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Rockstar: A Note from the Rockstar Games Team RE: Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition

dex3108

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Hi everyone,

We want to provide an update regarding the unexpected technical issues that came to light as part of the launch of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition.

Firstly, we want to sincerely apologize to everyone who has encountered issues playing these games.

The Grand Theft Auto series — and the games that make up this iconic trilogy — are as special to us as we know they are to fans around the world. The updated versions of these classic games did not launch in a state that meets our own standards of quality, or the standards our fans have come to expect.

We have ongoing plans to address the technical issues and to improve each game going forward. With each planned update, the games will reach the level of quality that they deserve to be.

A new Title Update is on the way in the coming days for all versions of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition that will address a number of issues. We will update everyone as soon as it is live.

In the meantime, it pains us to mention that we are hearing reports of members of the development teams being harassed on social media. We would kindly ask our community to please maintain a respectful and civil discourse around this release as we work through these issues.

While one of the goals of the Definitive Editions was to allow players to enjoy these games on modern platforms for many years to come, we also understand that some of you would still like to have the previous classic versions available for purchase.

We will be adding the classic PC versions of Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas back to the Rockstar Store shortly as a bundle. Additionally, everyone who has purchased Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition for PC from the Rockstar Store through June 30, 2022, will receive these classic versions in their Rockstar Games Launcher library at no additional cost. We will update everyone as soon as these are back in the Rockstar Store.

Once again, we'd like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding while we work through these updates to ensure these games meet everyone's justifiably high standards.

Sincerely,
Rockstar Games
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Lant_War

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While one of the goals of the Definitive Editions was to allow players to enjoy these games on modern platforms for many years to come, we also understand that some of you would still like to have the previous classic versions available for purchase.

We will be adding the classic PC versions of Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas back to the Rockstar Store shortly as a bundle. Additionally, everyone who has purchased Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition for PC from the Rockstar Store through June 30, 2022, will receive these classic versions in their Rockstar Games Launcher library at no additional cost. We will update everyone as soon as these are back in the Rockstar Store.
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Great news
 
MrBob

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Oct 25, 2017
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Lol, all this time just for that.

One good thing here:

"We will be adding the classic PC versions of Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas back to the Rockstar Store shortly as a bundle"

So not the other stores, just Rockstar Store?
 
Magneto

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While one of the goals of the Definitive Editions was to allow players to enjoy these games on modern platforms for many years to come, we also understand that some of you would still like to have the previous classic versions available for purchase.
We will be adding the classic PC versions of Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas back to the Rockstar Store shortly as a bundle. Additionally, everyone who has purchased Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition for PC from the Rockstar Store through June 30, 2022, will receive these classic versions in their Rockstar Games Launcher library at no additional cost. We will update everyone as soon as these are back in the Rockstar Store.
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WE FORGIVE YOU KING
 
DannyVice

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Oct 25, 2017
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Fair play! I actually like that and appricate the communication. Personally i have been having a blast but very glad they are putting the old versions back on.
 
Radec

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Tigress

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Damn. I expected rockstar to do nothing (as they never really seemed to care about fixing bugs in gta v unless it messed with shark card purchasing).

now are they going to allow modding of the classic games?
 
bluexy

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Oct 25, 2017
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Now end the lawsuit against ReGTA and give permission for all of the mods that you squashed to come back, please.
 
Zebesian-X

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Bringing back the OG PC versions = good move

Will be keeping a close eye on these updates. Would love to finally play these games eventually
 
Billfisto

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"Unexpected"? As if nobody at Rockstar even looked at it prior to launch. Fuck off.

A big "fuck you" to console players, too.
 
MarcelloF

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Good. I started GTA 3 on PS5 and got to the second island without any problems, but fixing them before I do is good in my eyes. They're some of the best games of all time, they deserve better.

Would be nice if they fixed some aesthetic stuff like the orange tone of San Andreas.
 
Mona

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Oct 30, 2017
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Unexpected my fucking ass

they knew, ofc they knew, do they think we're stupid?
 
pswii60

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1) Unexpected is a lie, they are obvious the moment you play.

2) Why the hell do scumbags think it is ok to harass the developers? It's never ever ok to harass anyone. Not to mention the blame here can also lie with the publisher providing limited budget, development timescales etc, we just don't know.

3) Great news about the PC ports being brought back to Steam (edit: or not wtf), next perhaps they could stand down on their legal action against the modders.
 
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a916

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Yeah you don't see this coming? Rockstar knew and let the dev team just completely take it on the chin.

They needed more time and a bigger budget.
 
Xwing

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Nah, they definitely knew these were not ready but said fuck it and launched it for the holiday season anyway. I'll buy them on sale sometime next year after they actually finish them.
 
Winnie

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Bringing back the classic trilogy but only on PC and in the Rockstar Launcher, embarrassing.
 
Man Called Aerodynamics

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Oct 29, 2017
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"Unexpected technical issues" kinda undersells the problems with this release. I wonder what specifically they intend to change. How about all the questionable charges to artwork, color, etc.?
 
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dex3108

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pswii60 said:
1) Unexpected is a lie, they are obvious the moment you play.

2) Why the hell do scumbags think it is ok to harass the developers? It's never ever ok to harass anyone. Not to mention the blame here can also lie with the publisher providing limited budget, development timescales etc, we just don't know.

3) Great news about the PC ports being brought back to Steam, next perhaps they could stand down on their legal action against the modders.
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They are not back on Steam, just on Rockstar Launcher.
 
ZeoVGM

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So are they not going to add the original ports back to console stores and allow owners of the DE to get those for free as well?

If it's only on PC, that's unacceptable.
 
Tremorah

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Dec 3, 2018
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Thats really not a proper way for ROCKSTAR, the biggest fucking company in the industry with a lot of money to adress this utter fucking clusterfuck of a launch of these definitive versions of their games
 
Beuntje

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Oct 29, 2017
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What an insufficient response... Relisting only on pc, and they should have seen the quality problems coming
 
Kyuuji

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Don't be afraid to remove the bigoted content while you're at it.
 
ChrisR

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Oct 26, 2017
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A good start, but seriously stop fucking harassing the Devs that made this. R* shouldn't have to release a statement begging people to stop this shit behavior.
 
Shortiloe

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And yet, the modded versions are still looking waaaay better. Made by a few Fans. And this Billion$ company is not able to make proper remakes or good remasters.
 
Mattmo831

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So their apology is making the classics only available purchase again on the rockstar store… and only in a bundle….

And "promising to patch" (we've heard that before with cyberpunk).
Nice one rockstar
 
Primus

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Oct 25, 2017
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Wow, that's some chutzpah right there. Relisting the old PC versions but only on the R* Launcher. This is some New Coke/Coke Classic BS.
 
C.Mongler

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Oct 27, 2017
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I mean, communication is good and bringing back the classic versions (well, seemingly only on PC on their storefront lol) for free is good, but the tone of "woaahhh, we totally didn't think these games were going to have these issues, we're so sorry wow how could this have happened" is kinda bullshit lmao. There's zero chance these issues weren't immediately clocked in QA; you just didn't give enough of a shit for them to be fixed before it shipped.
 
poklane

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Stopped reading at the word unexpected. Unexpected my ass, there's no way these issues weren't caught by QA, these games were clearly released while the publisher was fully aware of these issues.
 
Mocha Joe

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lmfao, they are bringing the game back on the rockstar launcher but not Steam, where they have been for years? What a joke
 
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