In the least surprising news of the day, Sony have announced that the PlayStation Plus version of Driveclub has been postponed “until further notice.”
However it’s not a developer at Evolution announcing the news, nor even the head of the studio, they have wheeled out the big guns in the shape of Shuhei Yoshida, President of World Wide Studios, who has posted the following message.
Hi everyone,
I wanted to provide you with the latest update on DRIVECLUB. Unfortunately, the road to launch has been a little rocky, and we are truly sorry that so many of you have not been able to enjoy everything that we had hoped DRIVECLUB would deliver.
We have been listening to your feedback and realize that patience understandably is running out. Evo is working around the clock to close the gap, and we have deployed additional engineering resources to help resolve the remaining issues as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the time frames required to roll out the fully connected experience will be longer than anticipated and we do not have an exact time frame for when they will be resolved. We will continue to update you on progress and you can find the latest info on the DRIVECLUB Facebook page.
We are also very conscious that we have disappointed so many of you who were looking forward to playing the promised PS Plus Edition. Our first priority is to provide you with the best possible experience while playing DRIVECLUB. With the high volume of new players and additional server load the PS Plus Edition is anticipated to bring, we are currently not confident that we can guarantee the best online experience. Until we can ensure that everyone can enjoy the full social connected online experience, we will be postponing the release of the PS Plus Edition until further notice.
On behalf of WWS we are enormously grateful for your patience and we thank you for the continued support and encouragement. Again, we sincerely apologize for the delay. We are committed to giving you the best racing experience on PS4 – it’s taking a little longer than we hoped.
Thanks,
Shu
Source: Facebook
PARKER94!
Wonder how many delayed sales they have so far because of this?
I know i am waiting for the PS+ Exclusive “Demo” before i splash out £50 on a game that has had such an awful release.
Release PS+ Version and prove to us thats its worth the money for the upgrade!
DeadlyChipmunk
Pretty much where I’m at. If you’re not fussed about a “club” with others is there much of a single player game left?
xIONx
The single player doesn’t take long to get through at all. Unfortunately in order to max each of the tracks you will need some of the cars available ONLY through levelling up an online club. Unless you’re the Stig and you can put a mini Cooper round the Swedish Alps quicker than a Zonda.
tonyyeb
Got bored of waiting, got a £35 PSN card for £29 and bought it. Offline is great, not done any MP yet as it clearly isn’t working properly yet. Certainly worth it for £29.