PS3 owners furious over GTA V download delay
Rather than walk into a shop on Tuesday, or hope that the post arrives on time, many PlayStation 3 owners elected to pay full price for the game in order to guarantee they’d get it on day one.
They were told they’d be able to start pre-installing the game today, but now Sony has confirmed that the process won’t begin until Monday – which may not give those with slower broadband connections enough time to download the massive 17GB file.
And even those with faster connections are likely to run into the problem of so many other people suddenly putting a burden on the network.
Pre-installing is a common practise for larger PC games, which allow you to download a large section of the game before it’s released. The idea is that the download is useless on its own, but last month hackers were able to derive a full list of the licensed music tracks and details of the game’s plot due to Sony’s lax security.
Sony were forced to apologise and it’s hard not to imagine that the mistake isn’t behind this new delay.
‘I can confirm that GTA V will be available to pre-download on Monday the 16th September,’ said a Sony spokesman on their official forum.
As you can imagine many fans have not taken the news well, with the following a snippet from those on the forum:
‘Thanks for TAKING as for FOOLS!!! You said on the 13th WE WANT IT ON THE 13TH. Most of us preordered from PSN because we could preload it on the 13th’, said member Ceois. ‘I didn’t top up my account with 50pounds just so you can SCAM ME! I want my money BACK!’
‘Same. First time pre-ordering digitally and the last time. What a [DELETED] shambles Sony. No point in asking for the £50 back from my wallet I guess. Thats the part of the deal you will hold up – no refunds,’ added vertigo9219.
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Related Forum: Grand Theft Auto Forum
Source: http://metro.co.uk/2013/09/13/ps3-owners-furious-over-gta-v-download-delay-3987868/
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Corn_DogPosted:
Jeff_Hardy They still technically got it early. It only came out on tuesday.
that's really cool, i just wish my online worked
PlusnetPosted:
CokesAggie I would be upset to. Why would there even be a delay on something with this much hype.
There really is no legitimate reason to do so.
Yeah, it would be pretty annoying if it happened to me.
CokesPosted:
Aggie I would be upset to. Why would there even be a delay on something with this much hype.
There really is no legitimate reason to do so.
VicePosted:
It's not letting me predownload the game... Can anyone help? Is it because im in the US?
MentalistPosted:
McCutchenSkeletons Why would you want to download it anyways.. Having the disk is so much better..
I see what you mean, but some people prefer to have it on demand.
I prefer having a disc aswell, but my friend let me share it so I don't bother buying a disc now.
PlusnetPosted:
Skeletons Why would you want to download it anyways.. Having the disk is so much better..
I see what you mean, but some people prefer to have it on demand.
Dr-PonyfilePosted:
Skeletons Why would you want to download it anyways.. Having the disk is so much better..
People do not have access to game stores like we do and have to buy things digitally I like the idea of pre installing but the small select few have to ruin it for others and thats why they will most likely not do it again.
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