You've most likely heard about the issues plaguing Grand Theft Auto IV on PS3. While some have reported success by deleting their saved content off their PS3 systems, many are still experiencing many issues with the game, on both the Xbox 360. We're conducting a network-wide poll with Joystiq and X3F to see how many people are affected. If we're vocal enough, Rockstar might finally issue a statement about what's going on.You've most likely heard about the issues plaguing Grand Theft Auto IV on PS3. While some have reported success by deleting their saved content off their PS3 systems, many are still experiencing many issues with the game, on both the Xbox 360. We're conducting a network-wide poll with Joystiq and X3F to see how many people are affected. If we're vocal enough, Rockstar might finally issue a statement about what's going on.Reader Comments (143)
Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:10PM (Unverified) said
Launch 60gb PS3, only change is that the HDD has been manually upgraded to 120gb hitachi drive. No problems so far, been able to play for at least 6hrs so far.
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Posted: May 1st 2008 11:02PM (Unverified) said
60gb system, and its frozen only three times in about 5 hours of play. Same thing happened with EA skate on my ps3.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:37PM Jezer29 said
As much as I like these so called polls.. There is nothing legit about them.. Anyone can click on what ever they want. Just as I did just know that I selected "Yes and I use an Xbox 360" When I clearly dont own one (never had never will).. There are alot of Xbot owners flooding the PS forum with this crap..
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 9:39PM (Unverified) said
You ARE aware that this particular poll is being displayed on X3Fanboy, PS3fanboy, and Joystiq simultaneously, right? I'd call it pretty balanced, well, except for people who deliberately try and skew the polls...*tries not to point the finger at you and fails*
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Posted: May 1st 2008 12:17AM (Unverified) said
i'll point the finger!
this poll is designed to weed out the problem for rockstar. Clearly it isn't affecting the 360 as much.
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this poll is designed to weed out the problem for rockstar. Clearly it isn't affecting the 360 as much.
Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:12PM (Unverified) said
PS3 20gb system, but with a 150gb HDD installed. Can't play for more than 20 seconds. I've tried every "fix" people have suggested, but the furthest I've made it in the game after 3 hours of attempts was the second cutscene where Roman steps on the roach.
Utterly frustrating.
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Utterly frustrating.
Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:57PM (Unverified) said
Same here. Original 20gb (upgraded to 120gb) still having freezing issues. I waited till today to go exchange my disc, didn't work. So I called Rockstar support back and they said they would pass the info to the 'next level' whatever that means! I hope something is done about this soon!
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:57PM (Unverified) said
Original 20gb (upgraded to 120 gb) still having freezing issues. I waited till today to exchange my copy, still freezing. I spoke with a rockstargames support rep and he said he would send the info to the 'next level' whatever that means!
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 8:50PM (Unverified) said
20gig upgraded to 120. No problems here. I have the SE version of the game. Don't know if that helps.
Seems like a lot of people freeze at the intro section from the youtube vids I've been seeing.
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Seems like a lot of people freeze at the intro section from the youtube vids I've been seeing.
Posted: May 1st 2008 2:00AM (Unverified) said
Yeah i own the 20gb PS3 and upgraded it to a 160gb, single player if fine and dandy but online is not working at all, im getting friend invites to play but cannot join.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:14PM (Unverified) said
other than the online crashin every afternoon, nope no problems
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:17PM (Unverified) said
60 Gig PS3 bought last May, no upgrades whatsoever and playing on an SDTV. In about a total of 10-12 hours of play it's frozen around 2-3 times between my two brothers and I. It hasn't been a gamebreaking glitch, just kind of annoying.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:16PM (Unverified) said
that sux. i'm on a 40GB, only problem so far (besides not getting online last night for multiplayer) is an occasional odd stutter that happens from time to time around my apartment/hideout area. any time i get into a car on that street, the game stops for a second or two, sound and everything. after that i'm fine.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:16PM (Unverified) said
I've only been able to play 2 rounds online. Now it takes about 15 minutes to finally start a match, and when it loads up, it freezes and quits out of it after 10 seconds. Kind of annoying.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:34PM m c x said
Launch 60gb PS3 - Stops with no sound after 1 min or less -- cleared data file 8 times reset -- installed no luck still -- ....
What bothers me more is that I have a launch system and bought GTA IV : SE at midnight Monday -- still haven't played :(
(only hope is doing a complete wipe of the HD and restore .. but I am waiting till later this week)
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What bothers me more is that I have a launch system and bought GTA IV : SE at midnight Monday -- still haven't played :(
(only hope is doing a complete wipe of the HD and restore .. but I am waiting till later this week)
Posted: May 3rd 2008 6:11PM (Unverified) said
try loading the game signed out of the playstation network. i bet it works.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:19PM (Unverified) said
I have a launch version 20gb ps3 with a toshiba 200GB 4200rpm HDD. The install took less than 7min20sec. I have had no problems with single player. The game froze once at an idle pause screen.
Online multiplayer was working from 1:30am CST to 4:00pm CST and is currently down again. Hope they are adding more servers!! I'll rent one out to them.
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Online multiplayer was working from 1:30am CST to 4:00pm CST and is currently down again. Hope they are adding more servers!! I'll rent one out to them.
Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:20PM (Unverified) said
I played using the 80GB ps3 and so far got no problem at all.
opening cinematics went smooth, haven't experienced any lag movement at all. so far so good.
played for 2-3 hours but haven't tried the online gameplay.
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opening cinematics went smooth, haven't experienced any lag movement at all. so far so good.
played for 2-3 hours but haven't tried the online gameplay.
Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:24PM GrandVizierOlaf said
Disconnecting from PSN fixed my freezing issues, as far as I can tell. A friend also did the same and it worked for him, so, if you're having problems, it's something worth trying. It might just be coincidence, but who knows?
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:25PM (Unverified) said
80gig PS3... froze a few times on me so far, at what seem like random times (once in the diner, another while playing an arcade game) also in the few multiplayer games i got to play, on 2 of them I lost all sound effects.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:25PM (Unverified) said
60gb hardware w/ 160GB HDD installed..
no problems
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no problems
Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:28PM SuperGayParade said
60gb with 320gb WD hard drive. No performance problems, only network/online gaming problems.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 7:02PM (Unverified) said
apart from some framerate issues all is fab.but please sort the framerate issues out as theyre very annoying in firefights.40gig uk
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:34PM (Unverified) said
60gb PS3 (later model) unmodified.
I only had one problem. My game froze not during the intro, but in the 2nd or 3rd mission where you drive the chick to her apartment. It froze solid along the way, except the radio kept playing. Required flipping the power switch to reboot. Worked without problem for hours afterward (besides online, of course)
Never had a PS3 game lock up like that.
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I only had one problem. My game froze not during the intro, but in the 2nd or 3rd mission where you drive the chick to her apartment. It froze solid along the way, except the radio kept playing. Required flipping the power switch to reboot. Worked without problem for hours afterward (besides online, of course)
Never had a PS3 game lock up like that.
Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:38PM (Unverified) said
Launch 60gb ps3.
Machine refused to load my saved games (I had 2). I deleted one of them from the saved games data and things seem to be fine.
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Machine refused to load my saved games (I had 2). I deleted one of them from the saved games data and things seem to be fine.
Posted: May 5th 2008 7:12PM (Unverified) said
I have the 80gb and it has hung once for about 3 seconds, just once.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:39PM (Unverified) said
Have a 60gb w/ 120gb WD Scorpio hdd upgrade.
The game froze at:
-75% when installing the game data
-during the drive to the 'mansion'
-sitting in Roman's taxi at the dock right after the opening
That was within the first hour of playing and at this point there has been no other freezing. Online servers seem to be functioning, just played a multiplayer match when yesterday it would just say 'cannot connect to game server'
Hopefully when a patch does arrive it isn't ridiculously large.
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The game froze at:
-75% when installing the game data
-during the drive to the 'mansion'
-sitting in Roman's taxi at the dock right after the opening
That was within the first hour of playing and at this point there has been no other freezing. Online servers seem to be functioning, just played a multiplayer match when yesterday it would just say 'cannot connect to game server'
Hopefully when a patch does arrive it isn't ridiculously large.
Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:41PM (Unverified) said
60 gig
Only problem i have had was some freezing here and there and alittle slow down reminds me of when i was playing Assassins Creed with some slow downs and freezing, when i was driving around i got stuck and reversed then it froze no sound nothing, when i got up to flick the switch the game went back to normal before i hit the switch its just weird but so far a great story
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Only problem i have had was some freezing here and there and alittle slow down reminds me of when i was playing Assassins Creed with some slow downs and freezing, when i was driving around i got stuck and reversed then it froze no sound nothing, when i got up to flick the switch the game went back to normal before i hit the switch its just weird but so far a great story
Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:40PM (Unverified) said
Launch 60 GB, no performance problems. Just can't connect online.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:43PM (Unverified) said
60GB PS3 - Has temporarily "frozen" for between 10 and 30 seconds twice in single player mode.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 9:55PM (Unverified) said
same here, and other than that no problems at all...
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:45PM (Unverified) said
Yep - 4 or 5 freezes in the space of 1 hour of play...
40GB PS3
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40GB PS3
Posted: Apr 30th 2008 8:29PM Amish Gramish said
I own the 60GB PS3, and it froze once during the three hours that I played it, but my PS3 was folding for a couple days when I was at college, so that's probably a big reason for that.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:49PM (Unverified) said
60gb PS3 purchased in July of 07. HDD is about half full.
Played GTA IV for 4 or 5 hours last night with no problems.
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Played GTA IV for 4 or 5 hours last night with no problems.
Posted: Apr 30th 2008 6:55PM (Unverified) said
20GB PS3 bought a month after launch. Mine freezes randomly. Has 6 times in about 8 or 9 hours of gameplay.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 7:01PM jcontonio said
Yes, 40 GB Playstation
Sometimes when going up a hill at night in a car, before the peak of the hill everything will stop, the engine will stay at one volume, then go back to normal. It's happened twice in about 3 hours of play. I'll see if it happens again tonight. Last for about 10 seconds.
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Sometimes when going up a hill at night in a car, before the peak of the hill everything will stop, the engine will stay at one volume, then go back to normal. It's happened twice in about 3 hours of play. I'll see if it happens again tonight. Last for about 10 seconds.
Posted: Apr 30th 2008 7:10PM (Unverified) said
yes i have a ps3 60GB. I have issues with freezing. Not like most tho. I can play but after a bit it will freeze in high shoot outs. Most of the time it starts back up by its self after like 10-20 secs, but last night it foze completly. I have more issues with the online. I ve gottin on twice , once the first night it came out. Yesterday i couldnt get on at all, and today i was on all morning , shut it down to eat and give the ps3 a break and signed back on like 30 min later. I couldnt get on, still cant, its been like 4hrs and no change. I have contacted rockstars tech line and they said they were aware of the issue and there looking into it. lol. They said to many people online, dont you think they should of expected this many people, dont these devlopers pay atention to whats going on around the gameing world?? GEZZ, i hope socom (S.S) is paying atention. this sucks i keep getting invites from friend but cant join.......
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 7:15PM (Unverified) said
I have a 60gb launch PS3 (PAL). No problems what so ever online and offline - maybe PAL PS3's are unaffected.
I'm more pissed off about the 640p than anything! I mean wtf?!
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I'm more pissed off about the 640p than anything! I mean wtf?!
Posted: Apr 30th 2008 8:19PM (Unverified) said
60 gig Ps3 (i think (traded wii for this one a few months ago) post launch)
No problem other than the on and off multiplayer lacking audio but blutooth works fine.
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No problem other than the on and off multiplayer lacking audio but blutooth works fine.
Posted: Apr 30th 2008 7:40PM (Unverified) said
Like many people I can't connect to the multiplayer games. It says to try again. I hope its fun for all the time I have to wait.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 7:29PM linebeginstoblur said
I'd love to participate in the poll, but my copy just shipped as of a couple hours ago. Because I have a 60 GB PS3, I hope there's a fix by the time I get the game (not until next week, because I didn't feel like paying extra just to get it... um.. on time... I love it when preordering something means that they ship for the weekend AFTER it gets released.)
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 7:34PM (Unverified) said
40GB Stock PS3 w/ SDTV
Firmware 2.3
Played about 2 hours last night, no problems at all. Works like a charm.
I B
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Firmware 2.3
Played about 2 hours last night, no problems at all. Works like a charm.
I B
Posted: Apr 30th 2008 7:37PM (Unverified) said
I have 80gb system the only problems I am having is with multiplayer. Just like some other messages have said it said can not connect to server please try again later.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 8:42PM (Unverified) said
80GB PS3, no mods. I haven't played all that long, but no problems at all. I haven't tried online yet.
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 8:04PM Fullmetal Salchemist said
60 gig here:
One video hiccup during a driving mission. The video stopped for about two seconds, but the audio kept going. It picked up again after those two seconds.
So far the only issue I've had.
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One video hiccup during a driving mission. The video stopped for about two seconds, but the audio kept going. It picked up again after those two seconds.
So far the only issue I've had.
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