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L.A. Noire: 'Expect First Patch Soon' - Rockstar

NowGamer: Rockstar has moved to investigate reports of overheating while running on PlayStation 3s that have been updated to the latest firmware...

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Ninver5482d ago

so what happens if you live in a third world country with no means of connecting your console to the net?

i'm guessing game devs don't take time to think about that huh?

aCasualGamer5482d ago (Edited 5482d ago )

If you live in a third world country, with no means for internet. You wouldn't know about the issue in the first place and if their console would overheat they would think it's because of some other error.

I believe if you live in a country where there is no internet connection you should prioritize in doing other things than playing videogames. If you must play videogames then there are alternatives; either buy a PS2 and enjoy the roster of thousands of games or/and buy some other console that doesn't need internet connection.

I'm not trying to downplay on people with harsh lifestyles and those living in poor places. I'm just being realistic, if you are poor and live in a place where there is no internet connection, the last thing you should be doing is waste your valuable time in playing videogames.

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green5482d ago

@ aCasualGamer: "if you are poor and live in a place where there is no internet connection, the last thing you should be doing is waste your valuable time in playing videogames." WTF are you talking about?

What makes you think that everyone that is in a 3rd world country is poor? I am Nigerian and i grew up in Nigeria for 25 years of my life. I owned the NES, SNES, PE1,PS2, XBOX, N64, and had my 1st year ownership of the 360 in Nigeria. Guess what? most of my friends had consoles as well and we all bought them day one on release date usually by timing holidays to UK or US during that period.

I live in the UK now but a few or my friends have already asked me to get LA Noire for them during my next trip to Nigeria in a few weeks. And what Dirty Beaver is saying is correct. Its going to be a damn inconvenience for them. if this happened.

Forget internet connections, what about general hardware console faults like RROD or YLOD. Are you saying that because they are in a 3rd world country with no SONY or Microsoft customer support, they should not own a console ?

nix5481d ago (Edited 5481d ago )

you come from a humble country like Nigeria...? that is really hard to believe for the blind fanboy you are. wow. i think you should go back to your roots.

being humble, i mean.

PoulCast5481d ago

If you are located in a country without customer support for your purchased product, I am sorry to tell you that the developers nor the publisher should worry about you.

Before you purchase a product, make sure that you are able to send it for service. I do not purchase a car in Europe, if the only service option is in Asia, neither would I purchase a PS3 in Nigeria, if I had to send it to repair in another continent.

It's inconvinient, certainly. But I am sure that Nigeria has internet which you can rent to upgrade your PS3.

Baka-akaB5481d ago

if you've got no support , you take the gamble on your own obviously .

Wich is ok , but then it's no use complaining afterward .

Best served trying to get a local community to shine and convincing the contructors to add said support

KING855481d ago

I'm sorry Nix, but no matter how you try to spin your comment, you still come out looking like a douch bag. How does he sound like a fanboy? How does that saying go about the pot telling the kettle? Such a shame to see such ignorant words come out of people's mouths.

danielle0075481d ago

It's their decision whether they want to own a console or not, but they should pick their console choice wisely. Maybe stick with the PS2, XBOX or GameCube. Pick the most dependable system, with the most dependable games.

Or they take the risk, and have just as much chance as getting screwed as the rest of us, with a lot more of a hassle to fix it.

aCasualGamer5480d ago

@ green

That's not what i meant. Ofcourse it wouldn't apply to you as you said yourself, you are not poor.

What's the point of getting angry over patches when you don't even have a internet connection to begin with. It would be like last gen of clusterfu***k of faulty games.

There is no easy way to satisfy the needs of those without internet connections. The best would be to send Team Bondi a letter concerning your issue about non internet connected areas. Sending in receipt and demand a replacement.

Don't get me wrong, i have friends in Zimbabwe with no economic worries. But that doesn't mean the entire Zimbabwe has the same lifestyle, as the rich are minority.

I'm talking about those who have just earned cash and the first thing they do is buy consoles and materialistic products with no value. When instead it could go to education and such.

This is a situation that has been explained from fokes in third world country.

I'm not downplaying on anyone so don't get me wrong @ green.

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Baka-akaB5481d ago

i wouldnt say that ... but in all honesty , ith the focus upon either multiplayer , patches or dlcs this gen , in such case you should reconsider buying a ps3 or 360 .

danielle0075481d ago (Edited 5481d ago )

It's become the standard to be able to fix bugs through the patches. So no, they don't care. They only care about the majority, and the majority of gamers these days have an internet connection. If I lived in a place without internet, and I wanted to play video games, I'd probably stick to a PS2. Dependable, shizloads of games, and developers didn't have the ability to patch, so the top games actually perform well right out of the door.

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Chuk55481d ago

IMO RDR was a fucking mess stability wise and glitch-wise. I couldn't even play it at times, but everyone just swept that under the rug.

iistuii5481d ago

Mine this morning in the UK and for the 1st time I've purchased a multi on the PS3 and mine froze as soon as I turned it on just after the install. If it tries to go on the store to get the free DLC it freezes there too. Not a great start.

skyward5481d ago

I'd expect problems with the store until PSN is back up fully though...

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Rockstar launches official marketplace for mods

Rockstar has launched an official marketplace for "every server and every player" to buy mods: Cfx Marketplace.

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Christopher127d ago (Edited 127d ago )

I wonder how much of this isn't just taken work of others who have modded for free.

Edit: Also, great way for R* to take popular ideas and build them into GTAVI based on demand.

fr0sty125d ago

What I see happening here is, R* is going to ban mods in GTA6 UNLESS you buy them from the marketplace and R* then gets a cut of that sale.

ActualWhiteMan125d ago

Ah, perfect timing with them taking down the Bully online fan mod. Greedy a$$ company.

Christopher125d ago

It's okay as long as they get a cut of the money.

fr0sty125d ago

Expect R* to force it on you.

Snookies12125d ago

Yep, right there with you. I'll happily donate to a mod creator if it looks really cool, or if I enjoy it. But expecting payment up front? Nope, not touching it.

IanTH125d ago (Edited 125d ago )

I'm not entirely sure how to read this, as it doesn't seem exactly like an exact parallel to Bethesda's paid mods shenanigans.

Rather than single player stuff, this appears to be aimed solely on Cfx Servers. From what I've gleaned, apparently Rockstar bought the Cfx mod team several years ago, coming a few years after weird contentions led them to ban a few of their members. Ultimately, the question is if they plan to keep this contained to only online/servers.

I have to guess to a degree yes. It'd be pretty hard to "force" paid mods for single player when modding files locally on your own machine, but much easier for servers they'll control. So perhaps this is their soft launch ahead of GTA6 online and they'll clamp down more tightly on non-official servers going forward? Ever since they've become a 1 or 2 property studio, I haven't really cared much for Rockstar stuff, so I'm not entirely up on everything surrounding this. Sounds like it has the potential to be problematic further down the line, but right now fairly easy to ignore...I think lol.

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Discord Messages Reviewed By Rockstar Before Firing Union Members Have Reportedly Been Revealed

Discord messages Rockstar Games management reviewed before firing union members have reportedly been revealed.

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Shikoku177d ago (Edited 177d ago )

They were involved in protected Union activities and Rockstar will be in trouble with the NLRB.

DarXyde177d ago

You think this NLRB will lift a finger?

Ps5conehead177d ago

Watch the video this is in England

gerbintosh177d ago

Basically this is Rockstar vs the Union members word. These employees could be cherry picking or spoofing the chat logs.Rockstar could be lying. I will withhold judgment until Discord is subpoened and releases the chat group text from their servers.

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Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser explains why open world spy game Agent never worked out

A rare interview from the former GTA and Red Dead Redemption writer and executive producer.

dveio200d ago

Interesting to know.

Among MGS4, Agent was the reason I wanted and bought a PS3. (Who knew we would get other gems like Killzone 2 and TLoU.)

I always assumed it got cancelled due to hardware restrictions even at that time.

Deeeeznuuuts200d ago

Such a shame, I remember first reading about it in official playstation magazine, Agent and The Getaway are the two cancelled games I wish I could play 😩

Christopher199d ago

Because it had to be open world, of course. Couldn't change that and make the Agent game work otherwise. Totally buying it.

Redgrave199d ago

I used to laugh whenever I'd see someone cite Agent as a game to look forward to, because it was never officially canceled (at least, as far as I've seen.)

"It's still real to me, dammit!"