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Rockstar thanks GTA Online player who fixed poor load times, official update coming

Rockstar Games has confirmed to PC Gamer that a fan-made solution to GTA Online's abysmal loading times will become official in a forthcoming update.

Snookies121146d ago (Edited 1146d ago )

That's actually awesome. More developers need to do things like this! I've seen so many companies shut down fan ideas ranging from simple fixes like this to remaking games. If they would just hire these people and embrace that sometimes fans can outdo developers, rather than trying to send them a C&D order. The gaming industry would be flourishing.

Fluttershy771146d ago

One thing is Fixing or innocent mods and something completely different is unlicensed fan remakes of games. I'd love to see Konami releasing a Castlevania Remaster Complete Collection, but they think otherwise and its their property...
I remember people complaining about Nintendo shutting down AM2R... But what these people didn't know is that they were working on their own Metroid 2 Remake and something like AM2R would affect their sales (and even the perception of their own game). Less than a year later Nintendo released Return of Samus... A lot of people work on the Original and the Remake and they deserve their money?
Lets say YOU create something lets say a poem, or a song, or a photography... you wouldn't like ME to make money from it or even just to minorly affect your income

Highrevz1146d ago

You’re not wrong in what your saying and I think AM2R did have some effect on the sales, but I paid for Samus Returns yet I got a better Metroid experience from a free fan made game. Conflicted on this🤔

VenomUK1146d ago

Rockstar ‘thanked the author’? It’s been a problem for years and this one enthusiast significantly improved the loading of the game that’s made over a billion in profit. Rockstar should give him a financial reward.

Atom6661146d ago

If they don't (and I have my doubts that they will pay him), I hope somebody throws up a donation link for him. The community will surely give him a decent reward.

VenomUK1145d ago

@Nitrowolf2 That's great!

FinalFantasyFanatic1145d ago

Why not even go further and reward these people with money or jobs? They're obviously talented enough to fix something a bigger developer can't or wouldn't.

Marcello1146d ago

Thats nice that they are going to patch this in and have thanked the guy but if i were Rockstar i would have offered him a job.

SullysCigar1145d ago

I'd also be asking questions of the person / area responsible for trying to fix this issue within Rockstar previously.

I know that's a negative take on good news, but you have to wonder wtf?! Lol

telgou1145d ago

A job + bonus... this guy's fix will bring many players back since many people(like me) got frustrated with the loading screens and quit.

neutralgamer19921146d ago

A simple thank you would sound a lot nicer with a small bonus

CantThinkOfAUsername1146d ago

Rockstar awarded him $10K through their Bug Bounty Program.

porkChop1146d ago

That's an awesome story. Goob job on Rockstar on making it official.

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Take on Freemode Challenges and Events to Get 2X GTA$ and RP - Rockstar Games

The street-level action is heating up, so dive headfirst into the chaos of Freemode Challenges and Events — all of which are paying out Double Rewards.

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Rockstar Games Is Conducting One-To-One Discussions Regarding GTA Online With Select Players

Rockstar Games will be conducting one-to-one discussions regarding its live service game, GTA Online, with a select number of players.

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phoenixwing41d ago

Thar she blows! That be a whale!! Let's talk to them mateys!

phoenixwing41d ago

@disagrees
Didn't have a good rebuttal did you? We all know the select players are whales who waste thousands or hundreds of thousands on the games currency. You expect them to make the same kinds of demands as everyone else? Keep dreaming.

Inverno41d ago

Well that and most likely streamers who have helped harpoon all those whales lolz.

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Rockstar Games Is Permanently Banning Players For Account Duplication Exploit In GTA Online

Rockstar Games is permanently banning players for using an account duplication exploit in GTA V's multiplayer component, GTA Online.

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GamingSinceForever48d ago

Why is this news? Is this supposed to be some sort of heads up to those involved?

Kombatologist47d ago

Why shouldn't this be news? If you play the game at all, you'd know this has been a problem for a while. Tell me, how is it fair for legit low-level players to be grieved by players using modded accounts with disposable amounts of cash? It's about time Rockstar did something about these losers.

BISHOP-BRASIL47d ago (Edited 47d ago )

Not that I really played it in forever, but the way I used to roll on online once I realize I had no interest in actually doing heists and micromanaging property and shit, the moment someone decided to pick a fight I'd just leave towards north, jump the fence of the army base, steal a jet and grief away... Pro tip: they can't really make you pay for other players cars when you have not one single penny to your name.

EDIT: Got carried away... Anyway, my point was, you can grief without money, this is not stopping it.

Kombatologist47d ago

@BISHOP-BRASIL

I get what you're trying to say, but it's a false equivalence. Anyone could jump the fence and grab a jet back in the day. The dynamic changed once R* started introducing militarized vehicles, such as flying motorcycles with homing rockets, a stealth helicopter, and most recently, a stealth jet. There's so many militarized vehicles now, you really have to keep up with the latest and greatest in order to defend yourself from that shit, which is really expensive to do. Sure, you could make the argument that Shark Cards give players the same advantage as a modded account. The thing is, they don't. Not even close. A modded account can have ANY amount of money, as well as ANY weapon and/or vehicle, even ones that aren't available in the game yet (as long as they're in the datafiles). Some of them even have glitched characters with invisible limbs/weapons. This is an unfair advantage to anyone who plays legitimately and nobody should have to risk getting their accounts permanently banned from stooping to the same level just to compete. Furthermore, making money is really easy to do now. Which begs the question: Why buy a modded account in the first place? I think the answer is obvious.

Petebloodyonion47d ago

So this is news because a Twitter guy says so :)

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