Black Ops III ABC Error & Server Issues Preventing PS4 Players From Playing Online

Issues with the PS4 servers as well as an error dubbed the "ABC" error is preventing PS4 fans from playing Call of Duty: Black Ops III this weekend.

[idsanty]

I have so much trouble playing Zombies with friends. Connection issues are so weird :(

[Relientk77]

Guys I was having trouble too, this worked for me. Try it

http://www.vg247.com/2015/1...

"According to Activision Support, this is happening becaus the latest game update hasn’t been applied. The publisher recommends restarting the console and retrying.

The key thing to note here is the version number on the top right when you get this error. In short, you shouldn’t be seeing 33.0.0.0.

If restarting your console and applying the latest update doesn’t work, relaunch the game, but don’t press continue this time. Wait until the version number on the top right changes"

[FreezerUp360]

This actually works. It does take a few minutes though. I could play multiplayer just fine. But matchmaking for zombies wouldn't work until I did this.

[Alexander1Nevermind]

I personally would log out then log in again and it would work in say 5 minutes. Only happened twice to me

[Crimzon]

This is why having to pay a subscription to play games online (be it PS+ or XBL) is so absurd. What are any of us paying for here? Neither Sony or Microsoft do anything to earn their subscription fees, it's basically a stupidity tax.

[MRMagoo123]

@animalia

COD has dedicated servers on xbox ?

[FlameBaitGod]

Its not Sony's or Microsoft's fault that activation releases sheetee coded games. This happens with every COD release so I don't see how this is new, they always promise and never deliver. Activition should get into politics, they would be pros at it.

[TKCMuzzer]

This is nothing to do with Sony or Microsoft,they are server updates from Activision servers. I wish people would get their facts straight

[Jmanzare]

i thought all CoD games were p2p

[nowitzki2004]

They do give you a lot of free games.. Games are worth a lot more than how much you pay for the subscriptions... And this is only 1 game... Quit complaining.

[yarbie1000]

Sucks so many probs on PS4. No issues on XBO that i've run into. Why I get most of my multiplayer games on X1

[TKCMuzzer]

Issues on both, some just see what they want to, that's the biggest issue

[Rimeskeem]

Probably cause you dont have a PS4....

[bleedsoe9mm]

i just stopped buying multiplats on ps4 because it was so easy to add a 4tb external HD to my xb1 but a side benefit is multiplayer game work on xbl .

[PSN_ZeroOnyx]

I've been playing BO3 on PS4 since the midnight launch and have had no problem playing all weekend.

[DLConspiracy]

Come on man. That's BS and you know it. Xbox One is having similar issues. I get dropped out of a lobby saying "connection error" on xb1. Then if I happen to be in a group of friends using lobby chat when this happens and I log bo3 back on.. I get the pleasure of only hearing a couple of my friends while I can't hear the rest of them. A simple quit programs (bo3) on the dashboard handles it but it's frustrating. Not to mention the constant connection errors that happen for no reason. The game is messing up all around. It's happening to all my friends.

[UKmilitia]

im not having any issues at all.
infact im having a blast.
by far best cod in years imo.

im in UK if it maks any difference.

[VforVideogames]

Not really , my xbox its doing fine.

[EdMcGlone]

There's another image in that post with the update counting DOWN into the negatives. IDK wtf is going on lol.

[GigawattConduit]

Jfc

[stonecold3]

mine would let me play the zombie story mode part but when it came to campaign mode it wouldnt work and keep bringing up error and had 99hrs to installed and while it was installing after 2 minutes had to rpt the same thing again and would do the same thing

[MRMagoo123]

Ppl have been streaming 24/7 on ps4. How many ppl are affected?

Edit
Hmmm so it's just a wait for the update once on the game problem. So maybe 4 minutes wait and you can play fine.

[Nitrowolf2]

Everyone is, the reason why some got online is because theres a workaround. You kust wait at the menu and let it update the version of the game in the right top corner. If ur online it means the update got pushed

[TheLEGENDofTydo]

yeah this fix was know at like 20 minutes after release I'm surprised more people don't know this lol the game plays fine.

[PSN_ZeroOnyx]

I have had zero issues since launch, BO3 runs great on PS4

[vanity29]

Ive been affected. Really bad server issues yesterday night with my buddies. Match making took forever etc.

[Epicent3r1249]

Issues here as well. No zombies, no campaign, no multiplayer. I can do local player bots and that's pretty much it.

[yarbie1000]

No probs on XBO

[kupomogli]

^ Translation.

Xbox One!!!!!! *fap fap fap*

[yarbie1000]

^ Translation.

http://i.imgur.com/JytugvB....

[killer_goat]

Ok guys this helped me with the error. On the first screen (the one with the guy in the mask) wait for a minute or 2 and watch the top right hand side of the screen. The version number starts at something like 3.000.000. Wait till that changes to something else. Then you should be able to connect online. This works for all versions. Hope it helps ya

[Tankbusta40]

Don't worry ps4,on Xbox it's laggy as hell... Gotta love the cod release who doesn't enjoy being shot once dying and then then seeing a kill cam where the guy has shot you ten times

Edit: gotta love the fangirl down votes... Cod is p2p so there will always be lag... But last night was worse than I am used to

[divinealpha]

There was honestly no reason for your comment to exist other then to think of something to say about xbox lol, "it's lag on xbox oh but cod will always be laggy cause it's p2p , but it was really laggy that night" like what????? Lol

[MetroidFREAK21]

That sucks for PS4 users :\

[raggy-rocket]

Off topic, but what do you guys think of the campaign? Thinking of watching it online cus it's treyarch but I don't wanna waste my time if it's bad, but Treyarch usually do well.

[Tankbusta40]

I haven't tried it but if you do beat it it unlocks a zombie campaign mode of sorts so it might be worth your time

[Black0ut]

Bit off topic as well; If there's one thing I miss most about cod, it's the zombies for sure. I hope it's fun so far

[GamerzElite]

BO3 on Steam is also down

http://steamcommunity.com/a...

[Master-H]

I've been playing just fine. When you start the game wait for it to update the game settings server-side, ie wait for the number on the top right of the screen to change and that's it.

[lildudexst]

Lol brought mine right back and place on rest of the money on fallout 4. don't even know why gave it another chance be out for years still having server problem. I guess are didn't go towards servers. I know in there pocket. Lol

[Nate-Dog]

Huh, maybe I've been lucky that I've been busy with work and have missed it, been so many years since I've played a CoD game that I'd forgotten how long the launch issues go on for normally.

[killer_goat]

The launch issues are usually nothing to worry about. Most problems are fixed in the first week.

[Nate-Dog]

Oh no that's what I mean, I've been wanting to get on since the first day but haven't really had a long enough period of time free for it so I just left it but I forgot how on MW2 for example (on PS3 at least) it was almost impossible to play anything online until 3 days after it came out.

[captainexplosion]

I can play now but yesterday I couldn't get a single game going.

[psforward]

Haven't had an issue getting into a game in ps4 multiplayer, haven't tried other modes yet. I did notice some lag though,mostly from players with horrible connections.

[redcar121]

try factory reset it solve problem for me

[ninjahunter]

Me and my friend had some issues on xbox one as well. Every couple of games we would get a connection issue and drop, or would be locked out from connecting to the online service. We still got to get in a lot of play time but there was also more down time than either of us wanted.

[bluebenjamin]

So people pay for psn for what???

[killer_goat]

Excellent online gameplay, discounts and free games every month. The same as xbox live.

[JasonKCK]

It's down for me too... oh wait I didn't buy it.

Did play it over a buddies tonight though and he was having disconnects on Steam. Felt like CoD, not a big military shooter gamer. It was ok I guess.

[bluebenjamin]

I remember when Playstation had free online and everyone called 360 owners stupid for paying to play online, look at cha now lol

[NobleRed]

Activision and Treyarch should be ashamed of what they are doing.

What's the point of the beta if the game releases and you still have log in/ server issues??

I've had a lot of server issues on ps4. What a f**** joke.
It's not a mirracle If a multi million dollar franchises releases that you have enough servers that could handle the traffic.

Really awful performance.

[headblackman]

my question on this topic is, why is this posted in the xbox area??? they both have their own issues, but it's nothing that either side needs to know or care about. if something is wrong with the ps4 ver of any game, keep it to the ps4 side of n4g and if something is wrong with the x1 ver keep it to the x1 side of n4g. spilling nonsense over to either of the competing sides will only encourage a fan war. and how can you block, ban, or warn a person for doing something that's encouraged by the titles, topics, or article as a whole???

[Yetter]

p2p mp sucks.

[N8]

People on here blaming psn.

[PudgeyBurrito]

Yeah, That's gonna happen. When your console is losing at a 2:1 rate and your exclusive every release are getting worse and worse ratings followed with having lower performance multi-plats, you are gonna throw some shit to feel better about your purchase...

But if you bring up Halo MMC lol...

People don't forget ;)

[DeToX420]

You would think since they release the same game every year they would have these issues worked out. Maybe they should all quit that would make me happy.

[TheOnlyMastrx]

Trying to get all of our group into zombies and or multiplayer we have had a few problems on Xbox One, but usually we just back out, go back in, and then we are good. We did get booted from a great game of Zombies in the teens though, that was disappointing.

[TeamLeaptrade]

Hopefully it's sorted out fairly soon. It's pretty annoying when buying a new game and having to deal with not being able to play it online.