Early Uncharted 4 Copies Were Stolen; Day 1 Patch Now Live...

On Tuesday, we reported that copies of Uncharted four: A Thief's cease discovered their way into the fingers of keen enthusiasts a full two weeks previous to launch. Now, Sony claims these early copies were stolen.

"we've got some unfortunate information to record that a number of copies of Uncharted four: A Thief's quit have been stolen at the same time as in transit," wrote Shuhei Yoshida, President of world Studios at Sony. "whilst we are continuing to work with the police to clear up the matter - that's the situation of an ongoing crook investigation - it seems that some copies of the sport have surfaced inside the uk."

Yoshida follows this up with asking lovers not to buy early copies or wreck it for others. A plea so one can maximum truely land on deaf ears considering how quickly it sold on eBay the day gone by.

"Please rest assured we will be very vigilant to shield you from this as far as we can so that you can enjoy Uncharted four's revel in to its fullest on can also 10th," Yoshida's submit keeps. What this possibly way is Sony can be running beyond regular time to make certain no screenshots, motion pictures or livestreams discover their way on to the net.

nonetheless, those who have the game have said that there's an afternoon one patch (seen under) that's already up. It weighs in at around 4.978 GB. This probably includes the game's image mode, unmarried-player skins, multiplayer aid, and a individual model viewer.

With Uncharted 4's release date driven lower back some times, it is interesting to peer how little control Sony has over the distribution of what's arguably its largest recreation of the yr. And it is in all likelihood why publishers select an all-digital destiny for games. this would allow them to struggle back some manipulate from a deliver chain that has manner too many holes for their liking.