Sony promises that the digital distribution of games via its PlayStation Network on the PlayStation 4 will greatly improve. The occasion for the promise, the problems with the dissemination of GTA V via PSN on the PS3.
With the release of GTA V could PlayStation 3 users choose to have the game in its entirety download. When it comes to the Rock Star title, a total of 18GB of data, were, however, problems. Users got error messages, and downloads stokten. It would also, in some cases, the files of Grand Theft Auto V are corrupted. Sony, which a week earlier to asked some GTA V files online placed, recognized the problems and suggested that affected PS3 gamers, the files again had download.
In an interview with Eurogamer says Fergal Gara, managing director of the PlayStation division in the Uk, that Sony needed to improve on his PSN gamedistributie. The upcoming PlayStation 4, however, would much improve, says Gara. The console will get “play as you download” functionality, where the player already with a game to get to work while there are still parts that need to be fetched. The disadvantage is that gamebestanden continue to grow, so the mechanism is not always working properly, so Gara. The PS4 game Killzone: Shadow Fall would be even 50GB in size.
Gara speaks further to the expectation that Sony downloadtitels more detail will go testing before they are released via PSN. Would also make Sony more money and time to put into test code on older consolemodellen, partly because there are proportionally more problems would occur. In addition, promised Sony already during the introduction of the PS4 that more attention will give to its PlayStation Network.
