PS3 Users Experience GTA 4 Online Woes

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• Agreed, terrible lobby design. Also when the party system fails to bring everyone in (we all have open N... : dubiousbrick

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• Haha, okay! Maybe everyone bought it on the PS3 because that was the one system they had? I would have... : pyide
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  Ignorant comment if ever there was. I'm on the 360 version and had only successfully played 3 MP matches... : Zips
  • How many people joined games on accident in the middle of a mission while trying to figure out the phone ... : podung
• Nuke please. : Edges
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  1st, Compress Video is not evidense of lower resolution 2. Your a dumb fanboy 3. Xbox users have claime... : dilutedq
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    it does indeed run at a lower res. It was proven. let it go. : burning eye
    • where is this proof? I know tons of reviews say the 360 has "more vibrant colors". Umm...you can adjust... : austere01
    • proof that depends on COMPRESSED VIDEO. : dilutedq
  • YOUR : mourningstar

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  We played tons of Cops and Crooks and Turf War last night. It was a blast. : Fred Garvin
  • Bomb da Base II. So awesome. : Chris Faylor
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    That's what I played. It was a public game. I don't think GTA online works well at all if you don't play ... : razlebol
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      That can be said with pretty well any team based game. : Fred Garvin
      • Yea, this is true of any and all team objective games. Particularly when communication is critical, and ... : dedgecko
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        Not at all. I can play team fortress 2, warhawk and metal gear online and those games are fun even on pub... : razlebol
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          And I've had some public games of COD4 or R6 that are fun, not sure what your point is. I don't think GTA... : Fred Garvin
          • if anything is the problem is that it's still too new. people are jumping in to try MP before learning th... : pyide
    • I played with complete strangers yesterday and it was pretty fun. We all fucked around and laughed about... : Edges
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  sneaking around with a bazooka and shooting other people driving at you is amazing. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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    if you crouch, do you not show up on the mini map to the other team? Because I think that it would be ... : dedgecko
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      That's an option in the menu before you start the game, you can set the radar to all, only show near, onl... : boredguy
      • I think it's hidden when you take cover behind something. That's what I noticed last night in team dm an... : Edges
• I was playing ranked games last night and it was awesome. No reason to not play ranked! There's no pe... : the city
• btw, I might buy both versions so I can play with shackers on Live, since PSN is old and busted. : .ka`boom.zZz.
• Online Free mode with a buddy or two is a ton of fun. Just cruising around town and causing chaos. : Gwyndion
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  At least I know it's not an issue with something else of mine. I keep getting invites from shackers but c... : shred.
  • That was me. :( : Chew

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• It was me. I sent you a couple. Did you check Multiplayer on the cell? It has a section that says invite ... : razlebol
• That was me inviting you, - accept using the mobile phone. : abrasion

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• Uh I played Monday and Tuesday evening for hours, with zero problems on the 360. Couldve been their local... : two50six
• I think a lot of problems that people report on the 360 are sounding more like router / firewall issues m... : Gwyndion

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  TLDR: "Shit" : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • I played with a friend of mine online from like... 5:30pm to 1am yesterday (on 360). Do it! : the city
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  Also, I'd wait until there's an all-clear from both camps. : Sylvanus
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    Huh? There's been no problems on Live at all. : Fred Garvin
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      I've seen posts mentioning issues on LIVE on a few sites. One that stood out only as weird was not to pl... : Sylvanus
      • I've experienced a pretty big framerate drop while playing Team DM at some point... looked around me, I t... : mystifier
      • It very well could just be issues with the people/other issues not related to the game. As I'm not looki... : Sylvanus
      • That really has nothing to do with Live and framerate drops during insane firefights is probably common t... : Fred Garvin
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        I played about 6 hours of multiplayer on Live yesterday, hitting many game types and even a full 16 playe... : Tommy Toolbag
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          That's cool as hell. :) : Sylvanus
          • Not cool is the work I didnt get done last night :( : Tommy Toolbag
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      Although a little early to declare a winner at this time, my experience with Live has been flawless so fa... : mystifier
      • Yeah, I must have played for about 8 hours online yesterday without a hitch (on live). : Gwyndion
    • yah I played last night for 4 hours without a single hitch. : ant_hillbilly
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      I had problems joining Shack battles yesterday. Gave me a big red X and a cannot connect message. Altho... : Edges
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        stop lying. fred said there's no problems on live and his word is law. : pyide
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          Obviously there are some people posting here that had a few problems, but no more than usual. It's not th... : Fred Garvin
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            Not everyone experienced the same amount of downtime and problems with Live that the rest did over the ho... : pyide
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              All I can say is that last night and the night before I was able to connect and play without any issues. ... : Fred Garvin
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                well saying "no problems on Live" because of your one anecdote and a couple others is not good science : Chandler55
                • Yes, but it wasn't just me. It was me and everyone I played with. Not a scientific sample, but enough to ... : Fred Garvin
• ps3 version worked at 1am last night. So i think psn was just getting hammered most of the day. : Iwannaacura

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• the only problem we had in our party was that Giggles and myself would get into a game, but Magic Penny k... : dedgecko
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  The Nat Being Open shit is fucking annoying. Whenever there is a new game out, and tons of new Xbox Live ... : bozer
  • If your xbox is blocked from the internet by your router, not much MS can do about it. I just leave my xb... : R.Cade

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  I forgot a word :( : Chris Faylor
  • Fail, go home. : Madwacker

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  Sony isn't used to see so many people on at once :) : mystifier
  • sony isn't used to anyone at all : FushigiDenki
  • aren't the matchmaking and servers and stuff provided by rockstar? i've had no problems with PSN since re... : pyide

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• Wait until it hits evening PST and then you'll know if it's all good. Live was like that for a while. : Fred Garvin

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  Not here :| : Chris Faylor
  • Go to work! oh wait, you are.... ummm, is shacknews your only source of income? wanna totally be frien... : sanewave

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• You fail, start over. You can't get the good ending now. I don't really know : rustified
• I was wondering the same thing. : mesabo
• Dude, bros before ho's, you know the rules. : disdain
• he called me back when i finished the date. it's the same mission. i know, cuz i replayed that part and... : vassili_zaitsev
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  You can beg in game?? Wild! : AndyGoin
  • beginning be grinning be grinding begging bootlegging : sanewave

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• didn't you hear, ISP's are now throttling bandwidth for games during peak hours : flasher 907