Its 3 AM PST, is too many people playing still the excuse?

[sjaak327]

 

Yeah, because there's only one place in all the many time zones that are trying to play the game. That's how the world works.

Also: Working round the clock does not mean giving constant updates. It means working until it's fixed then giving an update.

 

FFS.

 

The traffic from countires besides US won't compare. If they can't handle times of day when most people in the US are asleep, their servers either suck ass or these bugs are not connection related.

 

Based on what exactly. You honestly believe Asia and Europe have less V players than the US ? We are talking about a few billion against the odd 300 million in the US. The arrogance and ignorance is overwhelming !

[CharlieSheem]

 

 

Yeah, because there's only one place in all the many time zones that are trying to play the game. That's how the world works.

Also: Working round the clock does not mean giving constant updates. It means working until it's fixed then giving an update.

 

FFS.

 

The traffic from countires besides US won't compare. If they can't handle times of day when most people in the US are asleep, their servers either suck ass or these bugs are not connection related.

 

Based on what exactly. You honestly believe Asia and Europe have less V players than the US ? We are talking about a few billion against the odd 300 million in the US. The arrogance and ignorance is overwhelming !

 

 

Cry more because I made a typo. It's late.

 

Anyways, I'd love to know how they expect to solve these issues tomorrow, or this weekend for that matter, when the servers are f*cked up even when the country that bought more copies than any other (The United States) has low internet traffic right now. Obviously US traffic will start to rise because it's 8 AM on the east coast...but since the servers were overloaded even before people in the US woke up today, how will they possibly be stable today? I think the answer is that they won't be, it'll be just like yesterday.

Edited October 2, 2013 by CharlieSheem

[ryantoma]

_{Just tried again at lunch, uk, xbox, no difference. Oh well.....}

[blakeney]

 

 

 

 

Yeah, because there's only one place in all the many time zones that are trying to play the game. That's how the world works.

Also: Working round the clock does not mean giving constant updates. It means working until it's fixed then giving an update.

 

FFS.

 

The traffic from countires besides US won't compare.

 

Are you for real?

 

Europe is pretty much in the same time zones... when europ is awake and playing there wont be many less/more then in Usa...

 

 

Exactly the point I was making.

 

But it seems OP had the chant "MURICA MURICA MURICA" going round and round in his head, so loud that he forgot that there are several billion people in the world that don't live in America.

 

I'm willing to bet real, cold hard CASH MONEY that some of those people outside of America have bought GTA and are trying to get online. Potentially, there might be more than 7 of them. It's incredible, I know.

 

 

Let me explain something in a way that is more clear for you..

 

First off it is delusional to think that GTA 5 didn't sell more in the US than any other country. I can assure you it made up for atleast 40-50% of the $800 million in profit they made on day one. Their marketing campaign was also more focused on the US, even putting up large murals in major US locations like Times Square NYC (That's not cheap.) 8000 stores in the US were open at midnight, most had dozens, or even hundreds of customers. And that's just the stores that opened at midnight.

 

So my point is that GTA 5 made more in the US than any other country, I am sure. Next would be the UK, but I would expect they had atleast half the sales of the US.

 

Now, right now (4AM) there is a major dip in US traffic/people playing Xbox. Makes sense, they are sleeping.

 

So, despite the fact that the country that has sold the most copies doesn't have nearly as many people trying to play right now compared to earlier, the servers are still showing connectivity issues. So, how will this possibly be better tomorrow, when millions of people in the US are awake and trying to play?

 

My main point is this: Rockstar not only can't handle the amount of server load required for GTAO, but they aren't even close to being able to support the amount of people that bought the game.

 

LOL for real?? We are talking time zones... Europe vs USA I bet Europe has MORE players then USA... and more sales! You really need to wake up and remove your head from your ass, It's people liek you that gives the US of Gay a bad name!

 

**edit** Oh and just so you know.... GTA is made by the Houser brothers (Scottish) at Rockstar North in UK, The whole theme of the game is ripping the piss out of USA.. INCLUDING their clever marketing, plastering this piss take of USA all over the major citys in...USA... even that is a joke on...USA lol....

Edited October 2, 2013 by blakeney

[sjaak327]

 

 

 

Yeah, because there's only one place in all the many time zones that are trying to play the game. That's how the world works.

Also: Working round the clock does not mean giving constant updates. It means working until it's fixed then giving an update.

 

FFS.

 

The traffic from countires besides US won't compare. If they can't handle times of day when most people in the US are asleep, their servers either suck ass or these bugs are not connection related.

 

Based on what exactly. You honestly believe Asia and Europe have less V players than the US ? We are talking about a few billion against the odd 300 million in the US. The arrogance and ignorance is overwhelming !

 

 

Cry more because I made a typo. It's late.

 

Anyways, I'd love to know how they expect to solve these issues tomorrow, or this weekend for that matter, when the servers are f*cked up even when the country that bought more copies than any other (The United States) has low internet traffic right now. Obviously US traffic will start to rise because it's 8 AM on the east coast...but since the servers were overloaded even before people in the US woke up today, how will they possibly be stable today? I think the answer is that they won't be, it'll be just like yesterday.

 

 

I am not having a go at you for some typo, but because you seem to think the US would be the source of most of the traffic to these servers, which of course it isn't. It might have sold the most copies, but it's only a single country, with just over 300 million citizens, yet Europe is in full swing and not only is GTA very popular there, there is also much more citizens than ub the US. Hence the traffic generated in Europe wouldn't be far off from traffic generated in the US. Not to mention Asia, which is also in full swing. The notion that R*;s servers should have it easy because the US is sleeping is ludicrous.

 

And don't worry, this situation might take some time to resolve. Complain again next week.

[CharlieSheem]

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, because there's only one place in all the many time zones that are trying to play the game. That's how the world works.

Also: Working round the clock does not mean giving constant updates. It means working until it's fixed then giving an update.

 

FFS.

 

The traffic from countires besides US won't compare.

 

Are you for real?

 

Europe is pretty much in the same time zones... when europ is awake and playing there wont be many less/more then in Usa...

 

 

Exactly the point I was making.

 

But it seems OP had the chant "MURICA MURICA MURICA" going round and round in his head, so loud that he forgot that there are several billion people in the world that don't live in America.

 

I'm willing to bet real, cold hard CASH MONEY that some of those people outside of America have bought GTA and are trying to get online. Potentially, there might be more than 7 of them. It's incredible, I know.

 

 

Let me explain something in a way that is more clear for you..

 

First off it is delusional to think that GTA 5 didn't sell more in the US than any other country. I can assure you it made up for atleast 40-50% of the $800 million in profit they made on day one. Their marketing campaign was also more focused on the US, even putting up large murals in major US locations like Times Square NYC (That's not cheap.) 8000 stores in the US were open at midnight, most had dozens, or even hundreds of customers. And that's just the stores that opened at midnight.

 

So my point is that GTA 5 made more in the US than any other country, I am sure. Next would be the UK, but I would expect they had atleast half the sales of the US.

 

Now, right now (4AM) there is a major dip in US traffic/people playing Xbox. Makes sense, they are sleeping.

 

So, despite the fact that the country that has sold the most copies doesn't have nearly as many people trying to play right now compared to earlier, the servers are still showing connectivity issues. So, how will this possibly be better tomorrow, when millions of people in the US are awake and trying to play?

 

My main point is this: Rockstar not only can't handle the amount of server load required for GTAO, but they aren't even close to being able to support the amount of people that bought the game.

 

LOL for real?? We are talking time zones... Europe vs USA I bet Europe has MORE players then USA... and more sales! You really need to wake up and remove your head from your ass, It's people liek you that gives the US of Gay a bad name!

 

 

Then why was most of Rockstars marketing campaign aimed at the US? All of the music in the trailers was music popular in the United States (Queen, Jay Rock, Waylon Jennings). That was to appeal to US viewers more than anything. Also, the game is set in California, another thing made to appeal to the US more than anyone.

 

For f*cks sake, the entire GTA world minus that London version takes place in a fictional version of....THE UNITED STATES.

 

 

Rockstar even did the official release in New York, not in the UK. They had the real life Banshee replica at the event in New York to attract attention, more focus on US customers.

Edited October 2, 2013 by CharlieSheem

[blakeney]

Then why was most of Rockstars marketing campaign aimed at the US? All of the music in the trailers was music popular in the United States (Queen, Jay Rock, Waylon Jennings). That was to appeal to US viewers more than anything. Also, the game is set in California, another thing made to appeal to the US more than anyone.

 

For f*cks sake, the entire GTA world minus that London version takes place in a fictional version of....THE UNITED STATES.

 

 

Rockstar even did the official release in New York, not in the UK. They had the real life Banshee replica at the event in New York to attract attention, more focus on US customers.

 

I added this right after posting...

 

**edit** Oh and just so you know.... GTA is made by the Houser brothers (Scottish) at Rockstar North in UK, The whole theme of the game is ripping the piss out of USA.. INCLUDING their clever marketing, plastering this piss take of USA all over the major citys in...USA... even that is a joke on...USA lol....

 

yeah... lol.

[CharlieSheem]

 

Then why was most of Rockstars marketing campaign aimed at the US? All of the music in the trailers was music popular in the United States (Queen, Jay Rock, Waylon Jennings). That was to appeal to US viewers more than anything. Also, the game is set in California, another thing made to appeal to the US more than anyone.

 

For f*cks sake, the entire GTA world minus that London version takes place in a fictional version of....THE UNITED STATES.

 

 

Rockstar even did the official release in New York, not in the UK. They had the real life Banshee replica at the event in New York to attract attention, more focus on US customers.

 

I added this right after posting...

 

**edit** Oh and just so you know.... GTA is made by the Houser brothers (Scottish) at Rockstar North in UK, The whole theme of the game is ripping the piss out of USA.. INCLUDING their clever marketing, plastering this piss take of USA all over the major citys in...USA... even that is a joke on...USA lol....

 

yeah... lol.

 

 

Uhhh...more like they are just smart guys that know US gamers spend more on video games than any other country. If GTA was more popular in the UK in terms of sales, the game world would be set in the UK. They tend to focus on appealing to them more than any other country, music and the settings of the GTA games being based on the US are 2 easy examples. They have said themselves they will never set GTA in London ever again, it wasn't as appealing.

Edited October 2, 2013 by CharlieSheem

[blakeney]

 

 

Then why was most of Rockstars marketing campaign aimed at the US? All of the music in the trailers was music popular in the United States (Queen, Jay Rock, Waylon Jennings). That was to appeal to US viewers more than anything. Also, the game is set in California, another thing made to appeal to the US more than anyone.

 

For f*cks sake, the entire GTA world minus that London version takes place in a fictional version of....THE UNITED STATES.

 

 

Rockstar even did the official release in New York, not in the UK. They had the real life Banshee replica at the event in New York to attract attention, more focus on US customers.

 

I added this right after posting...

 

**edit** Oh and just so you know.... GTA is made by the Houser brothers (Scottish) at Rockstar North in UK, The whole theme of the game is ripping the piss out of USA.. INCLUDING their clever marketing, plastering this piss take of USA all over the major citys in...USA... even that is a joke on...USA lol....

 

yeah... lol.

 

 

Uhhh...more like they are just smart guys that know US gamers spend more on video games than any other country. If GTA was more popular in the UK in terms of sales, the game world would be set in the UK. They tend to focus on appealing to them more than any other country, music and the settings of the GTA games being based on the US are 2 easy examples. They have said themselves they will never set GTA in London ever again, it wasn't as appealing.

 

No honestly... If UK was the same size in population as usa it would sell the same lol... and GTA is really a massive piss take on USA.. and it wouldn't be set else where because they only want to take the piss out of USA... it makes their work easier for one... and its like either have the whole of usa laughing... or the rest of the world... I guess they went with getting a laugh off the rest of the world...

 

Laugh #3 comes when USA goes out in droves at midnight to buy it.

[CharlieSheem]

And as far as saying Asia has more people playing GTA just because their population is so large are just dumb...most people in Asia, mainly china live in poverty if you aren't aware. I think they'd rather buy a bowl of rice than an Xbox and GTA 5.

[CharlieSheem]

 

 

 

Then why was most of Rockstars marketing campaign aimed at the US? All of the music in the trailers was music popular in the United States (Queen, Jay Rock, Waylon Jennings). That was to appeal to US viewers more than anything. Also, the game is set in California, another thing made to appeal to the US more than anyone.

 

For f*cks sake, the entire GTA world minus that London version takes place in a fictional version of....THE UNITED STATES.

 

 

Rockstar even did the official release in New York, not in the UK. They had the real life Banshee replica at the event in New York to attract attention, more focus on US customers.

 

I added this right after posting...

 

**edit** Oh and just so you know.... GTA is made by the Houser brothers (Scottish) at Rockstar North in UK, The whole theme of the game is ripping the piss out of USA.. INCLUDING their clever marketing, plastering this piss take of USA all over the major citys in...USA... even that is a joke on...USA lol....

 

yeah... lol.

 

 

Uhhh...more like they are just smart guys that know US gamers spend more on video games than any other country. If GTA was more popular in the UK in terms of sales, the game world would be set in the UK. They tend to focus on appealing to them more than any other country, music and the settings of the GTA games being based on the US are 2 easy examples. They have said themselves they will never set GTA in London ever again, it wasn't as appealing.

 

No honestly... If UK was the same size in population as usa it would sell the same lol... and GTA is really a massive piss take on USA.. and it wouldn't be set else where because they only want to take the piss out of USA... it makes their work easier for one... and its like either have the whole of usa laughing... or the rest of the world... I guess they went with getting a laugh off the rest of the world...

 

Laugh #3 comes when USA goes out in droves at midnight to buy it.

 

 

That's why they spent so much time living in LA during the games development right?

 

Yeah I'm sure they HATE the US. They seem to like our money and vacationing here for long periods of time just fine though it seems.

 

I don't think GTA is anti American or making fun of the US, it's just satire at worst. Alot of people over here love the GTA series and enjoy it more because it is based in the US. It's just comfortable/appealing because of that for US players, more than the rest of the world, I suppose.

Edited October 2, 2013 by CharlieSheem

[blakeney]

And as far as saying Asia has more people playing GTA just because their population is so large are just dumb...most people in Asia, mainly china live in poverty if you aren't aware. I think they'd rather buy a bowl of rice than an Xbox and GTA 5.

Ok you are either trolling or just a REALLY bad rep for usgay....

[sjaak327]

And as far as saying Asia has more people playing GTA just because their population is so large are just dumb...most people in Asia, mainly china live in poverty if you aren't aware. I think they'd rather buy a bowl of rice than an Xbox and GTA 5.

 

Really ? I spend extenisve amounts of times in Asia, and trust me when I say the poverty isn't nearly as bad as you make it out to be. But of course you probably never set foot out of the US, and to be honest, by the way you express yourself, that isn't a bad thing.

[blakeney]

 

 

 

 

Then why was most of Rockstars marketing campaign aimed at the US? All of the music in the trailers was music popular in the United States (Queen, Jay Rock, Waylon Jennings). That was to appeal to US viewers more than anything. Also, the game is set in California, another thing made to appeal to the US more than anyone.

 

For f*cks sake, the entire GTA world minus that London version takes place in a fictional version of....THE UNITED STATES.

 

 

Rockstar even did the official release in New York, not in the UK. They had the real life Banshee replica at the event in New York to attract attention, more focus on US customers.

 

I added this right after posting...

 

**edit** Oh and just so you know.... GTA is made by the Houser brothers (Scottish) at Rockstar North in UK, The whole theme of the game is ripping the piss out of USA.. INCLUDING their clever marketing, plastering this piss take of USA all over the major citys in...USA... even that is a joke on...USA lol....

 

yeah... lol.

 

 

Uhhh...more like they are just smart guys that know US gamers spend more on video games than any other country. If GTA was more popular in the UK in terms of sales, the game world would be set in the UK. They tend to focus on appealing to them more than any other country, music and the settings of the GTA games being based on the US are 2 easy examples. They have said themselves they will never set GTA in London ever again, it wasn't as appealing.

 

No honestly... If UK was the same size in population as usa it would sell the same lol... and GTA is really a massive piss take on USA.. and it wouldn't be set else where because they only want to take the piss out of USA... it makes their work easier for one... and its like either have the whole of usa laughing... or the rest of the world... I guess they went with getting a laugh off the rest of the world...

 

Laugh #3 comes when USA goes out in droves at midnight to buy it.

 

I don't think GTA is anti American or making fun of the US, it's just satire at worst.

 

Not anti-usa ... geeze you will be bringing out the anti-semite claims next...

 

But honest it is making massive fun of the Usa... If all the countrys in the world were a person... Usa to the rest of the world is the dude that thinks he is the tough guy, and everyone just rolls their eyes and lets them get away with it, while taking the piss outta him because they all know he wont even realise they taking the piss...... and that is honestly how things are.

Edited October 2, 2013 by blakeney

[CharlieSheem]

 

And as far as saying Asia has more people playing GTA just because their population is so large are just dumb...most people in Asia, mainly china live in poverty if you aren't aware. I think they'd rather buy a bowl of rice than an Xbox and GTA 5.

Ok you are either trolling or just a REALLY bad rep for usgay....

 

71.6% (948 million) of people in China in 2008 made less than 5 bucks USD per day, lolz...doubt they care much for game consoles and $60 games living off 5 bucks a day.

 

P.S. Communism tends to put all the money in the hands of the government. I'm not saying the Chinese government is poor, they have tons of money. But most Chinese people, which is obv most of the Asian population, is poor. I'm not making fun of them. Just look at the statistics yourself, do some research on poverty in China.

Edited October 2, 2013 by CharlieSheem

[blakeney]

 

 

And as far as saying Asia has more people playing GTA just because their population is so large are just dumb...most people in Asia, mainly china live in poverty if you aren't aware. I think they'd rather buy a bowl of rice than an Xbox and GTA 5.

Ok you are either trolling or just a REALLY bad rep for usgay....

 

71.6% (948 million) of people in China in 2008 made less than 5 bucks USD per day, lolz...doubt they care much for game consoles and $60 games living off 5 bucks a day.

 

You know what makes up "Asia" don't you John Boy?!

[sjaak327]

China isn't the only country in Asia, by the way, the Chinese own a sh*t load of the US. How's the govenrment shutdown working out over there, the laughing stock of the world.

 

Always fun to read misplaced arrogance by an obvious ignorant person.

[CharlieSheem]

 

 

 

And as far as saying Asia has more people playing GTA just because their population is so large are just dumb...most people in Asia, mainly china live in poverty if you aren't aware. I think they'd rather buy a bowl of rice than an Xbox and GTA 5.

Ok you are either trolling or just a REALLY bad rep for usgay....

 

71.6% (948 million) of people in China in 2008 made less than 5 bucks USD per day, lolz...doubt they care much for game consoles and $60 games living off 5 bucks a day.

 

You know what makes up "Asia" don't you John Boy?!

 

India is the 2nd largest obviously, I'm sure their poverty rates aren't as bad as China, and probably had more sales of GTA 5 in India than China, but I'm not sure how their culture feels about the violence, India is known as a very anti violence country.

Edited October 2, 2013 by CharlieSheem

[CharlieSheem]

China isn't the only country in Asia, by the way, the Chinese own a sh*t load of the US. How's the govenrment shutdown working out over there, the laughing stock of the world.

 

Always fun to read misplaced arrogance by an obvious ignorant person.

 

How's that internet thing you are using right now that was invented by DARPA, a department of the US Government?

 

You seem to like our technology, stfu.

[TheKryptonite]

Funny how this topic took a turn.

[CharlieSheem]

That's right US haters, the United States invented the internet. Call us stupid all you'd like.

[Vooodu]

I got lucky and made it through and its been smooth sailing ever since... Honestly they should just remove the forced tutorial. It has my friend trapped now at the 1st race preventing us from playing.

[CharlieSheem]

I got lucky and made it through and its been smooth sailing ever since... Honestly they should just remove the forced tutorial. It has my friend trapped now at the 1st race preventing us from playing.

 

Finally back on topic, same problem still here bro, I don't have high hopes for this weekend, their servers are going to continue to be overloaded atleast past Sunday.

Edited October 2, 2013 by CharlieSheem

[sjaak327]

 

China isn't the only country in Asia, by the way, the Chinese own a sh*t load of the US. How's the govenrment shutdown working out over there, the laughing stock of the world.

 

Always fun to read misplaced arrogance by an obvious ignorant person.

 

How's that internet thing you are using right now that was invented by DARPA, a department of the US Government?

 

You seem to like our technology, stfu.

 

 

Actually, the internet as such isn't a sole American invention either, stop the arrogance, you lack the knowledge to win this.

[CharlieSheem]

 

 

China isn't the only country in Asia, by the way, the Chinese own a sh*t load of the US. How's the govenrment shutdown working out over there, the laughing stock of the world.

 

Always fun to read misplaced arrogance by an obvious ignorant person.

 

How's that internet thing you are using right now that was invented by DARPA, a department of the US Government?

 

You seem to like our technology, stfu.

 

 

Actually, the internet as such isn't a sole American invention either, stop the arrogance, you lack the knowledge to win this.

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet

 

Nice try, but you can't argue with the truth, uninformed human.

Edited October 2, 2013 by CharlieSheem

[Cinoy]

rockstar shouldve said GTA Online OPEN BETA BEGINNING OCT. 1st.

[CharlieSheem]

rockstar shouldve said GTA Online OPEN BETA BEGINNING OCT. 1st.

 

This x100000.

 

I was actually going to make a thread about that. Should have just called it a stress test beta. Wouldn't be getting slammed by the media as hard for the issues.

[AlmightySo]

Its not servers its a glitch with the first mission. They either f*cked something up with the patch or they f*cked up the game when they were coding it. Either way if thats the case it would require a huge patch.

[CharlieSheem]

Its not servers its a glitch with the first mission. They either f*cked something up with the patch or they f*cked up the game when they were coding it. Either way if thats the case it would require a huge patch.

Hard to believe that a serious bug like that on the first mission would have slipped by during their beta testing. This has to be related to server stress.

[sjaak327]

That wikipedia article confirms exactly what I've said, but of course you couldn't be bothered to read the full article, how typical.