Hi everyone. I’m Felice Standifer, Sr. US Producer for MotorStorm. I understand everyone is rarin’ to go with the MotorStorm updates and believe me, we are too. But right before we were planning to go live with the 1.2 updates with Time Attack mode, a new issue was found on the patch that could result in people not being able to establish a network connection. So, unfortunately, for now we need to continue to run tests and monitor the fix to ensure that it does not occur when the patch goes live. I play Motorstorm religiously and *love* the new Time Attack mode, and I think you will too. Of course, it’s in the best interest for everyone that we resolve this before we release the update. Bear with us, we’ll have it out as quickly as we can and ensure the bug doesn’t cause any problems for future updates. More to come.
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I’ll continue the consensus that engaging in this kind of communication can only bring good things to all parties concerned. At least we’re not kept in the dark and second guessing what’s going on.
I’ve been waiting to get back online in this game since I’ve completed the single player mode and can’t wait for the downloadable content. Hope the guys in Runcorn,UK can sort the bug out. Oh and we won’t have to wait for a Thursday release will we? Can they just release the patch once it’s complete?
I’m liking the blog so far Sony. Keep it up.
thanks for coming to tell us about the technical problem……although i am disappointed….i can bear with u guys as i have since launch for a lot more games…..next i would like to hear what is going on with Insomniac and the map pack for resistance
wat happened to the new resistance maps?
@ blizzard182
I am speaking of new content, not games themselves. They announce stuff before they know they are even ready.
Good to see some quality assurance with the update. I already have enough problems keeping a stable wireless connection with my LinkSys router. I wouldn’t like a problem with the network itself than my local network.
yea… can I make a suggestion. Can you make voice chat work for games with more than 5 people. As soon as a game has a good quantity of people playing the voice chat goes dead. What happened to the supposed dedicated servers working better. If anything, Motorstorm makes, at least me, think that dedicated servers do not work any better than regular servers. Furthermore, not that i would use it, but if in the future video feeds are available in games how will you get this to work if voice chat is still broken.
Figures as much… Weren’t these patches suppose to be out last month? I know the Resistance one was… Oh well… I haven’t played my Ps3 in 3 weeks anyways. What’s 3 more?
Thank you for the post Felice!
Now, any chance of ATV making it to the PS3 anytime soon. ;) :P
Very cool. It’s no problem to me, just the good ole’ dirt racing will keep me satisfied until the update hits. Good luck on fixing the bugs!
Finally some feedback on the matter.
Like i reccomended before.. you should let us know before you send it out to ign or whatever website.. i appreciate you telling us.. but if it’s old news well that defeats the purpose.. and if you’re not able to put a SPLITSCREEN on motorstorm with an update that i would be happy to pay an extra $ 20, then make sure motorstorm 2 has one.. people have friends in real life you know, not just in the internet!!!!
Felice, two questions:
1) Why no speedometer in the game?
2) Why no replay mode?
Thanks ,)
Thanks for the update on how things are going. I really think that if you guys have this level of customer interaction, you will have no problem winning over this generation of gamers. Keep up the good work!
Well, I am not going to lie. Waiting sucks.
what about an update to upscale 720p games to 1080i please!
for those of us with a 480p/1080i old HDTVs
crap srry wrong post
i’m bumed about a bug too. mlb 07 the show is crawling with them. the online is the laggiest i have ever seen. foget fixing motorstorm. at least that game is not laced with bugs. please fix mlb. i have a brother who is in the minor leagues who has the game and we can’t even connect to play each other. we can connect on every other game we have! for the love of god FIX THE SHOW!!!!!!!
Good to hear that it is being taken care of first, love to know why things get delayed.
Thanks for the heads up. Appreciate knowing what’s going on here!
Ahhh oh well.
You know, It softens the blow when the developer tells us about the delay – at least compared to an unfunny headline on a game blog.
No offense, but I couldn’t care less about time attack. I would MUCH rather have split screen multiplayer.
I’m still bummed about not getting any great content today. It would have been great if I got at least got one of the big three updates I’m looking forward to: Tekken 5 DR Online, new maps for Resistance, or the MotorStorm update. I guess I’ll just have to wait until next week. Please don’t disappoint me again.
Split screen multiplayer would make me fall in love with motorstorm. I don’t play in HD so it wouldn’t matter to me if it wasn’t possible to do 720p with 2 players.
I agree with (Post 72) Guticb. Unless your scared of competing with the likes of calling all cars, you need to enstate a splitscreen mulitplayer option. Your excuses to date have been just that, excuses. And dont try to pull a Blast Factor and attempt to charge us for this either. Nickle and Diming us isnt the way to go. I left MS for this type of behavior, but I will go back if you show signs of weakening your integrity for a higher profit margin.
I can live with a delay. I love hearing from you guys, keep posting!
Unfortunatly I haven’t bought this game and for as much fun as it looks I just can’t justify spending $60 without split screen. My wife and I would have a lot of fun playing this together and I probably won’t buy this game unless a split screen update is released. Hopefully when the true power of the cell broadband engine is realized split screen can be had.
On another note I love the blog, it’s great to finally be able to get information right from the source instead of some marketing PR story.
PS I didnt buy Motorstorm because of its lack of splitscreen multiplayer. If I didnt buy it, think about how many other PS3 owners would have bought it had this feature been included.
As you can see PSstore content seems to be quite the concern for your loyal fans. You should be ashamed at the opportunity you have squandered. You have done an AWFUL job with the store content, especially during this time of the year when retail games are at a trickle. I wonder if your board of directors cares at all that the PS3 community has their wallets open wide and are screaming at you to take their money, all the while you turn a deaf ear. Do yourselves a favor and REALLY use this blog to listen to us. Don’t fool yourselves for one minute that a movie trailer is anything that we are interested in. We want more games, more demos, music and movies….and if you give us these, we’ll pay.
P.S. in game XMB, custom wallpaper & soundtracks.
Perfectly Understandable. I love what you guys have done with Motorstorm anyways. Its makes my PS3 library as of right now complete (wink wink) WE WANT A SEQUEL hahaha. Great stuff. Cant wait until the update! Good Luck
Keep em coming!
Off-line multi-player would definitely be a plus.
Thanks for the honesty and the explanation. This blog just gives Sony more credibility, and makes the wait for the patch a little more bearable. Hopefully you can give us info about the Resistance patch as well.
I can wait but I don’t like to be deceived. Don’t do it again
Dose anybody at sony know if theirs going to be news on the game “EIGHT DAYS” at this years e3. At last years e3 this was the game to me that defined what a ps3 game should look like. Would love to hear more about it.
I’m looking forward to finally playing online mode. So far, I could see matches of others, but I never managed to join them. I even told my router to forward packages to my PS3, but it didn’t help.
Thanks for the update. Hope it comes out soon.
Thanks for the info. Will this patch fix my blank buddy list because I have a full PSN friends list. Me and some friends want to play buddy only games but can’t because of this glitch.
im glad these problems are being solved before they are released to the general public src
i can respect that i hope its up soon
nice to hear that you’re working fast to fix it. hope to see this and the Resistance patch/maps up soon!
Not to look a gift horse in the mouth or anything but like the above post. Skip the tracks for now, Do the split screen option. Its a standard for racing games yet, your studios couldn’t add it. Perhaps motorstorm is below the standard?
I’m really disappointed to hear about yet ANOTHER delay. I also am skeptical of the fawning posts all within the first 10 minutes, I’m more inclined to believe Sony started this blog to post it’s own positive astroturf spin rather than deal head on with criticism. I find it completely unacceptable that selection of games to date is paltry, and the on-line content has been pathetic. Nintendo has released over a 100 games, I know Sony can do better. I’m seriously considering trading in the PS3, even though I’ve been loyal since the original Tomb Raider and Jumping Flash days (props for finally releasing those to play w/out a PSP). As a customer and consumer, I’m pissed, you guys have really dropped the ball. It’s even more disappointing because the potential was so great. Thanks for the opportunity to vent.
Great news guys, and I rejoice about the PS2 backwards compatibility. It’s great to hear you’re not letting us down on that, as was reported on Kotaku some weeks ago.
But, like many have pointed out, you need to fix the PSN Euro store. I want to burn some money on games.
Anyway, keep up the great work.
Then trade it in, who cares.
This is the very same excuse that was given with Resistance, a last second problem.
Im starting to believe that you people aren’t testing these games until the last second. That or you must have some really lazy people working on it.
You will never have a perfect bugfree piece of software. We need something because the current level of the weekly releases is beyond pathetic.
That has been Sony as of late, promise the world, but only deliver New Jersey.
And have you seen some of Ninty’s VC releases… junk like Urban Champion. I guess Sony could throw a bunch of junk out there, but who would want it.
I mean I want the content, sooner rather than and not another pointless Hot Rod trailer.
Maybe next go round *If there is one* Sony will get off its bum and be more timely when it come to delivering its online tools, so we can avoid big lulls of worthless content like this.
Thanks for a great game Felice and thank for keeping us informed.
Keep up the good work.
Eagerly awaiting update :)
It’s better to wait and deliver a 100% update, then releasing a update earlier at 90%. A good and decision Felice! I’m really looking forward to the time-attack mode. I also would like to use this oppertunity to thank you guys for making an awesome game!
Greets,
Apollo_Creed
The Netherlands
No problem with delay, when they are expressed with some explanation ! Take care, and can’t wait for the PS3 to really start its story !