This is starting to seem like a very good idea
No company is even close to ready for an all digital future
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Evolve Alpha delayed for PS4 due to the 2.0 firmware update
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This is starting to seem like a very good idea
No company is even close to ready for an all digital future
PKMNTrainer
Member
How is this Sony's fault? Every other game in the console's library functions fine on the new update (DriveClub aside). How could it not be the dev's fault?
GrizzleBoy
Banned
Powerful clouds and such.
The Jackdog
Member
Youre seriously suggesting microsoft paid for them to sabotage the ps4 version of an ALPHA?
Dude.....cmon.
Cmon.
Its working fine on PC and i assume xbox one, and driveclub is broken as hell as well on ps4. But no, im sure MS paid to turn an announced alpha off for 1/2 the console playerbase.
At work, haven't tried since last night. My brother and I got stuck just watching the red circle for quire a while. We just gave up and played Sunset.
Only half sarcasm. It seems fairly obvious more time was spent on the Xbox One version, as in it actually works atm.
Scottish Sin
Member
Haha, I really hope he's not serious with that post.
DoubleTake
Member
serversurfer
Member
Sony give devs the option to disable SharePlay for alphas and betas. I can't imagine it's a terribly complicated process.
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
This is frustrating, I need something else to play right now besides Destiny. 
Steverulez
Member
People have been having connection issues on Xbox One too.
Mugatu
Member
That doesn't mean it's fool proof, as soon add it went live users found problems.
Well see what Sony says, if it's not related I would expect them to say so or at least call up Turtlerock and tell them to STFU.
opticalmace
Member
I'm going to say what we're all thinking: it's over, period. Sony lost their last ace. The age of Sony is done.
"More time was spent" as in it came out first, had problems and is only now getting smoothed out? Give the dev time to work it out on all platforms and stop with the conspiracy theories.
You really think this is a "Sony fuck up"? How come every single other PS4 game I have works fine, including betas and alphas of other games?
and the Sony Doomed posts.
My PS4 stuck with blinking orange lights that won't come out of it for nothing isn't.
What? It's an alpha version.
As someone who hasn't been able to get their PS4 to start up normally since the update, I'd say it's been a problem for me.
Steverulez
Member
Maybe Sony fucked up by not offering the power of the cloud?!
To clarify, Xbox One will most likely win November & December.*
They have the momentum of a runaway freight train.
It is inevitable.
*Opinion may be subject to change.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
I don't see why its so unrealistically its basically what they are doing with tomb raider, paying so that other players cant have it on time
I was just about to post a similar thing. The game is not running smoothly on any platform, but this is what "alphas" are for and why the game was delayed.
Stop putting it in rest mode then?
I have the glitch aswell, just turn it off completely when you're done playing and you will have no issues.
Wow, just wow.
bananafactory
Banned
This smells like BS to me. They are only just figuring out now that it doesn't work with 2.0? They would have had access to this firmware weeks or months ago - there's no way this comes as a shock to them.
My guess is that their alpha is broken on PC and PS4 and they have a convenient excuse for the PS4 version so they took it.
lol @ the MS conspiracy folks. Wow
My guess is that their alpha is broken on PC and PS4 and they have a convenient excuse for the PS4 version so they took it.
lol @ the MS conspiracy folks. Wow
Alcoholikaust
Member
that stinks for PS4 owners who want to try it out
however:
sadly this is how I feel- Spent 2 hours playing this AM on XB1
however:
sadly this is how I feel- Spent 2 hours playing this AM on XB1
X1 here and I can't play either.
Must have forgotten to pay my moneyhat fund subscription this month.
TechnicPuppet
Nothing! I said nothing!
Why are you derailing this thread with this rubbish.
DoubleTake
Member
IMO one bug doesnt equate to 2.0 causing more headache than improvements. The rest mode issue is probably something that will get cleaned up in the next stability(woohoo) update. Besides the rest bug can be avoided by not putting your PS4 in rest mode or am I mistaken?
From what ive seen of streams the game has some problems with its servers. To be expected since its an Alpha test. Im gonna take the stance that 2.0 isnt the cause and theyre just trying to sure up their backend a bit more.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
LBP3 beta works just fine on 2.0.
Then they would have made the alpha XB1 only. In the magical candyland world where MS moneyhatted the alpha to fuck up on PC and PS4, nothing is accomplished beyond actually putting Evolve in the spotlight in a negative way.
So what other alpha and beta is going on now?
The Jackdog
Member
Just how do you think this stuff works?
Do you really think phil spencer, darth vader, mugatu, scar from the lion king, and other evil figures sit in microsofts board room, saying
"Yes, we will buy temporary exclusivity of a game....SO PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT PS4s CANT HAVE IT!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!"
"And while we're at it, we'll have an independent 3rd party developer SAY an alpha starts on halloween weekend, but then it wont! BAAAHAHAHAHA!"
Or ya know, maybe there are just some issues with the 2.0 firmware. But that sounds much more insane i know.
serversurfer
Member
Well, we don't actually know what the problem is WRT 2.0. Yes, they're having issues on other platforms, but presumably it not the same issues as what caused the delay of the PS4 alpha.
Maybe the game just doesn't display correctly in the new Dynamic Menu or something. I don't see why people assume it's related to netcode.
Each company is different. It's possible that Evolve depended on some old code for whatever, and it was either overlooked or not communicated, and thus we have this issue.
That's probably all it is. People shouting money hat or anything else are pretty ridiculous.
