Exhibit A.....Grand Theft Auto V, or at least Grand Theft Auto Online. I don't know how many of you are familiar with what is going on over there at Rockstar Games, but it's a mess to say the least.
The last week, since launch of the online, has been a complete mess. Tons of people still can't play. I was lucky enough to have a few minor bugs and freezes, tons of server problems though. But I managed to play quite a bit with my friends. Today, I get on to see that the servers are, yet again, down. Not only that, but my character has disappeared. The way they have it set it is that it is all saved on the cloud servers. You don't have your own save on your console, which is a terrible idea. It leads to this. So no servers, no character. It's just such a mess. All my friends are having problems. The forums are going nuts.
So, my point....I am so beyond happy that Bungie is beta testing this game. It more then deserves it. I hope more developers learn to open beta test. It makes for a better launch day and an all around better product. So stoked for this game.
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Like battlefield! I love that beta right now! Even tho it sucked from October 1st to October 3rd cuz no one was playing it, cuz of the GTA 5 release
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Just lost my character today. I am beyond pissed. Destiny Beta > GTA Online.
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If you don't want to play, then don't sign up for a beta.
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No disrespect to Rockstar, but Bungie is light years ahead of them with regards to online multiplayer experience, see Halo.
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yeah.GTA online has been a bit botched and the progression loss is a pain in the a** really looking forward to destiny beta,to be there whenever a online game starts out is kinda special moment,that.and destiny looks absolutely amazing :)
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Edited by SkilPhil: 10/7/2013 10:42:42 AMTo be fair Destiny will be shared amongst 4 platforms rather than 2 so I don't think it'll be quite as messy.
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In defence of Rockstar, I doubt Destiny will sell anywhere near the amount that GTA V sold so that will help with the servers. Rockstar had to deal with an unholy amount of traffic when they launched GTAO.