There’s no way around it, GTA Online has been a disaster since it launched on Tuesday. Server issues, errors, and disconnects have plagued could have been one of the most substantial multiplayer releases of the year. Thankfully, an end to the frustration is in sight.
To put an end to most of these problems, Rockstar Games is releasing a patch tomorrow morning that will include fixes for the following:
- For PlayStation 3 users, a PlayStation Network server issue was detected that was limiting the amount of possible concurrent users. This was preventing most players from accessing GTA Online altogether and as of this morning, that problem was resolved.
- There is an issue that is preventing some players from getting through the first tutorial mission across both platforms. Many players have been able to get through this with repeated retries, and we are working on unblocking this for everyone as soon as possible.
- This morning, we experienced some instability across the GTA Online services which is affecting even people who have progressed beyond the tutorial mission. We are identifying these issues now and are working to restore stability for users as soon as possible.
- For the time being and until we have been able to get everybody access to GTA Online and things are running smoothly, we have disabled the option of purchasable GTA$ cash packs. Players can however keep on earning GTA$ by pulling off Jobs and other profitable gameplay activities rather than purchasing cash packs.
In my case, what’s listed above directly pertains to the problems I’ve had. Most of the time I can’t even connect to GTA Online, and the times I do I end up remaking my character in the horrible character creator. I’ve made my character 7 times now due to my character being lost, and have completed the tutorial mission 3 times. I might spend more time trying to play it for my first time tonight, but chance are it won’t be until this update arrives that I get to see what the buzz is about.
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