GTA Trilogy Gets Another Update, Heading To Switch 'In The Coming Days'

Cyberpunk started a beloved Christmas tradition of big name games releasing in a nearly completely broken state.

It's become my favorite part of the holidays.

Like most, Im really disappointed with rockstar. This will have to be rock-bottom pricewise before I pick it up now

I think they are trying to fix it before Dec 7 to get physical sales. They know they messed up big time but if the patches fix the game I'll buy it on switch so I can play it on the go.

As far as I’m concerned, it’s too late.

This game has been anything but definitive. To add insult to injury for those who adore gta, rockstar had the originals and their superior mods removed so you can only purchase this monstrosity. Not that mods could be played on the switch but, just goes to show, sell crap and it still gets bought somehow.

@JHDK I saw a video with some of the cyberpunk glitches earlier today. Unbelievable mess

From hot coffee to hot garbage, GTA has done it all.

Hopefully the patches will eventually make it at least close to what it should have been and I might still buy.

They still have a chance to make sure the physical version is done properly. (He said optimistically.)

We need some more Switch specific patches though, they need to address the framerate issues, pop in and the game runs way too hot on my v1 Switch, come on Rockstar get it together

Nintendo must be pretty pleased nobody's talking about their N64 emulation anymore since this train-wreck got released

Too late to get my money, i am not supporting any company that releases a game that is a broken, almost unenjoyable mess no matter how much they polish it afterwards

I'm probably going to grab the physical edition off the back of this update and the last one but boy oh boy did they sh*t the bed on this one here.

I mean before all this, i was hoping we'd get GTA 6 soon, but after this, i genuinely fear for what GTA 6 will be like. I'm thinking Cyberpunk 2077 on uppers.

I didn't care so much about the graphics but they implied that it would offer GTA5 style controls which is what got me interested.

Vice City felt old and played terribly when I replayed it 10 years ago. Unless we get updated controls, there are lots of more deserving titles for me to spend my money on.

@tonyp1987 By this point I am just going to wait for the Steam Deck so I can just play the old PC versions on the go.

@HotGoomba Peppa Pig's game has a higher score than GTA, what a time to be alive

Oh Rockstar continue polishing them turds I see. Seem like the GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition will never be as good as Saints Row 3 & 4.

It's completely insane to acknowledge the difference between the state of the game at eshop release and what it'll be for physical release. (even if it still won't be perfect)
I will never understand why they didn't release on the eshop on the same day as physical.

@Gamer_Zeus

I actually see this as a good thing! Rockstar needed a good kick in the pants…it’s clear they’ve become complacent with years of ppl just throwing $ at them with anything GTA related. I feel this embarrassment will only improve the quality of the final product GTA 6 will be.

If they’d just improve the draw distance on the incoming vehicles I’d be happy with the collection. The last update cleaned up a few things, not the draw distance though…

Physical version of the GTA Trilogy on Switch has been delayed to early 2022:

https://www.twitter.com/RockstarGames/status/1465744996401827846

The fact they are racing to get it fixed before the physical release highlights how important physical releases are. internet era gaming (streaming, patches, downloads) has a lot of benefits, but a few of those are for problems which itself created

@HotGoomba Don't judge me, but I had to stare at that picture for about a solid minute before I realized the joke.

Uh.

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@BloodNinja

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@MegaMari0 I thought they put them back up for sale after this fiasco.

@westman98 well thats good news which is about time.

But I LIKE IT when it rains indoors!

@HotGoomba Excellent

Looks like the Switch physical version is delayed till next year. I hope this is so they can release it in a more complete state and not just damage control...

@JHDK

Don't forget about Warcraft 3 Reforged, that also should have been a no Brainer.
It also failed because they outsourced it to Malaysia.
Thats why it looks often more like a asian Warcraft Copy without understanding the Style.

Cyberpunk has at least a pretty gorgeous PC Version, such a dumb Desicion to deliver so broken Console Version and overshadow a pretty damn good Game.

@Slowdive Not had anything game breaking in Vice City either. I've found the game quite enjoyable despite the framerate issues, dynamic resolution and some object pop in. Hopefully the next patch(s) improves frame consistency, I'd like a more stable 30fps.

Im always curious about remastered GTA games on PS3 and 360, are they running at 60fps because I never own them

Still upset that they didn't develop this game with the Switch hardware in mind. I'll pass, because an upscaled port of the mobile version runs better than this.

@westman98 Not surprising, 2022 is when the games should had been release anyways. Those who got the digital editions are basically beta testers atm.

@GrailUK @westman98 : Delaying it is absolutely pointless, because they likely already have the cartridges on hand, and patches are always downloaded in bulk, irrespective of what version is on the cartridge (and however negligible any subsequent updates may be).

So unless Rockstar pulls the GTA Trilogy from the eShop and relaunches them as separate units of software (Version 1.0 at launch with the patches baked in) and these revised versions are what are included on the cartridge, then this comes across as nothing more than a PR exercise so that they can do some damage control prior to the “physical” launch, and also delay the inevitability of these games becoming bargain bin fodder sooner.

I couldn't decide between digital and physical, and after the release I thought on the first big sale that could be Xmas, after the awful reviews, but now that the physical is delayed, I don't think it will be until then a digital sale. I hope I am wrong.

More than happy with this. The Devs acknowledged the issues and are fixing them pretty quickly. The games were fully playable at launch but obviously not perfect and a lot of the hate they've been getting isn't deserved.
Looking forward to early next year now to grab the physical version on Switch.

I very seriously doubt that the Switch version will be fixed.