PS3 hit by "GTA IV" glitch; Take-Two offers elaborate fix
Fri May 2, 2008 11:45AM EDT
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"Grand Theft Auto IV" forums are lit up with angry posts from gamers—especially owners of the 60GB PS3—complaining that their consoles froze within minutes of installing the game. Now GTA publisher Take-Two has a fix for the PS3—a 12-step fix, mind you, that'll require some patience on your part.
Yikes...anyway, check out GameSpot for the complete rundown, and let's hope a downloadable software patch is on the way.
So far, Sony is saying that only "a limited number of PS3s" are suffering from freeze-ups; gamers report that problems begin cropping up after the first GTA IV cutscene or after the initial file installation on the PS3 hard drive. Also, it sounds like most of the freezes are happening on the 60GB PS3 model.
Meanwhile, Xbox 360 owners are suffering from GTA IV glitches as well, although apparently in far fewer numbers than with the PS3 version of the game.
I've been playing both the PS3 (40GB) and Xbox 360 versions for most of the week, and I haven't run into any problems yet. Anyone else out there dealing with GTA IV freeze-ups?
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Take-Two suggests PS3 GTAIV fix [GameSpot]
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2 Posted by precisely1 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:18PM EDT Report Abuse
360 owner hear no problems yet yeaaah, and i been playing straight through
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3 Posted by daniel_grise@rogers.com on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:35PM EDT Report Abuse
i have the 60GB PS3 and i haven't gotten a single freeze or chopiness, maybe im just one of the lucky 60GB users
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4 Posted by angel_wat on Thu Sep 3, 2009 2:54PM EDT Report Abuse
I have the ps3 60 gig, no problems so far...
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5 Posted by cousinbonehead on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:30PM EDT Report Abuse
XBOX 360. A hang on the "Hung Out To Dry" mission, just the "Loading.." screen for close to 5 minutes before I restarted. Subsequently, it seemed like it was going to hang. I then hit my XBOX 360 button (that brings you to the console dashboard) and that is when the mission started. I guess I have to be patient but this is the first title i've experienced extensive load times.
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6 Posted by tor.unsworth on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:17PM EDT Report Abuse
Yeah, I had a 5 minute hange on the "Hung Out to Dry" mission as well. I'm playing on 360. I just exited out to the Dashboard, restarted the game, and it loaded fine the second time.
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7 Posted by coolkyle4@snet.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:29PM EDT Report Abuse
xbox 360 here, no problems so far, havnt gotten to far in the game
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8 Posted by swb67c10 on Fri May 2, 2008 5:27PM EDT Report Abuse
I have a 60gb ps3. Didnt freeze during the install, but playing the single player mode freezes sometimes. And when i try to quit game it freezes, then the ps3 beeps four or fives and restarts. GET A ----- PATCH OUT NOW. $63.83 for a game that freezes. None of my other games freeze, but oh ya it must be a bug in the ps3. Sounds like they should have delayed it again.
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9 Posted by glaukon66 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:10PM EDT Report Abuse
Xbox 360, I'm hanging up every five minutes or so.
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10 Posted by nolo_8 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:40PM EDT Report Abuse
Ive been playing fine on it since the 29th, but today, as soon as the game starts up and loads, it never loads!!!!
1 Posted by matt_archbold2002 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:11PM EDT Report Abuse
I have the 360 version and have completed about 3/4 of the single player story (and even more online play) without a single problem. I wonder why some and not others would be having problems. Hopefully it will be resolved quickly (and it sounds like the PS3 problems need a better and quicker fix). I'd hate to loose all of my progress because of a problem with the game.