New GTA Online screens released, Rockstar warns of crashes

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Grand Theft Auto Online goes live next week, Rockstar has warned - the combination of an enormous open world with enormous server loads is unlikely to go smoothly.

"One thing we are already aware of, and are trying to alleviate as fast as we can, is the unanticipated additional pressure on the servers due to a significantly higher number of players than we were anticipating at this point," reads a post on the NewsWire.

"We are working around the clock to buy and add more servers, but this increased scale is only going to make the first few days even more temperamental than such things usually are. This is part of the problem some of you have been experiencing with the iFruit App and some Social Club services - we apologize in advance for this and thank you for your patience in this area.

"More than ever, we need your help to report your experiences, findings, likes, loves, dislikes and hates," it continues. "And we will be looking at your feedback constantly to tune the game into its optimal shape and help guide how Grand Theft Auto Online will grow and evolve past this initial period."

"There will be the typical growing pains for an online game, including but not limited to crashes, glitches, crazy bugs, gameplay modes and mechanics that need re-balancing and other surprises!" adds another paragraph down the page. "Even in GTAV Story Mode, some of you may have seen a few odd and even amusing little glitches out there last week.

"This sort of thing is inevitable in a massive open-world game and there'll surely be lots more unexpected oddities like this in the Online world next week - rest assured we'll be monitoring and actively doing all we can to smooth such things out as they happen, but we need your help to find them, as well as your feedback to help fine tune all of the game's systems so everything is perfectly balanced."





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Source: http://www.oxm.co.uk/63044/new-gta-online-screens-released-rockstar-warns-of-crashes-glitches-crazy-bugs-and-other-surprises/

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-CPPosted:

It really sucks that the online portion of GTA V is coming so late :/

aimiami12Posted:

I'm kind of worried the multiplayer isn't finished... Especially if it crashes or there's a lot of glitches after being delayed for 2 weeks. I'm sure it'll be good but the new consoles will be out soon and I probably won't be playing gta as much. Hopefully it's all nice and ready to go soon after October 1st without any problems

GeorgasmPosted:

Not a problem if servers go down, we can all just play the BF4 beta.

YinPosted:

Breading so what your saying is that you rushed the online wow just wow


No, it means they weren't expecting to sell a billion dollars worth of games within the time they did. They didn't expect to need the amount of servers they actually need. It has nothing to do with rushing. It's a game, so of course the bugs and glitches will be there as well (just as they are there in the story part of the game.)

funsnipesPosted:

Breading so what your saying is that you rushed the online wow just wow


They never said that...
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MonokumaPosted:

so what your saying is that you rushed the online wow just wow

TomorrowLandPosted:

Ambushing armoured bank trucks with friends will be perfect!

LitecoinPosted:

I say this is fine, just lye them work everything out for the first few weeks.

Dr-JPosted:

It's so close! Bf4 beta and this!

Dr-PonyfilePosted:

There will definatley be crashes to many people connecting at the same time not just Rockstar other companies have this problem too.