Rumblings on Gearbox Software’s
official message board recently indicated that there was a significant problem with the PS3 version of the game. Friends weren’t able to join other friends for some wicked PSN-fueled cooperative action. But that issue is no more -- it has been crushed by Gearbox Software technical wizardry.
In a statement just released to the press, Gearbox’s marketing VP Steve Gibson said the PSN friends list problem has been identified and resolved. He noted that PS3 owners should be able to rock out with their bros starting now without having to download a patch -- this was an invisible fix on the server side.
Word on the street is that Gearbox used little electric demons -- not tech dudes -- to clean and bandage the server’s wounds, which can be attributed, perhaps, to
Borderlands bangin’ sales.
“We hope that no other issues crop up,” Gibson said in the statement, “but the success of
Borderlands is exceeding our expectations and there are more players at launch than we expected. In any case, we plan to continue support of
Borderlands on all platforms in case anything else crops up.”
Contest:
6:05 PM on 10.21.2009
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Glad to see they fixed this so quickly although how did they miss something on their end with so much QA testing?
Will be getting borderlands on payday though. For sure.
Jeers to the game still randomly freezing in the public game lobby(forcing you to reset).
Freezing in the online lobby happened to you too? I thought it was something wrong with my PS3.
oh wel i hear its still awesome 1 player.
I think a few (I said a FEW!) PS3 owners owe Gearbox an apology for completely unsubstantiated claims that arose out of this issue, about how they are just "lazy" or that they "decided to not care about the ps3 version," etc, when the problem seems more a direct result of the way Sony handles online gaming. Sure, Live has it's issues now and then, but c'mon folks, you get what you pay for. Praising the way Sony provides free but disjointed online gaming with one breath, and then crucifying devs when there is a hiccup that was able to manifest itself as a result of that online model with the next, is just stupid. Selfish, even.
Having said that though, I can certainly understand the frustration of not being able to play 4 player co-op with your friends in a game that practically demands it, so I'm glad to see that this issue was able to be ironed out so quickly for the PS3 user base. I've been having a blast with 4 player online co-op, as well as the single player. It's an extremely fun game to play, as well a beautiful one to look at!
I stopped playing Demon's Souls and Uncharted 2 for this game and I can safely say I will not be buying CoD MW2 as I have so many A+ games to deal with and Borderlands is very A+.