PS4 System Update 8.50 & Ginga Force Chrash Issues

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PS4 System Update 8.50 & Ginga Force Chrash Issues

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After updating the console, I've noticed that Ginga Force became practically unplayable since the game crashes after selecting a mission on either Story or Score Attack Mode. While other shmups like Natsuki Chronicles, Darius Cozmic Collection and Sisters Royale seem to be unaffected, it'll be good to report if there's any other shmups suffering problems after the PS4 8.50 update.

UPDATE: Topic renamed since the problem seems to only affect Ginga Force.
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Re: PS4 System Update 8.50 & Possible Shmup Issues

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Have you tried deleting the game and reinstalling it?
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aphexacid wrote:Have you tried deleting the game and reinstalling it?
That was the first thing I've tried but no result. That's what makes me think it's an issue with the system's update.
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Same here.
If someone with a twitter account could contact somebody to help resolve this issue or gain some info that'd be great.

Edit: Now that I can finally post (thanks mods!) I can elaborate.
So far I've contacted SONY & Rising Star Games (the publisher), but got no response from the both of them. This error message/crash also pops up when you try to watch a replay. What's more, the solution for this type of error according to Sony is to upgrade the system firmware or update the game. Seeing as we just got a new update for the PS4 (8.50, yikes) I wouldn't count on them pushing a fix for just one game anytime soon.
Let's hope Qute can pull something off and give us an updated game.
Natsuki Chronicles works fine. Some other games I've tested that work just as well: Ghost of Tsushima, Yakuza 7, Sakuna, Nioh 2 (I don't have that many shooting games on the PS4).
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could be the hard drive failing too either way doubt it's the update
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If it's happening to multiple people concurrently I doubt it's a hardware fault.
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It looks like a new update came out for Ginga Force, but I'm not sure if it came before or after the system update. I'm not sure if it fixes the issue.
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Sony is really on quite a roll lately, ain't they?
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Boy is this thread title click bait. Basically Qute need to update Ginga Force because it's buggy after the new firmware update? This shit happens pal.
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BrianC wrote:It looks like a new update came out for Ginga Force, but I'm not sure if it came before or after the system update. I'm not sure if it fixes the issue.
You mean the 1.01 update from a few weeks ago?, that one fixes the French language according to the PS4 Update History.
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Good news. The publisher of GINGA FORCE sent me a reply. It reads as follows: "Hi and thanks for reaching out! We're on it and investigating the issue."
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Sturmvogel Prime wrote:
BrianC wrote:It looks like a new update came out for Ginga Force, but I'm not sure if it came before or after the system update. I'm not sure if it fixes the issue.
You mean the 1.01 update from a few weeks ago?, that one fixes the French language according to the PS4 Update History.
ahh. I thought that might be the case, but I had multiple things downloading at the time I turned it on, before I was able to check it. I also had the crash issue since then.
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Mine broke too since last ps4 update. I wish I'd checked here before reinitialisng :|
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Well, I would sure hope to see a patch before the First Press discs get manufactured

seems like this would be the kind of patch to get put out yesterday
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A new update is live (at least in Europe), version 1.2 - it fixes the crash!
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Got the update too.

"Version 1.02 - Fixed a crash when starting a stage"

Thank goodness.
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