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GTA5 Heist Update is out now on PS4+XBO
- Thread starter The Llama
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StrongBlackVine
Banned
xlordxerxes
Neo Member
It's the launch of gta online all over again. Connection issues left and right.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
Hosting a heist lobby. No one can join.
Fox Mulder
Member
It's nice that I'm forced to download a 4gb patch for something I'll never use.
giancarlo123x
Banned
At least all the content is free in case you ever do. It's annoying when they make you download a patch that is just dlc and you have to purchase it to use it.
I'll just disconnect my PS4 from the internet before I play the game again to prevent downloading it.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
What else comes with the update other than hesists? 4G seems like a lot.
giancarlo123x
Banned
Aren't there new assets like vehicles and interiors? All judging from the trailer there is that Navy shop at sea.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
I haven't kept up with it at all.
SomedayTheFire
Member
Yeah man, options are terrible right. More content is the scourge of gaming.
MMaRsu
Banned
Yeah why would you not play this cool FREE content?
SirMossyBloke
Member
It saves after every section.
HighResTomato
Member
A year and a half and Rockstar still shitting the bed.
DeadlyParasite
Member
Did they roll back the servers when things went down? I purchased an apartment, got a haircut and bought some new clothes before they went offline and now that I'm back online all of that apparently never occurred.
Mass Effect
Member
This applies to pretty much any company also.
Has there ever been any game company that actually knew how to handle a launch for a big game or big game update? Even companies like Blizzard have trouble.
Is it just not possible to get it right the first time?
Lol, that's great placement.
*sigh* This happens anytime something popular is launched. Everyone wants to play at the same time and it overwhelms the servers. Unfortunately, that is the one time they are going to have that many people wanting to play at once. It isn't really feasable to get enough servers for a one time event (or something that happens very occasionally). Yes, they are going to have a lot of people trying to play at once. Eventually some people are going to get bored or decide it wasn't all that and leave. Now then they are left with way more servers to maintain than they really need.
So they get the amount of servers for what they predict will be the usual load rather than pay for a lot of stuff that will only matter at the start. That's why every time an online game launches you have these kind of pains. Because it does not make business sense to spend that kind of money for something that will not be used for most the game life.
valkillmore
Member
Companies budget for this stuff way in advance, too. You'd think they'd have an INKLING on the demand during launch, given the shitstorm that was the original launch of GTA:O, and the staggering sales of the current-gen versions of the games.
Having said that, it's not like our lives depend on being able to play. Patience is a virtue.
Navy shop? Are you talking about the aircraft carrier? That's not in the open world dude.
MisterHero
Super Member
Sorry for jumping into the thread and only skimming the front page, but what is the progress for heists on PS3?
thx R*
thx R*
Destiny handled it well, also every COD (which many people play at launch) holds up well too. Idk, it is just very frustrating when you set up to play with friends and you waste an hour or so just trying to join each other. Yes patience is a virtue, I'm just annoyed, I play video games for fun and when things like this happen it's the complete opposite of fun.
If people can confirm they're up on PS3 AND 360 (I'm like 99% sure they are but want confirmation) I'll update the OP with it.
TheAbsolution
Member
It's still highly in demand, why would they do that?
MAX PAYMENT
Member
Suddenly one worked.
to increase sales, everyone is talking about it but many people like me are not ready to jump cause we dont feel like paying 60 for the same game twice, even tho improved on every level it still a hard buy to swallow
Obviously I don't know the specifics of GTA Online, but this ability exists today with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. Essentially you set a threshold for the server capacity, and once it exceeds that a new instance is created and load-balanced, which theoretically reduces the per instance strain, allowing for more connections and less bottlenecks. It's more complicated than that, and maybe that's the ROI decision that they've made, but it's certainly possible. You're not spending money for servers for the lifetime of the server; you're instantiating it when necessary and discarding when you're done.
Kalamari
Member
I think it just boils down to poor planning on the part of R*. Given enough notice I would expect it's possible for temporary servers to be implemented for expected jumps of online users.
I wonder if it would be better for GTAO servers to have some sort of a queue, in order to allow some people to play at least, than to fuck everyone over all at the same time.
I wonder if it would be better for GTAO servers to have some sort of a queue, in order to allow some people to play at least, than to fuck everyone over all at the same time.
I had trouble getting on like an hour ago. Eventually quit GTA5 and restarted and was able to get in.
giancarlo123x
Banned
Is there a reason my friend and I can play online fine but the option to join a friend is blacked out
ASSauLTxMasTER
Member
I seem to be getting somewhere.
Fox Mulder
Member
I have zero interest in the online portion though. Why should I have to download it, Ive only got like 10 gigs left on my xb1.
This doesn't carry much weight with me tbh. We have scalable solutions to this problem. Look at the way Wildstar handled their networking. In high population times the service they use just boots up more VMs and off we go.
Byron Bluth
Banned
Best apartment to buy? Just the most expansive one?