It's lucky that GTA is so great single player. I'm curious more than anything what the multiplayer will be like in the game. Ah well it'll worked out soon hopefully.

will52

@slomo788: "In terms of robustness, both services are equal. The only difference, again, is cross-game invites and how far each company is willing to open it up."

Still not the case though. Sony does not have an unified integrated matchmaking service the same as MS has, and Sony does not provide servers for third party games. These issues will continue to pop up until the above two things change.

rotcepsurt

@stranger:

Yeah, Live is more stable at least.

mindf1ow

@slomo788: for three days i could not connect to live or do anything online, then after that it was fine, the sever status on the page said bad but for me it was doing like it did any other time

D Mitsuki

Nintendo really should have known to have their online service ready, I mean this is...wait a sec. This isn't Nintendo?

But I thought they were the only ones that could fail on online launches and anything Sony and MS just automatically worked...

twesterms 2nd

@slomo788: Damn, I mean I retracted my statemement (about the months part).

slomo788

All of you stop crying. This is day one. I'm sure this'll all be resolved before the week is out.

There's just no pleasing anyone! We're such a spoiled generation that the moment something goes wrong we're crying like friggin' babies.

The single-player game is like 40+ hours without all the screwin' around so enjoy the single player for a few days or get a life and just wait for the online to come back.

incredibilistic

@rotcepsurt: From what I read I understood that the service itself was out of shape, and I didn't retract my statement. You were lucky (just like some PS3 owners now) and it only lasted 1 day for you, but Kotaku followed it for (at least 15 days) and just recently Live crapped out again because of the CoD4 DLC. In terms of robustness, both services are equal. The only difference, again, is cross-game invites and how far each company is willing to open it up. stupidfanboy was being a... stupid fanboy and I reacted to his level. But I'm sure by the end of the week it will be smoothed out. If not, the game has around 100 hours of gameplay and the learning curve is steeper than earlier GTA games. In other words, there's much to do before getting fragged online.

slomo788

Its worked for me since I got the game early and played over the weekend, and thankfully somehow its also survived the onslaught since last night too.

Sony has been really irresponsible... MS knew there would be lots of people accessing online, so they ramped up their hardware infrastructure... what was stopping Sony from doing the same? Now we get this. What was stopping Sony from advertising the bejesus out of the game, like MS did? Just relying on people's idea of "GTA is a playstation game" is off the walls stupidity. They keep shooting themselves in the foot.

It surprises me that a company as poorly run as Sony manages to make any money at all. /rant

iamcool388

i wasnt expecting much out of multiplayer but my buddy forced me to play last night after picking up the game...i was definitely impressed by the visuals and the smoothness of online play even while chatting with 5 other players on my team...played 7 hours straight...you can even "rank" up by collecting money in the multiplayer games...hope these servers get back up and running by midnight...

sexdrugsandps3

please forgive my ignorance but why the hell does Sony use Gamespy? UT3 uses Gamespy on PS3 and while it works, it's not what I'd call a "great experience" overall. Is there some underline reason that makes Gamespy preferable?

@DazeOfWar: alrighty...point taken but as many people that like to stand on the soapbox and proclaim the virtues of Live as if it's the second coming of Christ, I believe the overall argument (at least from my perspective) is

a) does PSN offer P2P and dedicated servers - yes

b) does PSN offer voice chat and stat tracking - yes

c) does PSN offer friends list and invites to games and options to customize matches - yes

d) does that make PSN better than Live - no

E) does that mean that PSN service is terrible - no

For the GTAIV online issues...see the beginning of this post...

But this constant redundant, broken record argument "as if the world sees the 360 as a RRoD POS, so the MS Defense Force MUST tout the virtues of LIVE to for the masses"...is getting old. LIVE IS the better service, that has been established...but I challenge anyone to tell the legions that are playing MGO, Warhawk, Resistance and CoD 4 on PSN that the service is trash.

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

Yeah it's saying it cannot connect for me. I'm also receiving crashes.

Barbara

You get what you pay for i guess...

vx2

@slomo788: Not at all. If you read my entire comment you would see that it said "sporadic and affected some worse than others." They could have very well been without service for that long. I was without service for 24 hours. The guy above you was without service for 72 hours. YOU said Live didn't work for months and for ALL GAMES. That is absolutely incorrect.

rotcepsurt

No multiplayer on my end, but the single player's been doing more than enough to satisfy me.

Bonertown

@slomo788: Alright, I misread the article. It didn't last months, just days: [kotaku.com]

slomo788

@rotcepsurt: Orly? [kotaku.com]
Are you calling McWhertor a liar? Or the other millions of Live users? In my world 105 days = around 3 months.

slomo788

@rotcepsurt: 3 days for me, oh noes what would i evar do in those 3 days, ill tell you what, steam was lonley on my computer so i made sweet love to it

D Mitsuki

Yeah, can't get mine online.

HomerSapien

@Cat-Duck: i no rite :3

D Mitsuki

@slomo788: "Live didn't work for months, and not only for one game, but for ALL games."

Wrong. During the entire outage over Christmas I had a total of about 24 hours without service. It was sporadic and affected others more than some, but saying Live was down for months could not be more inaccurate.

rotcepsurt

This sounds familar, happend around christmas : O both with the native resolutions and the down severs, i just lol how there is an excuse for this but not for xbox, or now it doesnt matter, for the resolution it didn't matter either times and if they get this sorted out it wont matter for either, im just gunna say HEY DONT GO FLAMING COMPANYS AND SHIT IF YOUR GUNNA STICK UP FOR ANOUTHER ONE THE NEXT DAY CUZ THEY DID THE EXACT SAME THING :3

D Mitsuki

@stupidfanboy:

You're right, regardless of what all these other "fanboys" are saying. Sony did have plenty of time to foresee this, free or not.

hollowfreak

I'm having trouble connecting. When I select multiplayer on my phone, it just thinks for a while and then says try again later. Also having trouble linking my PSN ID.

Kenny

the Speling and gramer in these coments is terible

Cat-Duck

@Mr.SithNinja: Lol I want to believe that he did it on purpose.

slomo788

Why would it be Rockstars fault when Gamespy and Sony is suppose to be running the online.

I do plan on buying a PS3 in the future(most likely far future) when there is a more variety of exclusive games that draw me in. I will play it online too, but no matter what anybody says Live is way ahead of PSN just because MS nows online alot better than Sony because of PC gaming and the 5 year advantage.

I do feel sorry for the PS3 owners that can't play online. Hell if I had the issue too I would be pissed. Hopefully it gets fixed for you so you can experience the whole game like it should be.

DazeOfWar

I haven't tried yet -- I'm just glad I got my first two hours in without a freeze on my 60GB which I guess are the ones having issues. Just played single player -- is it my rustyness, my suckiness or is it just a little bit harder that past iterations?

kingclip

@MarshmallowMark: Wow, what an incredably ironic statement. One would think that if you were going to call someone out for a grammatical mistake, you would bother to get it right YOUR self.

Let me fix YOUR statement for you. Instead of this:

"Even if your an editor on Kotaku, you'd think you'd know the difference between "you're" and "your"!"

It should be this:

"Since you are an editor at Kotaku, one would think that you would know the differnce between "you're" and "your". "

If you are going to be an asshat about grammar, then you should at least get it right. Next time make sure YOUR prescription helmet is securely fastened before trying that again.

Mr.SithNinja

@stupidfanboy: ONE PS3 game does not work online for SOME people. The game in question is the most anticipated game this year and came out TODAY.

Live didn't work for months, and not only for one game, but for ALL games.

Live has one advantage over PSN: cross-game invites. PSN is free, open (UT3 mods), it's not a pain in the ass for devs and has been proven to be a robust service (32/40/60 players, 8 player co-op). I love how some people get into that stupid misconception that if something is free, it must be shit.

slomo788

@NessD12: I agree with most of your post, however, I wouldn't use GT5 as an example of a quality online experience. No voice chat and only random matches is pretty much like playing bot battles. Warhawk on the other hand is pretty incredible.

rotcepsurt

@Niko23:

Not really, I just notice better quality of one online service compared to another. Sorry if that offends you.

stupidfanboy

@stupidfanboy: I've had my 360 4 months and my ps3 a year and i have to say your blowing the differences out of proportion. The only thing live has better is sending messages in game. THAT'S IT. That's what you pay for. I play warhawk online just fine but i can no longer see a reason to pay for xbox live.
Warhawk, Lost Planet, CoD4, and Gt5 work fine for me online. People like you need to just go away and stop lieing about owning both consoles.

NessD12

@idrisz:

Which I understand. But if you're going to make excuses like that, then people aren't going to expect a quality experience from it.

Plus, even the free (silver) version of Live is pretty darned good. Huge selection of demos, access to all the media and downloads. The only thing you don't get from it is the online play. But considering the demo and media selection is superior to PSN, I'd say even the free version of Live is better than PSN.

stupidfanboy

I've got the 360 version, but a coworker and 2 of his roomies got the PS3 version and can't get online.

Tulkamir

@Ultima08: Really? Mario Kart Wii works fine for me as to plenty of other games using GameSpy middleware & servers.

jago.kot

@stupidfanboy:

stupidfanboy your a stupidfanboy yourself regardless that you have both systems.

Niko23

@stranger: Live should be fine. There were problems around Christmas with the huge influx of online users but everything seems to be hammered out since then.

@LittleBigPlaneteer: The problem technically lies with Gamespy, but if Sony provided matchmaking servers and a unified online atmosphere instead of making third parties host their own servers, it could be working on the PS3 right now.

rotcepsurt

Mine is working fine.

Eddy666

@stupidfanboy:

People hardly make excuses for PSN. This is not Sony's issue though, this is Rockstar's issue. Since you have a PS3 go and play another game online. It will work. If it was PSN wouldn't the whole system be down?

LittleBigPlaneteer

@stupidfanboy:

you comparing a paid service with a free service..

idrisz

@stupidfanboy: Like I said previously, PSN is not down. Check your facts kid. Rockstar is letting PS3 owners down at the moment.

MCWHAMMER

No Problems here not even the frozen opening 60Gigger here.

Raziel Dune

*bash Live constantly...

stupidfanboy

@slomo788:

Uh, I've had my 360 for 2 years now. And my PS3 for about 6 months. Live is so far ahead of PSN it's disgusting. And the downtime hasn't actually been that bad for Live, regardless of how many people blow it out of proportion. Both systems are great, but there's no in hell I'd ever say that PSN is anywhere close to Live at this point. My point was that people are willing to base Live constantly, but make excuses for PSN - which is retarded.

stupidfanboy

Suddenly that $50 a year I've been wasting on Live doesn't seem like such a waste. Let's just keep those hiccups to a minimum MS and I'll keep making with the green.

stranger

yup im getting random freezing and unable to connect online. SUPER! lol hope it gets fixed soon i wanna continue with the story!

NDC

@stupidfanboy: You don't have to settle for playing single player only, but just be patient. The game is just out and everyone is probably hammering the servers trying to get online. The single player is 100 hours long, so why wouldn't you want to enjoy that before checking out the online bonus? Who cares what 360 owners do or don't do?

optimusprime

my multiplayer let me into the menus to select a game to join a few hours after my launch(Alaska, the last people in the world to get it on this particular launch date). This morning, however I can't connect to the servers. Oh well. I'll just wait it out. the single player is amazing.

nobodysleeps

I mean, the biggest game to hit the PS3 so far, and Sony didnt see this coming?
MS got shit last christmas for not being prepered, now Its Sony's turn

KEELr

@gogee: No I didn't. Please elaborate.

homernoy

YES, I HAVE NEW AMMO FOR /v/

Duphman2

@MCWHAMMER:

It's Rockstar's issue I'm assuming since PSN works and other MP games work

LittleBigPlaneteer

It's not Sony's problem at the moment. PSN is working perfectly. GTA just won't connect online. I haven't been able to play online GTA yet, so count me in the list.

MCWHAMMER

@MarshmallowMark:

"Even if YOUR an editor on Kotaku, you'd think you'd know the difference between "you're" and "your"!"

I hope you did that on purpose...

papertiger201

Anyone know if the Social Club is working?

mikemil828

And that's why I dun have GTA4

Haniko

It worked for me earlier when I managed to pry myself away from the single player..

But saying that there were barely any people playing, and half way through one of the games everybody disapeared and I was stood on happiness island on my own. I ended up just saying "fuck it" and went back to single player

hamandcheeseUK

@LittleBigPlaneteer: Just look at his screenname. He probably just bought his 360 or his memory span is too short to remember last Christmas.

slomo788

@Benjamin Linus: Yeah I got both systems also. My friends all have 360s so, I went with that one.

Mr.SithNinja

Gamespy servers always suck...what else is new?

Ultima08

I haven't played in MP but I noticed while getting a lap dance (can't get enough!) PSN booted me off twice. I checked my router logs and my downloads on the PC never stopped. No idea what that's about.

RYAMATSU

Let me tell you, I'm losing sleep about this...

Not really, I'm doing the story mode.

Part-Time-Viking

I had a couple of games last night ran well, I'm still going through the story mode

Rockwallaby

Yep, mine's been down all day.

Can't link my PSN ID to the Social Club, either. I'm assuming it's all connected.

Tyber_Zann

Mine is saying "Cannot connect to game provider, please try again later."

I have been playing story, but would like to try multiplayer.

SofaKingHI

that really sucks... I hope Sony has experience in recovering from these sorta issues if it is indeed Sony's issue. It could very well be a R* issue.

okenny :)

@stupidfanboy:

Yes because LIVE works perfectly all the time. This has been a terrible year for Live

LittleBigPlaneteer

Am I the only one too busy with with single-player to care so early?

slomo788

WORKS LIKE A CHARM :).

PHILOSOPHER541

@Rovient:
Why should we have to settle for playing single player only when LIVE is working just fine and all the 360 owners can play right now? Seriously, Sony touts the PSN as a great experience online, but this shit crops up and people justify it/make excuses. Cut. It. Out. They should have seen this coming a mile away, and apparently they didn't do anything about it.

stupidfanboy

Even if your an editor on Kotaku, you'd think you'd know the difference between "you're" and "your"!

MarshmallowMark

Glad i went with the 360 version.

I own both systems tho, I mostly went with 360 for the DLC.

Benjamin Linus

i'm still waiting for the damn UPS truck to show up with my copy.

qBIRD

I played earlier today with people... wouldn't find any quick games after trying for ages, so it eventually made me host one. About 3 people joined. So it is working, just pretty lamely. Also what's with not being able to select to join a friends game? They have to invite you? :/

peewee27

i see what you did here -_-

gogee

I'm kinda glad I didn't buy it now. Going to wait a month or two. I'm sure it'll be fixed by then!

Morpork

Play the singleplayer till they get it sorted if you need something to do! To be honest, there's probably more players accessing PSN now than ever before; it'll take a few days to iron out the kinks. :)

Rovient

I actually thought i would have problems connecting and initially it wouldnt connect but after 2 or 3 tries it worked flawlessly. In fact tahts the first thing i did when i got the game.

vincentprice

Well, Since im the only one in America that doesnt have a copy for PS3, im not worrying about it too much. Hopefully they have it working by the time I pick up my copy in two weeks. :D

AlcoholicZombie

Heh.

thegreatseal

@Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.: Good show at the end. Seriously if people are having fun with another service why does it concern people. I guess other gamers don't want gamers to be happy :/

Shindokie

My copy actually locked up during the initial load sequence...I instinctively deleted game data and reloaded, it worked fine...(60 gig model) as for online stuff, it seemed to work fine last night, although I didnt get to play a game online, I did get to create a character

BUT!!!! as of earlier this afternoon, I could not establish an initial online connection in game. And also, I am getting signed out of PSN more frequently than usual.

good damn thing there is a sweet ass single player game to be had.

Not for nothin, but I jacked a car my first time out, and the dude tried to open the door as i was pulling away and he hung on for almost a mile as I dragged him at obscene speeds. I giggled like a girl. He really didnt want me to get away with his car!! LMAO

xnicox

@Elemence: It's not Sony, it's gamespy who screwed up.

... hehe the irony...

mescalineeyes

Cannot connect online with my PS3.

I should've got the 360 version. Between this, the freeze outs, and the 630p, it sounds like the PS3 version has gotten the shaft on this one.

Although if XBL comes crashing down, I'll feel a little better...

VicViper

I tried a few times in the afternoon and couldn't connect. Wonderful launch!

Alidar

I should add that I've had no freezing issues with the game at all.

Everyoneshouldbekilled

Looks like both versions have their downsides.

KM91

@Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.: - "please forgive my ignorance but why the hell does Sony use Gamespy?"

I have no idea. Maybe because it was cheaper to just pay Gamespy to host their games than building their own server farm(s). Honestly, I've never been a fan of Gamespy.

dead_red_eyes

It was working for me this morning, spottily.

From about 1pm until now - nothing.

No multiplayer at all. (In Canada)

Everyoneshouldbekilled

Well I've tried twice but I haven't been successful in Connecting.

I nothing is perfect I expect this to get fixed I'm not upset or anything I'm still trying to beat Campaign mode.

Ryosukekun21

The response is so predictable...

coalhalo

I thought the PS3 version didn't have online.

Sailorcancer

No freezing on a 20gb but can't get online

pharcotix

@Mr.SithNinja:

Thank you, sir.

dead_red_eyes

Sucks, but by the time I buy it, the problems should be fixed

VitFer2007

@slomo788:

Um...Hang on there chief...I work in the industry and the pain in the ass for Dev's system is the PS3...No one at my company likes developing for it...especially online...I frankly can care less about Sony's Online service because it's garbage...But I mean with Home I think it shows a huge potential. At this point its out of Live's league. Don't even get me started on Nintendo. And Live was never down for months...Get your facts straight it was out for 2 maybe 2 and a half weeks...I should know I had a game in test at the time and we couldn't even get onto PartnerNet so we had to monitor it closely...

It's funny cause recently on the Kotaku's article regarding MS preparing for GTA server overload all you Sony fanboys came running glorifying your PSN...Hehe the irony...

Elemence

Same here, It was fine last night. :(

dinosaur

i have this problem :(

HuleO

get a 360 version

Lanhoj

Add another...this one in Europe... :(

John-irl

I, for one, have been experiencing terrible problems with Live in regards to GTA IV. I've only been able to play one game online, other than that, whenever I access the multiplayer through my cell phone I get the loading screen followed by a Disconnect-Return to single player notice. I've power cycled my modem and my 360 to no avail. And from what I can tell on the GameFAQs boards, many other 360 owners are also having this problem.

How about everyone here in Kotakuland. Anyone else experiencing this problem on Live? If so, how did you fix it?

Alexander-The-Great

I thought it was like that for all multiplayer on PS3? /sarcasm

COLDBLOODED_BMC

I'm sure Sony is going to fix it as soon as possible. Has there been any issues on LIVE?

ReyDEEEEZY

I have a launch 60gb PS3 and have not experienced any freezing issues but the one time I tried to connect to the online multiplayer (did so by accident when messing with the d-pad) it said that I could not connect to the server or w/e. It's not a big deal for me though since the single player play so far has been pretty enjoyable.

dalejrfanfreak

i was having problems too but i played a few missions and side missions and it was back up

Bleentastic sees bandwagon and jumps

Why are so many people licking their wounds on this story. A lot of the people coming to Sony's defense were the same people coming down like a ton of bricks on MS. I'm not saying hug MS for their lack of foresight but please stop swallowing PSN's semen... I know it's protein but that doesn't make it healthy... geeze! You've been waiting for this game, if Sony doesn't see your dissatisfaction, what incentives do they have for preventing this in the future. Gawd!...Fucking Fanboys! >:(

okenny :)

Too bad Live players and PSN players couldn't play each other and then we could see who the best was. LOL

Give me a few months and I'll be playing on the PS3 too.

DazeOfWar

Wow. if only there was some way to prevent this. Some kind of unified system built into the console itself...one that was paid, but significantly more stable...that would solve this problem in a jiff! Perhaps even with some kind of special content coming in the future..

But alas, as far as I know, no such system exists.

Marasai

still no go from here.

chainlink13

i was worried about people getting really good at multi-player while i played campaign.

Now i can play worry free, but i still want to give multi-player a go.

SofaKingHI

@Benjamin Linus: You're lying!

I mean, come on. Using Desmond/Libby's boat to go to Fiji? I call bull! :-p.

Sorry, I love Lost.

GordieHoweHatTrick

Why is everyone still talking about this.. everything seems a-okay here.

My friend has it for 360 and says he's having some lag issues but he's also a bit of a noob and may not really understand what he's talking about.. he could just be talking about frame rate stutters when shit hits the fan.

I haven't had any issues but I also haven't played many big games (16 players) yet.

Bastard11

@Elemence: fuck you. you are the biggest idiot I have ever encountered. I read some of your past comments and I swear to god you're not just retarded you're most likely a flat out liar.

saying that sony's online is not online is stupid to begin with, but saying that while owning 2 games out of which 1(gt5 prologue) has an online function is extremely stupid.
Play warkhawk, play the MGO beta, play cod4 then come back and tell me how that was worse than live.

also, your company makes 99% console games and 1% pc games? what kind of bullshit is that? do you know how many games you'd have to make for that 1% to be a PC game?

You're full of shit sir.

this will probably get me banned, but it was a good time, kotaku :)

mescalineeyes

@Mongoosekun: Sony Uber alles, uber alles Sony!
.

homernoy

Seriously. Down for me too. Haven't gotten to play it at all online

BrocStoppable

I've tried on and off in between missions since earlier today with no luck in connecting to multiplayer.

ForwardInReverse

some people? how about all i haven't been able since i received my copy at 2pm from ups. That was one of the reasons i had to actually pick up the ps3 version over my 360 i figured live would go down not the other way around :/

DarkTravesty

@rotcepsurt:

I'm glad Sony does it that way, since that's why several MMOs are coming to PS3 next year. It makes it easier for them to get on the console, and more appealing to end users to not have to pay extra fees if they only use the game's servers. Also works just fine for many other games like MGO. ;)

Mongoosekun

I can't get on. Rockstar should be thankful their games have amazing single player or I would be really mad. They need to get this straightened out by tomorrow. And GameSpy? Seriously?

Albanian_Killa

@mescalineeyes: my... such language :D

okenny :)

@stupidfanboy:

Don't be a jackass -- it's GameSpy that's having problems. Don't take it personally, but I can't stand it when people just bitch about things they don't even understand. Sony doesn't use GameSpy -- it's up to the company ( Rockstar ) to use whatever they want. When HOME comes then you can possibly bitch about Sony's matchmaking. :)

Mongoosekun

@Kenny: You thief!! *runs of crying*

okenny :)

@Elemence:

You must tell us what company..I'm sure no one would want to spend any money on a company that doesn't have to ability/skill to develop on PS3...when other groups can do a fine job.

enewtabie

@emeraldgsl: I'm likely to agree with you, thought my reasons have nothing to do with this story but just one thing before I go all in... who are we playing again? O_o

okenny :)

Can we relax?
Umm. the games been out for less than 48 hours and some people are pissed that they can't connect to the what, Millions, of other players. Take a chill pill. Play some single player and don't worry- All the problems will be ironed out. I really didn't think that multiplayer was going to work right off the bat. Don't get me wrong, I've been primed about multiplayer since I first heard about it. And Jesus, wouldn't it be awesome if every thing worked without a hitch, alas it isn't a perfect world. GTA is freezing on both systems for different reasons. Rockstar will issue a patch (these are the times we live in) and all will be right with the world (except for war, famine, global warming and the like). Or else there will be hell to pay.

Also to all the 360 fanboys who posted before. Relax. Yes, I know you abhor the PS3. Yes, I know that LIVE *never* craps out. Yes I know your system can play this game online right now. Good for you. You are a better people for buying the 360. Really you are. I...I love you man.

Seriously tough, the 360 is a great system. But has its issues too. RROD anyone.

Koombaya everyone, Koombaya.

symeon6

Xbox 360 wins as the superior version. Check Mate.

emeraldgsl

not a big deal for me, i mean, mine isnt working either but whatever, i got it MAINLY for single-player, i could have gotten it for 360 cuz that's wat all my friends have, im still enjoying it entirely... :)

Kaizin514

I have not been able to get online even once...good thing single player has kept me busy.

runandgun

@Mongoosekun:
Wasn't trying to be a jackass or to come across as some Sony basher. Again, I own both systems and their are several things I think the PS3 simply dominates the 360 by (built in wireless, web browsing, easy upgrade of the HDD, etc), but it just pisses me off to see fanboys from either side always doing the same old "No worries, I'll just ignore this gross incompetence and wait while the other console gets it right :)" line. These are the same kinds of posters which will use the "PS3 has no games hurrrrrr" argument or bring up a tired old RROD comment - neither of which has any validity today.

Maybe I'm just sick of all the console bashing and MS/Sony/Nintendo apologists. Sorry if that offends so many of you. I have my preferences that I've based on my actual gameplay experience, not just blind faith in either of the money-hungry companies.

stupidfanboy

I'm in Ireland and i havnt got online at all yet. i get as far as the lobby n then loose connection. Fair Bullin! Dyin 4 some multiplayer

fatso4gotso

I have yet to have a problem with the game... hit me up if you wanna play PSN ID Madbassman39

madbassman39

It doesm't work for me. Also the social club doesn't recognize my PSN account as having played GTA 4. I'll try later but it still sux
/stewing

Weasel3689

I can't get into the online either, myself. It sucks too, since I played a few matches last night and utterly dominated, but now I can't get in at all.

Archaotic

@thegreatseal:
Love that comment. His avatar say the rest.

But yeah, at this point, I would never buy the PS3 version if I had both consoles.

jambe

@krztov: Taxi Cabs have spoiled me. Sooner or later I know those little 39 dollar charges here and there are going to catch up to me though

Alexander-The-Great

So that's why Microsoft gave Rockstar $50 million. You know, aside the DLC. J/K :P

Replica23

why can't sony host their own goddamn servers? Seriously, Microsoft does. GameSpy didn't work well for PS2, and it sure as hell still doesnt work well with PS3.

leimeisei

oddly when i got home with my copy at about 10am this morning, i had my ps3 wired, i got on no problem, but my friend had issues, now ive moved my stuff today around as i planned to anyway, wireless, same static ip settings, cant get on gta online.. this sucks, but its ok, enjoying single player.

anyone else being lazy and cabbing to every mission?

krztov

Can't play multiplayer either (Canada).
I'm kinda disappointed, I really wanted to see how it looked online.

Sinnobite

The only problem I'm having is the lack of auto-run. How can I run (hold/tap X) and look around (right analog) at the same time, I only have one fucking thumb.

ohhello

i managed to connect to other players and be in the lobby twice, but the game would never start, i thought it was the host's fault for not starting it. I'm not entirely sure how the multiplayer system goes. I quit game and i connected my bluetooth headset so i would be, hopefuly, able to yell at the people for not starting the game. when I got on, i was not even able to connect to the server. I don't know if this is just an isolated case, or if i was doing something wrong, but it did burst my bubble....I was waiting all day to play multiplayer....and it never happened

TACOMAN2442

Wow, I didn't know about Gamespy's involvement, so when I went to the multiplayer option in game and the phone said "unable to connect to host" or something along those lines, I thought maybe it was supposed to be an in-context message and I just needed to play further in the game to unlock the multiplayer. It's pretty disappointing that's not the case. I plan on doing a little more exploring around town before getting into the multi though, so I'm OK with a short wait.

It's only going to be a short wait, right, Gamespy?

metaly

And another downfall for GTA. At least the graphics are good? I hope RS is doing what they can to fix this...

redrabbit

I can't connect either.

ChildeRoland

From what I have seen, both PSN and XBL are having issues. PSN users have issues connecting to multiplayer, XBL users are having issues staying connect (they get bumped back to single player, and in result, it is hard to find a full server).

ktr

I have the PS3 version, 60gb PS3 and still no online play success yet. I've had one random freeze so far, but that's it. I wish I could play online!

jzulli

I can't. Ive been trying all night.

PapaBear434

I can't get online either. :-(

Play-asia don't ship the game to me till May 2nd, but that's not the point.

Riquez

I didn't think the online stuff would work right on launch day for both systems. None of this is surprising to me.

Sollus

Right when I got my copy running last night (early this mornin') I tried Multi player. It work alright for two games then went "laggy." I got a taste...

Now I'm hungry for more.

Alas, now I am stuck with the incredible single player campaign... ;)

symeon6

I just recently tried to connect to multiplayer after doing quite a bit of the single player and it kept giving me a message sayin, "Cannot connect to game developer." I actually don't think it said developer, but it was something like that. I'm just tired...

Rob

Yup Yup. the damn PS3 is down. can't wait to get online it is 1:26 EST and i couldn't log on!

kenchikm

Got it yesterday for PS3 and cannot play online, still the single player rocks so im not too fussed at the moment.

KrazeRage

Gamespy FTL haha. Seriously, Gamespy can go suck farts

DaveyPwnckett

fanboys everywhere! ^

sexyj

@Jabbertrack: Ouch jabbertrack. Right for the gullet.

I enjoy my PSN though. I really only have played a couple games using it though. With the exception of GTA (which came out yesterday, they worked beautifully. The other games I'm talking about are COD4, Burnout Paradise and Super Puzzle Fighter HD.

symeon6

Take it easy guys... I'm sure Sony is scrambling... I mean it's a bit of an odd thing for people to actually be on the PlayStation Network so how could they have known what to expect?

Jabbertrack

i had 1 freeze so far and no connection 2 the servers

dboy93

i cant connect either...still down

dboy93

K nuff of the fanboy phallus measuring.
I have a REAL consern. - Does anyone know how to get voice chat working on the PS3?
My online is workin Fine!

Oh and thank you for the coming posts from ppl who dont own a ps3 or GTA but feel their opinions matter on the subject.

CRUNK

@AlcoholicZombie:
actually have it for ps3 as well, and came here to find out what was going on. I'm haven't been able to connect at all, but the single player has been so good that i hardly mind. I do wish they'd thrown in local-hosting, but whateva, i'll live.

mikhailian

All of you, buy both consoles and STFU.
Dumb ass fanboys.

MegaWatts

@CRUNK: Voice chat is fine for me. Make sure your NAT on your router is on 2. If it is on 3 you will not be able to chat. The best thing to do is bypass your router and connect directly to your modem, if you can... Oh! enable Upnp on your router also.

I also cannot connect. I think Gamespy need to ramp things up a little!

GOD

@Mr.SithNinja: But did you spot your own "deliberate" mistake?

I think the word is "difference"...

Seeing as we are all being petty and grumpy.

slayaz

It works fine for me, but it might be the time of day that I'm playing, after midnight Mountain Time.

I just linked my PSN account with the Social Club, so that worked for me as well. I can't say anything for "peak hours" though.

amponymouse

Well, it worked for me until about 4pm GMT yesterday; had the "cannot connect to game provider" ever since. I suspect it's an issue with Rockstar as the PSN is still going strong. I have to say, when I was online with it I had a great time. My mate came to pick me up in a helicopter and I went skydiving above the skyscrapers... without a 'chute. I recommend it, the sensation of falling is amazing.

Ungruntled

I tried a couple times to connect just out of curiosity, and didn't have any luck.

Not in any hurry though. I'm digging the story line.

SomethingClever

I tried to log on and play online on about 4 occasions and could not get on. I just played the single player for most of the evening....

Ruffstik

Yay for free online play!

Hugoku

Just want to throw another one on the pile to say that I had connection issues last night. I tried three times and failed all three times. I'm actually glad to know it wasn't just me.

Dudes_McGee

Not Working for ME tried all night last night not even once did it connect.

PresDNA

UK kid here, I've got a 60gig so was a bit worried about the whole lockup thing, but it turns out mine's fine.

Unfortunately, I'm one of the ones hit with this multiplayer embargo, glad there's a topic on it, had a feeling it was a problem on my end.

Hopefully all will be well soon.

Rombo

I strted playing at about 6 pm EST, and could never connect to multi all night. Tried again at about 6:30 am EST and was able to get to the game select screen and launch the tutorial, but every actual game I attempted to join or host kicked me with the error "Lost connection to one or more players." and dumped me back to single player.

Love the game over all though. I know that the multiplayer issues will be resolved soon and everything else is just awesome.

AlreadyDead

@LittleBigPlaneteer:

Pretty close. I've had Live for over four years, and the only unplanned outage I can recall was this past Christmas, and even then it was never totally out. They learned from that and did server updates before the GTA release.

robinandtami

@DarkDragon9906: Well first off faster is a non issue because even dedicated servers are laggy if your connection is crap. Second if haveing a third party company host the game means no voice support and no connections you can count me out. Give me a dedicated service and a 99.9% uptime with very stable connection any time.

JorgieX

Hell yeah check one off for the XBOX Live service being straight up solid no lag ever and voice chat with everyone or proxcimity..Great. Not so much for my lil cousin and his boys also not for my clan members brother. To bad for sure this better get fixed soon at least for the PS3 "only" owners. If you own both then your probably wondering if you made the right choice. Good luck PS3 only owners, I feel for you because the only in a freakin blast I haven't slept much since I got it.

JorgieX

Sure, I'm kind of perturbed, but I'm having so much fun with the single-player that I don't mind waiting. It's sad that it's only been out to the public for like a day and everyone's already bitching and having fanboy arguments about PSN vs. Xbox Live. The bitching would've been alot worse though if Rockstar didn't put multi-player at all. It's not like Grand Theft Auto IV was meant to be an online game, they just added it to make the fans happy. They're going to fix it eventually. I bet most of the crybabies haven't even beaten the first couple of missions.

enigma89

this sux i cant connect to online when are they fixin this stuff

hellfire6618

First of all, Multiplayer is up.
Second off all Sony is not hosting the servers, R* is and they used gamespy not Sony. Third, This is the first time R* has something online and 360 has its own servers so they didn't need to set them up while ps3 gets dedicated. This also means well have a faster connection based on the people around us which is why dedicated is better than P2P.

DarkDragon9906

I couldn't connect at all last night. I hopped on this morning before work and was able to get on and play a quick team deathmatch game.... and it was awesome.

mkernan

On the launch night, it would let me into an online game only to close the game just as we were going to start. Yesterday, it wouldn't even connect to the servers (couldn't get past the cell phone menu).

@sailorcancer...who they heck told you that?

vyrus

I couldnt get online last night. Still have tones to do in the single player game so I can wait for a fix. Hope its soon!

boots555

Hasn't worked for me since 1:30am on the 29th Doesn't work for 2 of my friends, worked for my brother for about an hour, then stopped.

I'd probably be talking to rockstar, not sony. Last I heard Gamespy had nothing to do with sony.

RaepGoblin

Works fine.

Mike, are you trying to start a flame war?

Oh wait, why do I even need to ask that. ;)

sascha23

Same problem here, I actually go to the game room, but when the game is about to start...a error appears on the screen: "unable to connect with one or more players, returning to single player"
Strangely the first nigth I was able to play it online, I'm guessing that the volume of people in the servers is the main reason for most of the current issues.

claudiotalla

Comment on GTA IV Multiplayer Down For Some PS3 Players I have the same issue with PS3 for Online play in Canada - at first i thought i had to get passed a certain point in the game to activate it, but I guess not... Any news on when it will be fixed?

SarojaLemur

Comment on GTA IV Multiplayer Down For Some PS3 Players Yeah, I seemed to have problems logging on last night as well. Would your model PS3 have anything to do with it? Or is this strictly a gamespy issue?

SugouriRhesus

Comment on GTA IV Multiplayer Down For Some PS3 Players Pause l> Go to STATS. Hit X Go to Network And it will more than likely say you need to Sign in with your PSN ID in order to get your online stats. So the game is not showing you as logged in to your PSN ID however im perfectly signed in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Save Paper - Do you really need to print this e-mail? Visit www.virginmedia.com for more information, and more fun. This email and any attachments are or may be confidential and legally privileged and are sent solely for the attention of the addressee(s). If you have received this email in error, please delete it from your system: its use, disclosure or copying is unauthorised. Statements and opinions expressed in this email may not represent those of Virgin Media. Any representations or commitments in this email are subject to contract. Please note that we are migrating our email addresses to a company wide address of "@virginmedia.co.uk". If you are sending to a Telewest or ntl email address your email will be re-directed. Registered office: 160 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5QA. Registered in England and Wales with number 2591237 ==============================================================================

BuckEquestricop

I have read that the 60gb ps3 versions are having problems connecting to multiplayer for gta4..is this true because i have a 60gb ps3 and can't connect. Two of my other friends have 60gb ps3 and can't connect also.

UndecidedFanboy

Comment%20on%20GTA IV Multiplayer Down For Some PS3 Players I also recieve the "Cannot connect to game provider, please try again later" message when i try to play online on my ps3

AbigailDexamenus

Who am I suppose to blame for not being able to connect to online for gta4 on ps3?

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