Forget about the great big monsters in Turtle Rock’s forthcoming asymmetrical shooter Evolve, as it seems that Sony may have released a nasty of its own in PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.00. While specific details are vague, the developer has supposedly delayed the game’s big alpha test on the Japanese giant’s machine, apparently due to network issues caused by the console’s latest operating system overhaul.
“Following the recent PS4 v2.00 firmware update, we are experiencing difficulties with the Evolve Big Alpha on the PS4," a 2K Games representative told GameSpot. "As a result, the test on the PS4 is postponed. PlayStation and 2K are working together on a resolution. Evolve's closed alpha test is still playable on the Xbox One and PC." This is not exactly the kind of press that the platform holder could do with given recent network related events, is it?
Nevertheless, we suppose that these pre-release tests are designed to exploit issues just like this one, so if it results in a smoother launch in the long run, we doubt that too many will be able to complain. We’re going to guess that many of you are going to try in the comments section below, though.
[source gamespot.com]
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Sony needs a better PSN. Period.
Don't really care because I got the code for free and I have tons of other games to play. But just seeing problem after problem about PSN is really bothering me. I guess soon it will just become too much and people will start to not even care anymore and accept these problems.
PSN's online and running fine like usual, so it's clearly not a PSN problem. Firmware update 2.00 also hasn't affected any other piece of software on the PS4 (to my knowledge) other than this alpha. I'm not saying that 2K's lying - something's clearly gone wrong - but I find the statement a bit vague to be pointing the blame in any direction.
@RawWilson1 Agreed.
Now this really p! $$ ed me off today.
I'm actually kind of glad. I was looking forward to playing it, but I've just bought an Xbox One with Sunset Overdrive, and I've been hooked on that.
@get2sammyb yeah I was thinking that. Whatever it is it can't be a problem with a particularly major component of the firmware, otherwise we'd have seen more things being affected. Very strange.
PSN has been very unstable recently. Update 2.0 has a broken "rest mode" - we should not need to do work around to switch on and off a console. A recent PS Store update nearly bricked my PS3. Driveclub has been a disaster so far - still not fully working. It also is causing the restore license error due to the now defunct preorder car addons still linked to user accounts.
Sony need to up their game:
Proper communication via the blogs and fully test updates & games before release.
Its a console not a PC!
Rest mode doesnt work, it still doesn't play some of my blue ray discs, I had no problems on ps3. Like I said before, there is no need for big updates, just release bits when they're done and tested, stupid. Also can't help but think that 2.0 has had an adverse effect on driveclub perhaps. Who knows.
I just downloaded this last night! But still, well psychec for the releaae so if 2k can reaolve this issue then there is alot of hope for the full release.
we still better get a 3 day alpha when it comes to PS4 or I am cancelling my Pre-Order.
Granted, this is an alpha and not a beta, so something like this could unfortunately happen this early in development. A 12GB download wasted so far
@get2sammyb I'm with you on this. To me it seems like a deflection as in "Hey its not our fault, it's theirs". It seems odd that they've had nearly a week of testing & on the eve of the alpha going live, there's suddenly a problem. PR gobbledegook isn't a useful means of trying to find the root of the issue unfortunately either. There's definitely more to it than 2k are letting on
Sony online is officially a joke, haven't even wanted to turn it on in the last 2 weeks
I thought this was the go to system because it was so easy to make games do for, yet none can zip the flood of online problems.everyone wants more and more people to buy ps4, but if the servers can't handle what they have now, how bad well it be in the future with more people?
@blah01 turning your PS4 completely off - via "shutdown" still works fine - but rest mode is having issues.
@LampShade PSN goes down from time to time, but beyond Driveclub I've been playing games since day 1 on my PS4 with little down times beyond normal maintenance. The PSN is fine in my eyes.
@AD-80 thanks dude, yes, I have been doing that, hope we get a patch soon
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