wheels to be supported on PS4 via Xinput.

http://controllermax.com/

Not sure if it fully works or not, thread below seems to suggest it does.

http://controllermax.com/fo...

[radler]

Just think, if Shuhei hadn't shut down Sony Liverpool we could have had a great racing game at launch from the Wipeout devs. Instead he fired them all and we got this garbage. Good job Shuhei.

[Yi-Long]

TBH, it wouldn't surprise me if 4-5 months orso from now they'll release the COMPLETE game on PS+, considering both the very poor way this game has been released (lots of problems), as well the critical reception of the game itself, which obviously scored far lower than anyone hoped and/or expected.

[VenomUK]

It's good that Shuhei Yoshida has come and made an announcement because it was important for a senior at Sony to acknowledge the situation.

When they delayed the PS Plus edition at launch I thought it was minor hiccup that would be resolved within a day or two. But I have the full version of the game and it is so hit and miss for online connection. For the problems to persist and no finish line in sight makes me wonder if it is a fundamental flaw within the games network code. I really hope Drive Club is savable and the PS Plus edition comes out before Christmas because I have seen so much potential in the game.

[Ballsack]

Driveclub

Calamity from start to finish

Evolution better restore their reputation by making another motors storm... An making it the best it can be

[u4one]

@Sniper:

Does it communicate feedback resistance? I heard that was kinda the drawback with similar devices. I would buy one right now if it did.

[Highlife]

I'm suppose to get a free copy of drive club with my purchase of xperia z3 on tmobile was excited to get it buy lately that feeling is gone.

[t-hall785]

The facebook comments are just hilarious. I seriously read them for like ten minutes straight. No wonder this story is on fire right now.

[redwin]

Ubi-soft is gonna make a killing. It's ok, Sony can do no wrong in my eyes. I'll just wait for The Crew, wait for The Order and wait for Bloodborn. We gonna be fine. The crew will soothe my wounds. .... Wait! Am I getting my money back?

[donthate]

Well first Evolution dropped the ball, but then Sony did it too by not offering a replacement offer.

The game was promised at launch for free, then it got delayed, and now it is delayed for membership-paying customers with PS+. By the time this game is released to PS+, it would have aged and been a bargain bin game on top of the fact that a lot of those people that bought PS+ with the expectation to get this game at launch with PS+ will have their membership expire in the next couple of weeks.

I suppose that is double win for Sony?

After all they got our money!

[stalepie]

It's not been a win - too much bad press and word of mouth means less copies sold over all, even with all those who "can't wait" and "take the plunge" (buy it in full). Also it was never promised that the FULL game was coming to PS+. That would make no sense. It's a special, big demo that allows you to get the trophies, but not all the tracks and cars.

At this point though I do think it would help them to give away the full game or a larger chunk of it at least with PS+, perhaps starting in January or December... they've done so many smaller games so far and a lot of people signed up for Plus to try the PS+ edition of Driveclub, so they are rightfully upset about it. Also the recent problems with PSN... I imagine there may be less renewals to PS+ this year.

[Back-to-Back]

They did remember that trash game named Contrast they offered since Driveclub was not available at the ps4 launch.

[raWfodog]

I seriously doubt that a lot of people bought a subscription to PS+ just to play this game that they believed was going to be offered at the launch of PS4. Remember, many people already had a PS+ subscription which carries over to PS4 and, for those who didn't, it was necessary to play multiplayer on PS4 anyway. So even if you were anticipating Driveclub at launch, you had to buy PS+ just to take advantage of its online gameplay elements but you still need it to play other multiplayer games.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. It's been known to happen :)

[Majin-vegeta]

Lol the game was never promised it was gonna be free at launch.A light version was what we were gonna get.

[Hanuman]

Since this morning's (double?) update the multiplayer works a lot better. I bought the PS+ Upgrade edition (39,99 Euro). Do I miss out on content, because PS+ edition is delayed or do I have the full package?

[Mikelarry]

I suggest calling Sony rep, as the information you might get here may not be correct.

[MK24ever]

That edition is the same as the full game, you won't miss on nothing that comes with the retail disc. Of course that the Season Pass isn't included, but that's another story.

[uth11]

that is the full package as far as I know.

[Lionalliance]

They got over confident with their servers : /

[-Alpha]

It's not actually a server overload, from my understanding.

It's an issue that with the programming of the game's code, so Evolution is now fixing and rewriting a lot of it, which can take a long time.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Really glad Yoshida admitted its been a rough launch and his engineers are working around the clock to get things going.

PSN+ is being delayed due to the current state of the game.

Glad Yoshida's being honest about the matter and talking the fans.

[travisbitter]

Yes, I absolutely agree, straight talk is always better, despite how hot is the topic or how bad is the press about the issue.

I hope they will fix it soon, and also plan some kind of compensation. I'd like to be positive and hope, that they also working on that part too.

(Side note: I don't get it why you get disagrees for a positive, and honest post... But whatever.)

[JimmyDanger]

Waiting three weeks/delaying three weeks - then coming out with a statement saying "postponed" - after you've already waited THREE WEEKS of delay to make the "it's postponed indefinitely" statement - is NOT straight talking.

Straight talking is making a statement prior to release - or on release. Not stuffing paying customers around - especially after making them wait a year.

Sure, Yoshida didn't write the netcode himself - but he's the head of internal studio development - the buck stops with him. I have real trouble believing they didn't know this was going to be a giant clusterflock the week before launch - especially if they "tested it thoroughly" before launch as Evo have stated. If they truly didn't know - what kind of rookie mistake is that? From a company that had previously launched 3 exclusive first party titles previous gen, and took an extra year to "polish" this title.

At best - a statement before the game launched. At worst a statement on launch day. Not three weeks of bait and switch.

Shu - the key part of being a manager is actually, you know - MANAGING. That means making actual DECISIONS, often under pressure - and trying to keep the customer satisfied. At the very least offering timely explanations and compensation when you promise the customer one thing and deliver , well virtually nothing.

Maybe it's time start trashing your competitors again - who both managed to deliver competent first party racers this year, that had working netcode and weren't delayed 12 month.

So it's the classic bait and switch - or it's amateur hour - neither is a good look.

[ThatArtGuy]

If they released the full game for everyone, people like me would be livid because we paid for the digital version and DLC in full.

[CoTton_MoUtH]

Drive club working fine for me after the 1.05 patch thanks Evo!!!!

[andibandit]

Not sure that is "Cotton"...

[otherZinc]

@4logpc,

No, Shu can't just throw Evolution "under the bus"! Send Mark Cerney to Evolution to fix this game, it's a friggin Sony PS4 Exclusive.

Also Shu, Evolution doesn't run PSN Servers, that the game is running on. So don't throw your exclusive studio/game "under the bus". You Sony, share in this "debacle"!

[Sm00thNinja]

The guy in charge of Knack??? Lol

[spacedelete]

you can tell this "delay" was planned all along. Sony had no intention of giving a free PlayStation plus version. i only own a PS4 but i say it how i see it. we all got conned.

how convenient they released the full priced version. if online problems are that bad they should have delayed until they could have given the PlayStation plus version. they basically lied to create artificial hype. get people talking that they will get Driveclub for free but "delay" it last minute.

[Saito]

Where do your conspiracy theories come from xbot? Yeah, I know who you are and I can see through your design.

[user5669510]

they should of just came out with a carmageddon type game

[FunkMacNasty]

Yeah, this is just a joke at this point. Not even interested in Driveclub anymore... maybe I will take a crack at the ps plus edition IF it ever releases, but i sure as hell won't upgrade. I'm not going to support devs like this, nor do I think Sony deserves one cent of my money over this fiasco.

So call me entitled, but I'll take my free edition and run with it, thanks.

[Muzikguy]

It's very disappointing. I don't understand with all that extra time what went wrong. I also don't understand what took so long to say anything. Things like this shows us we shouldn't rush out and buy games on day 1. That would make sure games work when they're supposed to. Not saying that's going to happen, but that will be my philosophy from now on. Yoshida might as well have said "the plus version was scrapped". I can see that not even happening (ps+ version)

[gameon1985]

Look at how long it took them to say something about people personnel info being took. This is typical Sony yet you are some how surprised by their response. like I said this is what happens when you people make excuses for them.

[geddesmond]

They put to much effort into the graphics and only had a few small scale public betas for a game they were going to give away for free. It is disappointing but hey gaming goes on

[princejb134]

I honestly gave up on this game

[BoriboyShoGUN]

yeah Im stuck with this game, with no buddies to play with. It actually is pretty fun, but with these issues I wish I hadn't preordered it my damn self.

[dj3boud]

i played the game at a friends house, it felt like a early ps3 game, sadly :(. no sense of speed or in any way.

[Christopher]

People at Evolution need to be held accountable for the travesty that is the development and release cycle of this game. Heads need to roll. Better people need to be put in place to prevent this sort of thing from happening again.

There's really no excuse at this time for all the issues they've had. Especially considering how much more time they've had.

[MoreRPG]

I think they are waiting for the game to sell a few million copies first. I really dont think there is a problem with the free version.

[Gazondaily]

Yeah you've already done that mate.

[Volkama]

"Just to let you know, we didn't release DriveClub plus version 3 weeks ago. It was delayed". Yeah, seems a bit redundant at this point!

Maybe some poor Joe has been searching through every menu on his Playstation wondering where it's hidden.

[Gazondaily]

Lmfao! I have the funniest mental image of that.

[Hoffmann]

Waiting even more for Project Cars...and that Indie Arcade Racer game.

A pity that DriveClub is not so good. Surprised me since I loved Evolution's older MotorStorm games a lot.

[travisbitter]

Yes. I loved the Motorstorm-s, and also kind of sad, that this didn't work out well for them.

[The93Sting]

SMH.. heads will be turned.. how much will we wait for this "free" version of DRIVECLUB?

BF4 crappy launch all over again I suppose..

[Volkama]

The phrase you are probably looking for is "heads will roll".

"Heads will be turned" just implies people will be looking :)

[andibandit]

undeads will be turned

[PlayableGamez]

And the worse part is, Driveclub was delayed for a year.

[Neonridr]

The longer we wait, the less of us will care when it actually releases..

[Mikelarry]

since the launch issues week by week I have slowly cared less about the title.

@ ripsta7th

beats me, I just came here for that shuhei goodness :)

[Ripsta7th]

Whats driveclub again??

[LamerTamer]

DriveFlub.

[danny818]

I think that's the plan

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

but yall go by the slogan "Greatness Awaits"

so you are suppose to wait lol

[IIZANGETSUII]

LAME

[bleedsoe9mm]

bet we don't see the game until after christmas

[ps5fanboy]

Can't they do a free version with no online activated?? Seems ridiculous.

And a big let down on those who wanted to try it , I suppose you could always do share play though.

[Volkama]

Probably, but it would take some development. Their focus surely has to be fixing the version that people have paid for.

[ghostface9]

mediocrity awaits...

[Kribwalker]

Forza Killer?

[Ryan741]

Dam, Greatness await....ON HOLD!!!

[NicSage]

I got tired of waiting to play a good racing game & went with Forza Horizon 2. I was seriously waiting on it to see what one I wanted more, DC or FH2. I'm really enjoying FH2.

[Volkama]

Then the delay was kind to you, as Horizon 2 is by far the better game anyway.

[Fishy Fingers]

Absolute shambles...

[vongruetz]

"DriveClub PS+ Edition, meet The Last Guardian. You two are going to be roommates for quite awhile."

[WeAreLegion]

I hate you so much, but I laughed, anyway. -_-

[WeAreLegion]

I don't get it. How difficult is it to get this done? A few cars. A few tracks. What's the hold-up? Is it because they don't have enough servers yet?

This makes absolutely no sense. They need to be more transparent about it.

I love Driveclub, but not having the PS Plus version available yet is seriously strange.

[bleedsoe9mm]

if its just a number of servers sony has bigger problems than we know .

i'm guessing there are still enough problems that it will crash the network and they don't want psn to be down for a week or so during the lead up and thru the holidays . they are having enough problems handling the load as it is without adding to it on purpose .

[vongruetz]

If I had to guess, I'd say there's a bug in their code for when it tries to connect. When you're connected, it's fine. But when you're not it constantly pings the servers trying to get in. That constant pinging is basically acting as a Denial of Service attack and preventing people from accessing the servers.

But that's just a crazy idea. I have no idea what is the actual cause.

[Volkama]

They still can't cope with the capacity of players that have the paid version. And you have to imagine 3 weeks on, the number of concurrent players is pretty small.

The free version will be a significant increase in load, so there is no way the experience would be up to scratch if they released it now.

[mochachino]

It won't be available during the holiday season to capitalize on sales...errr....due to server issues.

There should be a class action, Sony advertised PSN Plus with DriveClub as a free game, their October release video even showed DriveClub. Sony completely mislead consumers.

[TheFallenAngel]

Don't release it at all.

[JuJuRMJ]

That's unfortunate as I was eager to try the game out and decide if it was worth a purchase. Guess I'll check it out through Share Play, that is if anyone on my friends list is willing. As it stands, this doesn't look good for the developer of the game.

[gangsta_red]

Is there any doubt that Sony "delayed" the PS+ edition in order to push the retail/full version of the game?

I mean with so many reviews giving this game low scores they know people are just going to wait and play the free version and find out for themselves how lacking this game is.

It was a bad idea from the start.

[uth11]

No I think they were counting on multiplayer mode to sell the full game to PS+ players. That's why they don't want to release until this works, and the real reason they won't release a single-player only PS+ version.

[Spotie]

You're hilarious.

You'd rather believe some crazy conspiracy more suited to Microsoft than Sony, instead of the far more plausible explanation already given.

Now why is that? Why would you rather believe that Sony would intentionally create a put nightmare than that they're rectifying existing issues for PAYING customers before giving out the free version?

Don't you have some Xbox games to play?

[gangsta_red]

EXACTLY!

Sounds pretty foolish and crazy when your on one side of the fence listening to others screaming these tin foil hat type of insane theories with no proof or validation does it Spotie??

And yet this is what you and your crew do every single time on this site. The media is biased, MS is paying for bad PS4 reviews, devs are intentionally gimping games, Kinect is spying on you, clickbait articles, etc., etc.

"crazy conspiracy more suited to Microsoft than Sony"

BIG BABY JESUS...more suited to Microsoft??

You are one blind and loyal sony follower. I really have to give you credit. I thought maybe you had a moment of clarity and saw just how foolish it is to claim these tin foil theories but not even that was true.
You just HAD to stick to your conspiracies of only holding true for MS.

Absolute mind boggling.

[stalepie]

No, on PS4 simple text messages sometimes don't even go through.

[andibandit]

Hardly believable, but on the upside it would mean that they're just greedy, not incompetent.

[DJustinUNCHAIND]

What a cluster-cuss.

[PlayableGamez]

I don't understand why he is saying it's post-pone when we are well aware it's post-pone.

[Muzikguy]

Because some of us think it's cancelled? I'd bet on it (if I had some deñero)

[bez87]

Just another Confirmation that they should of stuck with the unique genre of the MotorStorm Racing games because they were by far some of the most fun i had with a racing game last gen, I honestly am still baffled as to why they decided to go with a point a to point b real world racer which has been done to death.

[sebzhd]

DC2 will be the best or the last before Evolution death.

[mochachino]

Until further notice?? So indefinitely then. This is total BS. Everyone knows it's due to them trying to capitalize on sales during the holiday season, not sever issues. They could just limit online use for the Plus version until that's sorted out.

Really angry with Sony right now, they flat out lied to Plus users. Even their Free Games with Plus video showed Driveclub among the free game. Someone should start a class action.

[intellegent]

The game has server issues... What do you think would happen if they let millions of people get on the game when the server issues aren't fully resolved yet?

[mochachino]

If they really want to make amends they'd give a free non-indie PS4 game in its place.

Companies can't just advertise a service with a free game then say, "nope, we're no longer giving you that, so sorry, but thanks for your money anyways".

The free version of Drive Club was a major advertising point by Sony influencing which online service and by extension, which console to buy before they released.

It's false advertising and should be rectified.

[JimmyDanger]

"The game has server issues" isn't a statement of fact or a natural unavoidable cause like an earthquake or tornado.

It's their game, their servers,their offers/promises of a PSN edition their netcode - and funnily enough - THEIR MONEY they've taken upfront - both from paying customers - and PSN subscribers (who have been "promised" this for 15 months plus now - since E3 2013) - it's actually quite indefensible.

Sure - statement of fact - they had server issues. But if your medium rare steak arrives charcoal, your beer arrives half full of foam, your TV working only in B&W - whatever - that ish gets sent back, and it better darn well come with a prompt replacement/credit/compensatio n.

I'm calling ABSOLUTE BARE MINIMUM - free month of PS+ for ALL subscribed in October - announced tomorrow (but better yesterday, with this Shu statement) - it's the only easy way to address this blunder.

Then again - Shu likes a tease ( remember the will they/won't they DRM saga pre e3 13)- maybe he's just waiting to give everyone their free month of PS+ and Knack in the next few hours and milk the PR for a few days...

Guess we'll see...

[Fkhalf16]

thing is, they had near entire 11 months to bring out a beta to test the servers out. Evolution studios screwed themselves for releasing a game when the online infrastructure was still incomplete.

[Rick_Ross_Boss]

"we are currently not confident that we can guarantee the best online experience"

Thats pretty much the story of the whole network this year

[TheTwelve]

Driveclub failed. So much potential, so much fun when it works...

...but it's busted.

Sony better view this as a kick in the butt and up their game.

[koston3647]

Really hope sony doesn't close Evolution Studios
They have a tendency to do that after mistakes like this.
Like Zipper and Liverpool

[RiPPn]

Amazing how upset people are over a glorified demo.

[Khronikos]

Gamers are pretty weird man.

[Yetter]

best bait and switch ever pulled off.

Well done Sony

[OB1Biker]

Well nothing new with that post but Im hoping the PS+ version will be out in November.

[Ashlen]

Personally I can't believe Sony and Evolution are getting away with this.

I mean Driveclub has been one long orchestrated lie from the very beginning.

First it was going to be a free launch game. Then it was going to be a "PS+ Edition" at launch. Then the developer said at E3 that it's was "about 50%" done with only a few months to launch. Then only right before launch it was delayed for a year. Then after a year of time they didn't have even a ball parked figure on how many servers they would need after promising millions of people a free version.

I was never going to be a big Driveclub player I wouldn't have done much more than check out the fancy graphics so I can personally care less how long it takes to get that out. But the idea that this whole thing is happening and so few people questioning it just rubs me the wrong way.

[polow got sol]

Don't forget how it was advertised as the forza killer

[Ashlen]

I don't really care about Forza or any of that PR crap. Even if I owned an Xbox I wouldn't have bought Forza.

[tlougotg]

Im a Sony fanboy and love for the most part what Sony does with their consoles (shareplay works so good and is definitely innovative and revolutionary for consoles, kudos to Sony), however this has been a big %uck up from all angles nd its a shame because i own Driveclub and its great imo. Driveclub was potentially suppose to be a lunch game and now even after release ps plus ppl wont get it smh. Anyway like i mentioned in other article if anyone wants to shareplay Drive club im good for it just pm and ill add you and you can try some races.

[Ma1nframe]

I have ZERO interest in this game but at least the president of WWS gave an official update. Good for him.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Wow... didn't see that message coming.

[Theyellowflash30]

This is what happens when you sell more than 12 million systems and have the media kissing your ass every step of the way.

Sony gets complacent... why release a finished product, or give people what they promised? We're the f**king market leaders and PS4's are selling like hotcakes...we can do this sh*t all we want.

Meanwhile Nintendo and Microsoft are busting their a$$ releasing "GOOD" first party content, amazing deals, and cheaper systems.

Sunset Overdrive, Bayonetta 2, Halo The Master Chief, Forza Horizon 2, Mario Kart 8, Hyrule Warriors, Smash Bros, Amiibo, and more exclusive content.

Sony's first party games have sucked outside of The Last of Us Remastered and Infamous Second Son...

Nintendo did this SAME sh*t last gen being the market leader.

[strangeaeon]

Yeah, that Sony hubris didn't take long to kick in at all, did it? The good thing is the Sony fan base are usually very vocal if they are displeased, hopefully they can keep Sony in check.

[BitbyDeath]

When did insomniac become first party to MS?

[XabiDaChosenOne]

You are comparing the exclusives of two consoles to one? Thats smart. And Amiibo is not a game genius...

[NeoGamer232]

This is ridiculous.

Essentially, they are saying "Our game and network planning engineers f'd up". Now we are trying to fix it...

LOL. People ask me why my primary console is X1... How many games has MS shipped and had this long of an issue with them? Zero... Yet, almost every major time of the year and almost every major online related game release on PS seems to have an issue...

With MS you pay for a stable and reliable network and (for the most part) you get that... With Sony you pay to play online but Sony obviously is not investing enough in keeping the network reliable and stable. Or they don't have the right people to do it... There is no other feasible explanation.

[captainexplosion]

For what it's worth, I have had zero problems with PSN other than the outage in 2011. I have had more problems with Live and Nintendo's online to be honest. But the real reason why I purchase 3rd party games on Sony platforms is because Xbox's simply arent reliable with their failure rate.

[NeoGamer232]

Everyone has their own consumer experiences to draw upon.

For me, Sony has brought a lot of cost and grief (But, I still buytheir consoles and games)... For you it sounds like MS has...

Both Sony and MS make mistakes. I just laugh when both try to rationalize it in some stupid way... In this case it is Sony's stupidity moment. MS has had many of their own moments...

FYI. For the record I had 11 x 360's last gen scattered at the various location I own and game at... I had to replace X360's 3 times last gen... I also had 3 x PS3's last gen... I had to replace them 4 times... RRoD affected me, but after my 3 replacements I had a 6 year stretch without an X360 failure.

[cellfluid]

Delayed the game for almost a year because of technical issues releases the game still has technical issues!! Why release it inthe 1st place?? but delay the free version.?? No one I repeat no one should support this game or Franchise!!!

[Phoenix76]

Don't worry to much people. Give it a year and the full version will no doubt be given away for free on the PS+. even though it was promised to us when ps4 was released a year ago!!

[t_louky90]

What an embarrassing joke, like seeerrriouslyy.

[captainexplosion]

It's been a terrible couple of months for Sony gamers. Not just because of DC (which accounts for 3 problems really: Disappointing game, server issues, and delay of Plus Edition) but also Destiny, Freedom Wars and Infamous First Light disappointed, PSN problems, Microsoft purchasing Minecraft and Tombraider, Sunset Overdrive becoming a very promising new IP, terrible fall lineup, etc.

[strangeaeon]

And yet the hardware sales continue to break records...

[Revengeance]

Imma PS fanboy and I'm disappointed with this. I believe they should've done more testing before releasing DC PS+ edition into the wild. How long they take will determine how many people will play it when it's redone.

[Rhezin]

That sucks for fans of this game. buuuut maybe Evolution will can this series and go back to MOTORSTORM!!! WOO!!! Come on ya gotta admit Motorstorm was an AWESOME series.

What would be even better than that is if Evolution rebooted ROAD RASH. One can dream can't they?!

[ipach]

i hope the studio survives this. but when you are given a whole extra year of time (and budget) and then end dragging the reputation of the entire platform down like this? poor guys have to be feeling some intense heat right now.

[Mister_Audrey]

"Awaiting Greatness", more like.

[jhoward585]

Well, at least evo didn't used another copy and paste message.

[Pyro2000x]

SHARE PLAY DRIVE CLUB with your FRIENDS

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

They probably should have said this like 3 weeks ago when they realized there were major issues. Instead of dancing around it.

[RzaDaRazor]

This was supposed to be a launch game for god's sake!!!! LIES!!!!

[ipach]

probably more like incompetence, unfortunately. they gained nothing from being untruthful. i might have believed a conspiracy theory around delaying the Plus edition a day or a week to squeeze out a few impatient customers, but at this point it's obvious that this is an actual technical clustertruck and that they simply are unable to provide what they set out to...

[Fanci]

Ridiculous. If they delay it long enough I guess they assume people with just have to buy the full version of the game. PS+ edition should have been out the same day as the full version no excuses.

[Condemnedman]

Yeh check out that forza killa :-/

[hkgamer]

seems like sony is trying to do everything to try and get people to buy full version instead.

i think they initially intended this game as a launch title and wanted to push people to subscribe to ps+. however ps4 and ps+ was probably more succesful then they initally though and now they just dont want to give away this game for free.

[ipach]

might have believed that on day one or maybe even week one, but this is just straight up broken. people who did buy the game are not even able to play it, let alone the Plus people. makes battlefield's issues look benign in comparison.

[hkgamer]

from what everyone says, im not doubting it at all.

i just sont think its any technical reasons why they havent released the plus version yet. i mean they are having server issues so its best to sort that out for people who bought the game and that needs to be fixed asap.

just feel like plus version is delayed to push more retail sales. well racing games tend to last longer than other average games, so i guess there isnt any harm in just waiting. the community shouldnt die of so quick

[nix]

what a disaster this game has been.

[ipach]

i think the writing is on the wall unfortunately. when your boss has to step in to speak on your behalf, that's not usually a good moment in the career department... i do hope this finds a happy ending somehow... but the outlook is certainly bleak.

[VR-4nic]

At this point I could give a flying F*** anymore and will never buy anything Evolution makes anyway after this garbage S*** game. If they would have at the very least given Plus members the single player half I might of felt differently but now I truly hope this studio goes out of business/dies off so they cant do this ever again!!!! I do pay for PS Plus and a watered down version of the game was promised....WTF!

[BitbyDeath]

Sony should hand out some of that upcoming DLC paid content for free. That should be enough to smooth things over.

[Relientk77]

I think they want people to actually buy Driveclub, not just get a free version of it.

[8BitSoul]

Then they shouldn't have advertised it as being free for PS Plus members, then downgrade said game to a light version, then downgrade that version to a demo with one track and 10 cars, then not release that game as promised to their loyal PS plus customers...

[8BitSoul]

And there you have it folks... A big F U from Sony, straight to our faces!

[Father__Merrin]

someone's gotta be a little demented if they subbed to plus solely to play DC free version

[1stPersonHuman]

I had some hope for Sony, but I believe they too are anti-consumerist in nature now. Its sad, but maybe true. This seems like the PS+ delay is just to get people from trying the game out for themselves, and instead getting sales.

[Visiblemarc]

Mega-bizarre situation. Shocking how long it's dragging.

[Khronikos]

I love this game and paid 75 so far. I don't really even care about these slight issues. DC was always meant to evolve. Sure, it sucks and maybe they should give people a free month of PS Plus who bought it.... but all this gamer tween rage is just insane.

Like seriously, I barely come online to even type in message boards. NeoGAF is worse than N4G lol.

[DJ]

Exactly, I didn't see nearly this much outrage when Battlefield 4 stayed broken for 6 months. Actually, it still has some weird glitches, like disappearing trees and audio not loading.

[coolbeans]

That still seems to be brought up quite often. It was probably the catalyst in forcing EA to push Hardline back, so you can't say BF4 got away with no complaints. Review-wise...that's a different story.

[SaffronCurse]

There was alot of shit going on during bf4's launch.

[OldDude]

Battlefield launched on schedule on 5 platforms. This had a years delay and is on one. Stop using battlefield as an excuse. They lied,get used to it as there are more coming.

[DJ]

It's an amazing game. It's just unfortunate that these issues didn't show up in the private Beta (yes there was one). I'm guessing it's the sheer volume of players that caused the net code issues to explode.

[katzura66]

You know if Sony was truly hands off with the development of this game, then im afraid whats going to happen with future developers since i dont think Sony is going to be doing that anymore.

[francisjairam16]

At this point the Xbox One seems to have the better exclusive games as of this year.

[DealWithIt]

I am done with all this "Always Online Multiplayer" bull$hit.

From now on, if a game has fully functional single player mode, that operates without any sort of online / server requirement, then and then only i will be interested in paying full price. If not, I may think about it few months down the line when price drops to $20.

[level 360]

In all fairness and honesty Evolution Studios and Sony should really give out some sort of compensation/reward points or even freebies who kept receipts of the game.

These people paid full price for a game that only half delivered.

[Atomicjuicer]

Ps Plus has become a joke.

I'm out!

Bring back studio Liverpool and wipeout 2048 HD for PS4 or all my purchases will be on my Xbox one.

You had your chance Sony but you haven't kept the PS4 gaming promise. The hardware is useless without quality software.

[JMyers]

I dont understand how this game doesn't work after a full year's delay. Meanwhile the competition has released 2 racing games in the space of a year, with good online functionality, and better reviews.

Was it funding? Lack of proper network infrastructure? I mean messaging on PS4 is seriously slow at the moment. I am so dissapointed that this game still doesn't work properly online. This will kill the community for this game.

[peshkavusCA]

Look at how Devoted PS4 fans in this site. Take note Xbox Fans.

[kenshiro100]

Very unfortunate situation but people need stop being pessimistic.

[bez87]

Another false promise, I'm a huge Sony Fan but honestly things need to be tightened up and quality really needs to imrprove, they should of known how the servers would be when a game which is based around online, would turn out, we have prime examples of this back lash from games like sim city, I can understand that they can't give out a free version for the time being due to servers being absolutely shocking with the paid game, could you imagine the hell it would do with every single playstation owner coming online lol but still a huge mishap which really needs them to pull something special out the bag.

[wots99]

Damage control at its best. What a crap release even worse than bf4 last year. 12 million users keep believing the bs. Enjoy your indies.

[DillyDilly]

Greatness Waits