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GTA V’s got some pre-loading problems on PS4

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Those who’ve moved on from this physical media nonsense and who’ve got bandwidth to burn can, as of this weekend, pre-load the digital version of GTA V on the PlayStation 4. Unfortunately, as many noticed, there seems to be a few problems with the pre-load.

A handful of players on both NeoGAF and reddit have reported having issues with the preload, with many of them facing  CE-37700-7  or CE-36249-4 errors instead of a functional download. While neither Sony or Rockstar have a comment on the problem or a fix for the issue, some have been able to get past it all by doing the following, incredibly logical thing; forcing it to download.

  • Go to your game Library on your PS4.
  • Select Grand Theft Auto V
  • Click on the download button.

The game is set to launch tomorrow, so if you’re suffering from this pre-load problem, it’s unlikely that you’ll finish the 50GB download soon anyway. This is one of those situations where I’d be very much in favour of a physical copy – especially given that there’s another 1GB day one patch for you to download before you can play it the way it’s meant t be played. Like most games on the local PSN, it’s available digitally for more than the retail versions. R899 will get you the digital version of the game in about a week when it finishes download, or you can pick it up from a retailer like Takealot, AWX or Kalahari for less.

It’s out tomorrow, competing with Far Cry 4 for shelf space and gamers’ hearts.  Which will you be getting?

Last Updated: November 17, 2014

37 Comments

  1. Alien Emperor Trevor

    November 17, 2014 at 13:07

    I will laugh my ass off if there’s a day one patch for PC when that eventually releases.

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    • ToshZA

      November 17, 2014 at 13:08

      To patch in Ultra-HD and unlock the frame rate to beyond 60fps?

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        November 17, 2014 at 13:09

        Even then. It’s the last version being released, shouldn’t need a patch.

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        • ToshZA

          November 17, 2014 at 13:10

          Shouldn’t. But will. This is 2014.

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          • Aries

            November 17, 2014 at 13:41

            But it will be 2015, so we can expect a day 2 patch as well

          • ToshZA

            November 17, 2014 at 13:43

            Well it’s either that or paid-for day 1 patches.

            Either way, the trajectory isn’t great. :/

    • Captain JJ the valiant

      November 17, 2014 at 13:40

      Probably will be. Then you can sit back and laugh about it while playing W3.

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        November 17, 2014 at 13:53

        I honestly won’t be surprised if that has a patch too. It’s no contest between them though – W3 all the way.

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        • Captain JJ the valiant

          November 17, 2014 at 13:55

          Agreed. These days anything Rockstar puts me off anyway. They did after-all deny the pc folk GTA V and now they’re planning on selling us a year-old game for the same price as a new game. No thanks.

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    • Ray Watson

      November 18, 2014 at 08:13

      All Console versions had a 1.1 gb day 1 patch …. Pretty sure pc will as well

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  2. Purple_Dragon

    November 17, 2014 at 13:10

    I’m now using my free night owl data for these day one patches. My purchases of games with day one patches is dependent on how much night owl data I have left for the month.

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  3. Admiral Chief Wang

    November 17, 2014 at 13:11

    Oh dear

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    • Hammersteyn

      November 17, 2014 at 13:11

      I see what you did there 😀

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      • Admiral Chief Wang

        November 17, 2014 at 13:19

        Oh dear oh deer my dear

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        • Captain JJ the valiant

          November 17, 2014 at 13:41

          Dear Admiral.
          Please stop. 😉

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            November 17, 2014 at 13:59

            Are you going to PETA stop to it?

          • Captain JJ the valiant

            November 17, 2014 at 14:09

            Well I hear puta isn’t the right word to use

  4. Hammersteyn

    November 17, 2014 at 13:11

    I got blown up along with two trucks on Sniper Elite yesterday but instead of game over the game crash. May have used too much dynamite.

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    • Tyler Durden

      December 23, 2014 at 14:51

      fight club 🙂

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      • Hammersteyn

        December 23, 2014 at 16:13

        XD

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  5. Hammersteyn

    November 17, 2014 at 13:13

    BT games gives a 10% discount if you preorder. That brings the price down to R702.
    #justsaying

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  6. ReaperOfSquirrels

    November 17, 2014 at 13:15

    50 gigs? is that all? O.o

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  7. Purple_Dragon

    November 17, 2014 at 13:21

    With games being 50g and bigger I still wonder why they didn’t put bigger HDD into PS4.

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    • Hammersteyn

      November 17, 2014 at 13:22

      Ive yet to run out of HDD space. Some dark magic and unicorn DNA must be loaded in the console 😛

      Reply

  8. RinceThis

    November 17, 2014 at 13:42

    LOL. Big surprise, an issue with downloading… Where’s the obligatory day one DLC to make the game work?

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    • Captain JJ the valiant

      November 17, 2014 at 13:42

      It broke

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    • Rock789

      November 17, 2014 at 14:23

      **said in the voice of OVG**

      It’s being patched first… 😉 🙂

      Reply

  9. Fred

    November 17, 2014 at 14:34

    So does anybody know if cars and garages transfer over from the old system? Or is Rockstar going to rip us off yet again?

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    • Ronnie Taska Østad

      November 18, 2014 at 02:12

      your online stuff will be transfered over but not the offline bits. that you will have to do again

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      • Fred

        November 19, 2014 at 01:42

        Thanks for answering. My character transferred nicely.

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  10. OV..v00.2 20gig patch required

    November 17, 2014 at 15:19

    50gb download. I feel so old.

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  11. OV..v00.2 20gig patch required

    November 17, 2014 at 15:24

    Today’s PATCHES are larger than installing SKYRIM.

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    • Jrowell93

      November 17, 2014 at 19:00

      I dont know what the fuss is about i had to set mine manually downloading with 3mbs internet and i have completed the download and the patch

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      • loftur

        December 3, 2014 at 04:51

        how long did it take til you could actually play the game?

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  12. Mike

    November 17, 2014 at 22:30

    Looked last night, GTA V and the patch are already downloaded and installed on my PS4 with no issue. Now to count the hours

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  13. wackjobibeenwaitin

    November 18, 2014 at 08:16

    stupid, i been waitin on this game just like everyone else an now it’s gunna take 3+ hours to simply install the digital copy. man, man man..

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  14. zeemonkeyman

    November 21, 2014 at 12:04

    I don’t understand why anyone would go digital on consoles??

    Reply

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