Is Rockstar going the way of EA?

[liquid1988]

I figured that Rockstar waited to release the online feature since they saw what happened with Sim City. Figured they wanted to get a feel on just how many people would be playing the multiplayer. Well after 2 weeks of waiting, the online released and is not funtioning properly. Rockstar has not said a word since yestarday on how long these connecting issues would last. I am very disapointed to see they are going the way of EA and ignoring peoples questions. Only time will tell I suppose...

[Courtesy Flush George]

Online is utter garbage... Can't even play the damn online game crap.

[ProfSheen]

RockStar are busy trying to fix issues rather than post on Twitter to tell impatient morons like yourself where they are. Personally, I'd rather them fix the issues quicker and keep us in the dark than be told every time they change a setting.

[liquid1988]

Online is utter garbage... Can't even play the damn online game crap.

I agree. EA has a history of being the worst company for multiplayer functionality, not Rockstar. I have never had an issue with them up until now.

[Itsagimp]

How so? In that they make the best games for their respective genres? Yep

[liquid1988]

RockStar are busy trying to fix issues rather than post on Twitter to tell impatient morons like yourself where they are. Personally, I'd rather them fix the issues quicker and keep us in the dark than be told every time they change a setting.

Yes because we all know that typing a 5 second tweet out to the world is oh so hard to do. GTFO troll

[R4ZR0789]

Wait till you get online and die. $2,000 penalty.

[liquid1988]

Wait till you get online and die. $2,000 penalty.

That sound fun...not. I loved the single player through and through...till I crashed my car into a bush and it blew up for no apparent reason.

[JimmyJoeJames]

Once they start charging you to do the simplest things, showing cut scenes or CGI and claiming it's gameplay, constantly showing ZERO progression with gameplay, lack of communication and just blatantly and constantly lying about features they've bragged about 100 times over...then yes, I'd say they are like EA. But as of now, they are far from that. Everybody was happy until the online glitches and everybody will be happy again in possibly a few hours and forget about these few days moving forward.

 

 

 

A company like EA would NEVER think about forewarning their consumers of potential f*ck ups. I can appreciate R* for actually giving us the heads-up before Online launched. I don't know what questions they even need to answer, all they can say is that they are working on it and with all the weird sh*t happening with Online today proves to me that indeed they are trying to get Online up and running properly.

Edited October 2, 2013 by JimmyJoeJames

[The Hylander]

Personally EA actually had better services for BF3 and ME3 on release day then GTA Online did. EA actually posted on there forums when the servers would be down and a approximate time for how long EA isn't the best company and they are horribly greedy but seriously it wasn't this bad.

[Itsagimp]

You want them to update us on every minor change and guesstimate when it's done, all the while slowing them down further. It's a business, they won't make any announcements until they know for sure. They already stated they are aware of the issues, before release they said there would be. And on release they have made it known they are working around the clock fixing them.

 

It's a huge project that encompasses hundreds of people, data / cloud services.

 

Only been a day roughly 24 hours since release. I have managed to play 4 hours late last night.

 

If they try to keep public informed, things change constantly. So then they get blamed for telling us false information. Really a lose lose situation for rockstar

Edited October 2, 2013 by Itsagimp

[The Hylander]

Personally EA actually had better services for BF3 and ME3 on release day then GTA Online did. EA actually posted on there forums when the servers would be down and a approximate time for how long EA isn't the best company and they are horribly greedy but seriously it wasn't this bad.

Actually thinking back on it... might of just been luck but still EA is horrible but they are in someways improving.

[DaCosta]

I guess it's difficult to give a reliable timescale on such a complex issue. Some people seem to think they just need some engineers to go down to the store, buy some servers and plug 'em in until it works, but I suspect it's a little bit more complicated than that!

 

However I also would like some more feedback about how they're getting on. Their answer on a timescale, though, would probably be 'how long is a piece of string'.

 

So, for many people, Rockstar have gone - within 48 hours - from a gift from the Gods to the scum of the Earth.

[Borss]

It's about time we had an EA sucks thread.

[slimjim420]

Ones a publisher ones a developer how about learning something before you post.

 

Take Two and EA would be the comparison

[R4ZR0789]

 

Wait till you get online and die. $2,000 penalty.

That sound fun...not. I loved the single player through and through...till I crashed my car into a bush and it blew up for no apparent reason.

 

Hopefully, they will drop the cost or lower it to something more reasonable.

[Itsagimp]

It is reasonable, I played for three hours and sucked bad, but I still made something like 20,000.

 

You gotta have some sort of penalty for dying

[avfc1991]

Isn't BF EA? that seems to run ok

[ThatRandomGuy42]

Once they start charging you to do the simplest things, showing cut scenes or CGI and claiming it's gameplay, constantly showing ZERO progression with gameplay, lack of communication and just blatantly and constantly lying about features they've bragged about 100 times over...then yes, I'd say they are like EA. But as of now, they are far from that. Everybody was happy until the online glitches and everybody will be happy again in possibly a few hours and forget about these few days moving forward.

 

 

 

A company like EA would NEVER think about forewarning their consumers of potential f*ck ups. I can appreciate R* for actually giving us the heads-up before Online launched. I don't know what questions they even need to answer, all they can say is that they are working on it and with all the weird sh*t happening with Online today proves to me that indeed they are trying to get Online up and running properly.

Perfectly said.

You are all bitching and crying because the Online is bust right now, and you know what? Why are you surprised?

They warned us that Online wouldn't have a steady launch, so shut the f*ck up and let Rockstar sort it out.

[R4ZR0789]

It is reasonable, I played for three hours and sucked bad, but I still made something like 20,000.

 

You gotta have some sort of penalty for dying

For free roam sure. But in every game mode?

[Spitfirex007]

You want them to update us on every minor change and guesstimate when it's done, all the while slowing them down further. It's a business, they won't make any announcements until they know for sure. They already stated they are aware of the issues, before release they said there would be. And on release they have made it known they are working around the clock fixing them.

 

It's a huge project that encompasses hundreds of people, data / cloud services.

 

Only been a day roughly 24 hours since release. I have managed to play 4 hours late last night.

 

If they try to keep public informed, things change constantly. So then they get blamed for telling us false information. Really a lose lose situation for rockstar

 

 

You people do realize they have PR's right? People who have nothing to do with the technical side of things. So while Rockstar is working on getting this stuff fixed, the PR is just sitting on their ass.

[Itsagimp]

It's about time we had an EA sucks thread.

Yes and technical stuff changes constantly. So PR releases progress and by the time they post it, things have already changed. It just not worth it until they have it fixed completely.

 

Giving a time frame for technical issues is extremely tough, more often then not its wrong, especially when it's early and they are trying to pinpoint the exact issues

Edited October 2, 2013 by Itsagimp

[E•MO•TION]

Wait till you get online and die. $2,000 penalty.

And to activate passive mode costs you $100, and it only works while you're on foot. Hopefully you don't accidentally engage your weapon or you have to pay another $100 to reactivate passive mode. Fail.

 

I'll stick to single player. Though I never made it to multiplayer yesterday since the character creation system is so complicated I was like "f*ck it".

[R4ZR0789]

 

Wait till you get online and die. $2,000 penalty.

And to activate passive mode costs you $100, and it only works while you're on foot. Hopefully you don't accidentally engage your weapon or you have to pay another $100 to reactivate passive mode. Fail.

 

I'll stick to single player. Though I never made it to multiplayer yesterday since the character creation system is so complicated I was like "f*ck it".

 

Don't blame you. The character creation system is very.... unique.

[liammozz]

Considering R* haven't chewed up multiple small studios raped them then spat them back out, set up there own kind of origin with DRM slapped all over it looking at everything on your computer and only had a f*cked up start to the online game I can honestly say no, no there nothing like EA

[Dr_Greenthumb]

so you mean their too busy counting the money they made rather then take 5 seconds to post an update on twitter about issues

[blackbriar]

It's about time we had an EA sucks thread.

[DrAnomalous]

You want them to update us on every minor change and guesstimate when it's done, all the while slowing them down further. It's a business, they won't make any announcements until they know for sure. They already stated they are aware of the issues, before release they said there would be. And on release they have made it known they are working around the clock fixing them.

 

It's a huge project that encompasses hundreds of people, data / cloud services.

 

Only been a day roughly 24 hours since release. I have managed to play 4 hours late last night.

 

If they try to keep public informed, things change constantly. So then they get blamed for telling us false information. Really a lose lose situation for rockstar

 

This guy gets it.

[QuantumFlux20]

Give them a break and stfu.

[DopeSack]

this is how almost all BIG TITLE ONLINE releases go servers are down servers crash some people can get online some cant ppl get frustrated.

 

im not trying make excuses for them but this is how it goes even huge releases that go thru a beta can start just like this id say sim city but i dont think they even had a beta,but i know D3 did and there release was horrible and blizzard is probably one of the biggest if not the biggest name in online multiplayer gaming.

 

big issue with me is the total lack of information coming from rockstar at this point

 

1.shocked they really dont have a proper forum its like a mess of scrolling text on topic off topic w/e

2.there pathetic dev/moderator response in that mess they call a forum,they could probably learn a thing or 2 on how to run a forum from a F2P developer actually which is a very very sad thing.

 

Gazillion game was bad but wow they ran that forum like i have never seen any company let alone a F2P game developer i remember 2nd week or so in the servers crashed and they were having real issues bringing them online the lead dev got on the forums and posted "well we are having problems and we are sorry for this.So if you have any questions please ask away ill do my best to answer them wont get them all but will do my best".he sat there for like 8+ hrs responding like every 15 mins and when they still didnt come up one of there 10 or so moderators took over when he said i need to go home and get some sleep.

 

the best thing about that is really kept people from posting the f#ck this,[email protected] that,ill never play this pos game again,i want my money back comments.