Grand Theft Auto IV Has Problems – It Freezes

Dennis Bjørn Petersen | Apr 30, 2008 | Comments


Blogs and forums are already aflame over Grand Theft Auto IV freezing during or after the opening cutscene. According to several rumours this happens on both Playstation3 and Xbox360, but not to every gamer.

Rockstar hasn’t officially confirmed the problem and there is no fix released yet.

Most of the crashes happens on Playstation3s with 60 Gb hard drive, though several Xbox360 owners have the same problem.

The 9+ pages on the Playstation Forums recommend that Playstation3 owners delete the game data from the harddrive and then reinstall the game, but according to Rockstar support, this isn’t a guarenteed solution.

They also recommend that you run the latest firmware and have space on your harddrive.

This is probably the worst launch for Rockstar ever. The Xbox360 version of Rockstar’s Bully released last month was also severely bugged. I wonder how the GTA IV reviewers and game testers could have missed this?

Did it happen to you? Or are you waiting for an update before you buy Grand Theft Auto IV? Perhaps this has scared you away from GTA IV?


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  • I took the day off today with the intention of buying it and playing it for the whole day....until I couldn't find anywhere stocking it, so at least I've avoided freezes while playing the game! ;)
  • Glad I read the post before rushing out to buy it at the weekend. I guess I will wiat for an update and see what happens.
  • very pissed off
    i got it 2 day and its frozen my entryer PS3 and iv done exactly what you've sed and its made things worse ive lost all game data all internet and online play and it still doesnt work so UP THANKS 4 NUFFING!!

    p.s you ve me a ps3 and months worth of game play.
  • very pissed off
    youve lost *
  • very pissed off
    if u no how 2 help iamdamuffinman@hotmail.com
  • Thank you for the timely advise. Shall wait to see how the bugs are removed before buying the blooming thing!
  • My boyfriend bought it the day it came out and he's been complaining about the character's slow movement - not due to lagging or game issues, but just because they made the character slower.
  • What the game actually like?

    I really want to play it! Sadly I don't have a console for it to freeze on!!
  • ryo
    Played with no problems on my initial release 60GB playstation 3 but after I got to the crime and punishment story I saved and from there it will not load!!! I deleted the game save file the profile file and the system file but still nothing it stopped loading!!! Can’t even start a new game!! F-U rock star!!!
  • Mocksy
    same here, got into it to bull in a china shop and wammo, cant do a damn thing. tried deleting game data nothing cant even start a new game now..

    gonna go back to mario cart wii, it's shit loads better, bought a PS3 specifically for this game and from my view no wonder the ps3 is loosing the console wars, it sucks ass
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