Do not close down gta online when gta 6 releases

[Dukewargames1990]

thats all i have to say.

[Caped Crusader]

It'll keep going as long as the shark cards keep selling. Plus I'm guessing the next game's online might flop.

[B〄F Altonator]

Gta5 online is run peer to peer so rockstar doesn’t host any servers to “close down”
Except social club which syncs your data, but social club is also used for various other rockstar games such as the new rdr2.

[Kain]

Originally posted by B〄F Altonator:

Gta5 online is run peer to peer so rockstar doesn’t host any servers to “close down”
Except social club which syncs your data, but social club is also used for various other rockstar games such as the new rdr2.

P2P still needs a matchmaking server which is the rockstar services. People on Xbox 360 and PS3 might not agree with you there.

[B〄F Altonator]

Originally posted by Kain:

Originally posted by B〄F Altonator:

Gta5 online is run peer to peer so rockstar doesn’t host any servers to “close down”
Except social club which syncs your data, but social club is also used for various other rockstar games such as the new rdr2.

P2P still needs a matchmaking server which is the rockstar services. People on Xbox 360 and PS3 might not agree with you there.

I own the game on ps3 and it's no different than pc, you still need a social club account.
Games that are peer to peer host a server off your own machine, just look at gta4, the multiplayer still works there doesn't it?

[Levianne]

Originally posted by B〄F Altonator:

I own the game on ps3 and it's no different than pc, you still need a social club account.
Games that are peer to peer host a server off your own machine, just look at gta4, the multiplayer still works there doesn't it?

Dude, you can't join GTA Online from PS3/Xbox360 anymore. You may own the game on PS3 and you may still be able to play Story Mode, but not Online. R* did shut down their "services" for those consoles. Which was the original point of

Originally posted by Kain:

People on Xbox 360 and PS3 might not agree with you there.

Yes, you still need a Social Club account, but you also need R* services for the specific console/platform you're on. If thsoe services are down for good, you're unable to play Online. GTA IV might still work, I think R* never announced shutting the multiplayer of GTA4 down, but they did announce shutting down the PS3/X360 versions of GTA Online. So there's that.

[ShiZniTe]

oh they will, after maybe a year or two depending on popularity. especially if the next gta is loaded with agendas that are opposed to any within gta online, they will shut them down sooner than expected if thats the case.
entertainment is no longer art or expression. it is now politics and gov control agendas for profit... sad.

[B〄F Altonator]

Originally posted by Levianne:

Originally posted by B〄F Altonator:

I own the game on ps3 and it's no different than pc, you still need a social club account.
Games that are peer to peer host a server off your own machine, just look at gta4, the multiplayer still works there doesn't it?

Dude, you can't join GTA Online from PS3/Xbox360 anymore. You may own the game on PS3 and you may still be able to play Story Mode, but not Online. R* did shut down their "services" for those consoles. Which was the original point of

Originally posted by Kain:

People on Xbox 360 and PS3 might not agree with you there.

Well i wasn't aware of that. I also just noticed they closed down gta4 services too. But it would be rather silly to close down gta5 services after just recently releasing new dlc.

[ScoobySnack]

They can close it down if they migrate people over to the new one.

[in]

Originally posted by B〄F Altonator:

Originally posted by Kain:

P2P still needs a matchmaking server which is the rockstar services. People on Xbox 360 and PS3 might not agree with you there.

I own the game on ps3 and it's no different than pc, you still need a social club account.
Games that are peer to peer host a server off your own machine, just look at gta4, the multiplayer still works there doesn't it?

Boot up gta online on ps3, take screenshot. Install gtaIV on steam, take screenshot of you playing online without any additional mods. Post them here.

[B〄F Altonator]

Originally posted by in:

Originally posted by B〄F Altonator:

I own the game on ps3 and it's no different than pc, you still need a social club account.
Games that are peer to peer host a server off your own machine, just look at gta4, the multiplayer still works there doesn't it?

Boot up gta online on ps3, take screenshot. Install gtaIV on steam, take screenshot of you playing online without any additional mods. Post them here.

bruh

[in]

Originally posted by SealingPider:

They can close it down if they migrate people over to the new one.

More likely outcome is that gta 6's online will be dead in couple years after release, just like RDO. And gtao will still be kicking.

[luZk]

Originally posted by Caped Crusader:

It'll keep going as long as the shark cards keep selling. Plus I'm guessing the next game's online might flop.

Based on what?

[Kain]

Originally posted by B〄F Altonator:

Originally posted by Kain:

P2P still needs a matchmaking server which is the rockstar services. People on Xbox 360 and PS3 might not agree with you there.

I own the game on ps3 and it's no different than pc, you still need a social club account.
Games that are peer to peer host a server off your own machine, just look at gta4, the multiplayer still works there doesn't it?

I was talking about closing down, not socialclub. PS3 and x360 are both offline. Gta4 online was patched out of the game with the latest update. P2P is not a magic thing that will always work. It still needs a server to let the game know where to connect, how many people are currently searching and so on. Without rockstar services, you won't be able to play online, no matter if it's P2P or not.

[B〄F Altonator]

Originally posted by Kain:

Originally posted by B〄F Altonator:

I own the game on ps3 and it's no different than pc, you still need a social club account.
Games that are peer to peer host a server off your own machine, just look at gta4, the multiplayer still works there doesn't it?

I was talking about closing down, not socialclub. PS3 and x360 are both offline. Gta4 online was patched out of the game with the latest update. P2P is not a magic thing that will always work. It still needs a server to let the game know where to connect, how many people are currently searching and so on. Without rockstar services, you won't be able to play online, no matter if it's P2P or not.

In most cases, the peer to peer server is your machine.
Take minecraft as an example, even if you somehow couldn't log into the mojang / microsoft authentication servers, you can still join someone if they set their server up for hosting in (unprotected mode) which is a default thing you can turn on or off.
I had to do this once because the minecraft authentication servers went down for maintenance.

[Caped Crusader]

Originally posted by luZk:

Originally posted by Caped Crusader:

It'll keep going as long as the shark cards keep selling. Plus I'm guessing the next game's online might flop.

Based on what?

RDO, the Trilogy remaster, "E&E" that was barely E&E