It’s not uncommon these days for a AAA game to launch, get met with backlash due to many issues, and the studio runs around trying to fix things. This is true of Payday 3, which saw matchmaking errors and a lack of offline features resulting in less-than-favorable scores for the game. Fortunately, developer Starbreeze is on the case, though its next update will take a bit longer than expected.
Originally intending to start rolling out this week, a Twitter post from the studio says the team is having to delay the sorely needed Payday 3 patch. The reason cited is the update “needs some changes that would require us to go through console certification again.” That, and the team wants to “ensure its stability.”
Unfortunately, we now have no release date for it, but the post goes on to say the developer should be able to send it out mid-October.
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Starbreeze did apologize for having to delay the update, with a second post underneath saying that the PS5 bonus content “will remain unredeemable until this patch is ready.”
On the plus side, there’s going to be some additional server maintenance, so soon after the ones that occurred last weekend. An additional tweet from the official Payday 3 account says this maintenance will be going ahead between “8am-11am CEST on the 6th and 10th of October,” and will hopefully “not be noticeable.”
While it’s very easy to blame the studios themselves when games are released in poor states, there are always greater factors to consider. From what Starbreeze has said, it sounds like the team is scrambling to get things sorted. It’s a shame we’re having to wait a bit longer for the update, but hopefully it just means a more substantial and stable patch.
