For the moment, disconnecting the PS3's online capabilities seems to work just fine. Given the apparent simplicity of the problem, I'm hoping Rockstar will come up with a quick and dirty patch next week, but we'll have to wait and see.
This obviously means that I can't play the game's online mode, but given that the PS3 servers are overwhelmed at the moment, this isn't a real sacrifice. After unplugging my ethernet port and restarting the PS3, Grand Theft Auto IV started right up with no difficulties. UPDATE: Simply signing out of PSN before playing also works fine.Īnd guess what? The fix worked perfectly on the first try. This happened five times in a row before I caught word of a simple fix: unplugging the PS3's internet connection. The game would simply hang on the load screen (sometimes with chugging noises coming from the Blu-ray drive). The game started just fine, the music and art kicked in, and the game would begin to load my save file.
I started having problems with the PlayStation 3 version of Grand Theft Auto IV this weekend. The fix? Deactivating the PS3's online connection. Some PlayStation 3 owners are having difficulties starting the game or loading saved games. We're not really into consoles that much, but let's make an exception here.