Grand Theft Auto Online Servers Struggle Under Strain

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Well, it had to be expected. Although some have managed to get into GTA Online without issue and are playing it lag-free, others are needing to wait to get into a server, with some having to hold out for over twenty minutes.

It had seemed that the Grand Theft Auto Online launch would be relatively struggle-free, but that’s turned out not to be entirely true. Fans are stuck at the launching screen and are taking to Twitter to complain.

In all fairness, there are very few online launches that manage to go off without a hitch, although Rockstar had been confident that they’d be able to deal with demand.

On the other side of the console war, there are people concerned that the 360 got the patch before PS3 players. Rockstar tweeted from the official GTA account that the timing of the patch was entirely down to Microsoft and Sony, so it doesn’t seem there’s any mystery to be found here. Still, some are angry that they can’t… well… sit watching the launching screen.

If you’d planned on playing Grand Theft Auto Online over the next few days, it might be worth adding a little extra time while server issues are sorted out.

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Ted-Posted:

Online in that game is such a joke. Thank god I didn't waste $80 on it.

imbarnettPosted:

I havn't even touched my GTA V disc since multiplayer released.. it's pointless. You are better off playing a different game for a couple of days, any multiplayer launch will be chaos, especially one that made $1,000,000,000 in three days. Jesus.

imbarnettPosted:

pyroboy926
mxzd the game made a billion dollars in 3 days, that's an insane amount of users. i'm sorry but if you didn't expect this wow.


1 Billion over multiple platforms. Many people also buy multiple copies of the game. Some people do buy multiple copies, 1 : People get 1 or more extra copies to get a back up in case their original disc breaks. 2 : To do giveaways. Also, a ton of the money that is gained (Rockstar's profits) is from companies. IE : Gamestop, Best Buy, Walmart. Personally, all the gamestops near me had many copies of GTA 5 in stock.


I don't understand what you're trying to accomplish? Are you saying that the 1 Billion dollars they made is not legit?.. what's the point.

General_RaamPosted:

It took me 32 dashboards and a total of 2 and half hours for the tutorial race to finally work.

FamousPosted:

I was able to get on without an issue, lucky me.

pyroboy926Posted:

mxzd the game made a billion dollars in 3 days, that's an insane amount of users. i'm sorry but if you didn't expect this wow.


1 Billion over multiple platforms. Many people also buy multiple copies of the game. Some people do buy multiple copies, 1 : People get 1 or more extra copies to get a back up in case their original disc breaks. 2 : To do giveaways. Also, a ton of the money that is gained (Rockstar's profits) is from companies. IE : Gamestop, Best Buy, Walmart. Personally, all the gamestops near me had many copies of GTA 5 in stock.

mxzdPosted:

the game made a billion dollars in 3 days, that's an insane amount of users. i'm sorry but if you didn't expect this wow.

SIKSPosted:

I tried to connect for an hour but it never worked and i gave up, i would wait a couple of days just so rockstar can fix their servers or something.

_MarkPosted:

I have been waiting to play for over an hour :/ I'm done.

-SkillzPosted:

I am still trying to get on


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