GT6 Release Farcical?

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So, has the release of GT6 been amongst the greatest screw-ups in gaming history?

  • Stores selling the game almost a week ahead of official release date in the Middle East
  • Reports in the forums of people being able to purchase the game in other parts of the world a day or two before official release date
  • People in the forums posting that they have received a pre-ordered game by mail ahead of the official release date
  • People on release date still waiting for their game to be shipped because stores did not order enough copies
  • Reports that pre-order bonus codes are not being shipped with the game
  • Reports that pre-order bonus codes are not being sent by email
  • Reports that pre-order bonus codes are not even working
  • Reports of crashing, glitches and game breaking bugs in the forums
  • Removal of the speed test functionality that was previously added to GT5 as a result of popular community peer pressure
  • Premium, Semi-Semi-Premium, Semi-Premium, Standard, Sub-Standard - what ever you call them I am seeing reports of far too many differing levels of quality in the featured cars
  • Money making glitches that will inevitably see the reintroduction of invisible barriers on tracks
  • No time-scale given on promised game features that are unavailable on release date

I'm sure the list can go on.

I know that games get released with bugs, glitches and flaws these days and they are usually fixed through online updates, for those fortunate enough to have network connectivity for their consoles. I, however, don't think I have ever seen such a large collection of errors that also include those of releasing the actual physical game itself too. It can't be that difficult to organise a simultaneous global release date - other game releases have managed it.

I admit that I am annoyed that my pre-ordered copy didn't arrive yet but I am really quite anxious about actually receiving the game given what I am reading in our forums here.
 
It still has not arrived to my local store yet.
I don't even know when it is supposed to come.
 
MeanElf
Half of that stuff is down to the sales point...especially if they didn't order enough.
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Do we really need to talk about frame rate, AI, livery editor, shuffle racing and no options to create a decent grid out of 1200 cars even in this thread.

Oh and sounds.
 
Anyone else reading in the forums about all of the bugs and glitches being found so far - some of them are really quite serious and most are ridiculous and point to a game being forced upon a release date that it was not ready for.

The more I read the more I am glad my game didn't arrive today - I might just leave it on the shelf until PD put a couple of updates to fix these issues through, and then a couple of updates to fix the issues created by the updates that came before...
 
HKS racer
You were saying half of the stuff is down to the sales point.
But OP said "I'm sure the list can go on"
so yes, seems like we need to talk about all the stuff I mentioned even in this thread.
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To be honest it just looked like so much petulance that I just gave up part way through. I'm sure there were a few valid points buried in the OP somewhere, but I lost all interest in reading past a certain point.

I'm equally sure any missing points will be added and discussed ad infinitum by those who wish to, so I wouldn't worry if I were you.
 
I was thinking in picking it up second hand later on, but the more stuff i read here on GTP, the more i'm starting to doubt if i will pick it up at all... :ill:
 
mister dog
I was thinking in picking it up second hand later on, but the more stuff i read here on GTP, the more i'm starting to doubt if i will pick it up at all... :ill:
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Indeed bro, situation is kind of worse that we were expecting.
Well look it like this, we saved 60 bucks.
Now if in the next 3 / 5 months PD come out with worthy patches we can always jump in with a used copy.

In the meanwhile, I go back to rFactor.
 
This is in no way meant to be disrespectful to the OP, but please do just a tiny bit of research on game releases before making threads like this.

I recommend reading up on games like Diablo 3 and Sim City 4. Battlefield 4 is also having massive problems.
 
Buying gt6 on psn has turned out to be a huge annoying mistake for, I got the game downloaded and installed and still cant start it, I've eventually found a number to phone to sort it out but they give me a ton of options then eventually i get a dial tone and an automated woman answers and says we are busy please try again, How about you put me in a ****ing cue instead of leaving it down to pot luck, I've rang about 20 times and the same thing, Sent an email and they will reply within 24 hours, I started the download at 10:45 pm last night so with downloading and installing and trying to sort all of this out its basically 24 hours my life has been revolved around this damn game without even playing it,

At this point i am so over gt and the franchise as a whole, If they tell me i have to redownload i'm just gonna move on and buy a ps4 in a few months and watch the series dig its own grave from a far,

Also on psn gt6 is now 14gb as opposed to the 15gb last night.
 
MeanElf
To be honest it just looked like so much petulance that I just gave up part way through. I'm sure there were a few valid points buried in the OP somewhere, but I lost all interest in reading past a certain point.

I'm equally sure any missing points will be added and discussed ad infinitum by those who wish to, so I wouldn't worry if I were you.
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Well I am not childish or bad tempered - not sure why you felt that it was petulant.

Of course you are entitled to your opinion as am I - I am merely forming an opinion of the release of this game based on so many experiences being reported in these forums and consider, in my most humble opinion, that the release of GT6 has been quite a farce.
 
grrlpurple
So, has the release of GT6 been amongst the greatest screw-ups in gaming history?

  • Stores selling the game almost a week ahead of official release date in the Middle East
  • Reports in the forums of people being able to purchase the game in other parts of the world a day or two before official release date
  • People in the forums posting that they have received a pre-ordered game by mail ahead of the official release date
  • People on release date still waiting for their game to be shipped because stores did not order enough copies
  • Reports that pre-order bonus codes are not being shipped with the game
  • Reports that pre-order bonus codes are not being sent by email
  • Reports that pre-order bonus codes are not even working
  • Reports of crashing, glitches and game breaking bugs in the forums
  • Removal of the speed test functionality that was previously added to GT5 as a result of popular community peer pressure
  • Premium, Semi-Semi-Premium, Semi-Premium, Standard, Sub-Standard - what ever you call them I am seeing reports of far too many differing levels of quality in the featured cars
  • Money making glitches that will inevitably see the reintroduction of invisible barriers on tracks
  • No time-scale given on promised game features that are unavailable on release date

I'm sure the list can go on.

I know that games get released with bugs, glitches and flaws these days and they are usually fixed through online updates, for those fortunate enough to have network connectivity for their consoles. I, however, don't think I have ever seen such a large collection of errors that also include those of releasing the actual physical game itself too. It can't be that difficult to organise a simultaneous global release date - other game releases have managed it.

I admit that I am annoyed that my pre-ordered copy didn't arrive yet but I am really quite anxious about actually receiving the game given what I am reading in our forums here.
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Who cares about stores selling them early? It's that way for most popular games, GTA5 being most recent and it hurts no one except the retailer. As far as gaming goes? There are a TON of games that are riddled with problems. Bethesda games have way more glitches and flaws that any other company out there! Skyrim was a glitch fest, so were both Fallouts. Are you new to gaming?
 
grrlpurple
So, has the release of GT6 been amongst the greatest screw-ups in gaming history?

  • Stores selling the game almost a week ahead of official release date in the Middle East
  • Reports in the forums of people being able to purchase the game in other parts of the world a day or two before official release date
  • People in the forums posting that they have received a pre-ordered game by mail ahead of the official release date
  • People on release date still waiting for their game to be shipped because stores did not order enough copies
  • Reports that pre-order bonus codes are not being shipped with the game
  • Reports that pre-order bonus codes are not being sent by email
  • Reports that pre-order bonus codes are not even working
  • Reports of crashing, glitches and game breaking bugs in the forums
  • Removal of the speed test functionality that was previously added to GT5 as a result of popular community peer pressure
  • Premium, Semi-Semi-Premium, Semi-Premium, Standard, Sub-Standard - what ever you call them I am seeing reports of far too many differing levels of quality in the featured cars
  • Money making glitches that will inevitably see the reintroduction of invisible barriers on tracks
  • No time-scale given on promised game features that are unavailable on release date

I'm sure the list can go on.

I know that games get released with bugs, glitches and flaws these days and they are usually fixed through online updates, for those fortunate enough to have network connectivity for their consoles. I, however, don't think I have ever seen such a large collection of errors that also include those of releasing the actual physical game itself too. It can't be that difficult to organise a simultaneous global release date - other game releases have managed it.

I admit that I am annoyed that my pre-ordered copy didn't arrive yet but I am really quite anxious about actually receiving the game given what I am reading in our forums here.
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Storm in a teacup.
 
matticus88
No, no where near one of the greatest screwups, this release has been saint-like compared to a few this year, SimCity, X-Rebirth amoungst many, many others.
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Yeah, check out a Battlefield 4 forum if you wanna see some real angst from the PC Master Race.
 

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