SOCOM Confrontation 1.30 patch ready to go live ... in January

by Andrew Yoon { Dec 22nd 2008 at 6:06PM }

SOCOM fans looking forward to playing Confrontation over the holiday break won't be able to enjoy patch 1.30. Those expecting all the features of 1.30 will be disappointed to hear that the patch won't be available to download until the new year. "Unfortunately, due to the Holidays the update will not be approved by SCE Format QA until early next year. Our QA staff will be here, testing the game over vacation, but the SCE QA teams which must approve the update before release will not."

As of now, it appears the patch will be available during the week of January 5th or January 12th. While it's disappointing to have to wait so long, SOCOM fans have proven to be some of the most patient gamers out there.

[Thanks, Devin93!]

Tags: socom, socom-confrontation

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

dabamf @ Dec 22nd 2008 6:11PM

I want to try out some Crash Commando instead, looks more fun.

chaz @ Dec 22nd 2008 6:38PM

crash commando sucks, it's really really boring

dabamf @ Dec 22nd 2008 6:40PM

Really!? That's lame. I've been reading pretty positive reviews of it...what part of it is boring?

Rasti @ Dec 22nd 2008 6:57PM

Don't listen to him. If you have any sense of what makes a good game, you will enjoy Crash Commando to the fullest. Go go get it!

dabamf @ Dec 22nd 2008 7:02PM

So what's so good about it? Lol!

Nick @ Dec 22nd 2008 7:13PM

It's just pure fun. Does anyone remember what "fun" is?

dabamf @ Dec 22nd 2008 7:22PM

Cool, that's all I'm looking for a downloadable title!

Rasti @ Dec 22nd 2008 8:26PM

It is pure fun. It's not anything more than 1-2 hour sessions of good old fun, and it's not trying to be either. Once you get into it and learn some tactics and different weapon combos for different situations, it's a blast!

j.howlett @ Dec 22nd 2008 9:26PM

when you figure out what you're doing crash commando is fun. i've played for hours at a time since i downloaded it and played the single player boot camp trying to medal in short spurts

Rick @ Dec 22nd 2008 6:15PM

oh man! and i'm pretty sure i'm getting this game for christmas! oh well i can wait until january to play it i guess.

Marius @ Dec 22nd 2008 6:19PM

Does this game play like MGO because i might give it a try after all its problems are gone?

NukeAssault @ Dec 22nd 2008 8:38PM

I guess its smiler... But i prefer SOCOM.

Fade2blac @ Dec 23rd 2008 3:29AM

Similar?

Heimbachae @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:29PM

MGO has some good points, but it's not a massive multiplayer game. I'd never thought I'd say this, but Socom actually is a fun PS3 game, and it came with a bluetooth wireless headset (alone is $42). It's graphics aren't up to par, and the servers crash occasionally, but you get 32 people in 1 game that'll happen from time to time.

It takes time to get used to. Wait for the patch and see how that makes the game, probably better, but with sony you never know how long it'll take them to get things right online.

Tez @ Dec 22nd 2008 6:22PM

Fine with me. Gives the QA guys more time to find/fix problems and SOCOM is fun even in it's rather borked state. Besides, I'm getting Lumines HD tomorrow, and that's like digital crack.

Mo @ Dec 22nd 2008 6:26PM

sweet, now i can finally pop it in, gotta hurry up and polish off my WaW platinum

kentuckyfried @ Dec 22nd 2008 6:28PM

Considering I haven't cracked this open since I got it on Amazon.com last month, waiting a week or two to play it won't kill me. There's too many other things to play, regardless...

Fane @ Dec 23rd 2008 6:17PM

Same here. I got it for my birthday back in October and haven't even put the disc in my PS3.

My main reason is lack of HDD space, which hopefully will change on Thursday (come on 500 Gb!).

JAH75157 @ Dec 22nd 2008 6:46PM

lol @ us being patient gamers you obviously haven't checked the forums. pissed off gamers would be more acurate.

the game is great though. just missing tons of features advertised on the box / in the manual.

ice~ @ Dec 22nd 2008 7:02PM

i want my trophies :(

devilmaker @ Dec 22nd 2008 7:06PM

Its a great fun game, I have no idea what Chaz doesn't like about it. Its fast paced, Manic, Gory. The online is really well done too with minimal lag. Its great!

devilmaker @ Dec 22nd 2008 7:07PM

Goddamn it! I meant to reply to dabamf

quadraphonic @ Dec 22nd 2008 7:21PM

So.. I have to wait to mid January for my game to finally make it out of beta.. add Slant Six to my list of developers to avoid in the future.

FatalChaos @ Dec 22nd 2008 7:30PM

That's the bad thing about releasing a game that was an obvoius rush job, people move on to other games.

Honestly who will give a rats ass come Feb about Socom?

DrunkRaba @ Dec 22nd 2008 9:24PM

I will, cause when this patch comes out is the next time I will play the game. SOCOM is one of those games that you just play, until the new one comes out, but you still go back to the previous ones as well. The SOCOM 1 servers were finally shut down just before SOCOM 3 came out.

FatalChaos @ Dec 22nd 2008 7:30PM

This game was doomed from the start, it was an obvious rush job and a bad one at that. The bad thing about releasing things like this months after the games release is people move on to different games. Hopefully KillZone 2 will more than make up for crappy releases like Socom, LBP, and Resistance 2 had.

Fane @ Dec 23rd 2008 6:26PM

Wha-huh?

Okay, I understand what you mean about SOCOM and LBP (troubled launches), but R2?!?

...and all three games have sold well enough, despite alarmist stories in the media. They'll all be Greatest Hits, if Sony ever decides to make ANY more games Greatest Hits. Sony? Can you hear me?

Please, everyone, stop expecting game A or game B to be the "savior" of the PS3. Sony doesn't have a Halo; it just makes great game after great game.

Mein Bratwurst @ Dec 22nd 2008 7:30PM

Looks like we'll have to wait until January to enjoy the features on the box. I'm hoping someone gets sued here, it's sad to think that these clowns got away with releasing a half ass game without many of the features on the box or in the manual.

Zipper Int. where are you?

krztov @ Dec 23rd 2008 9:16AM

see: http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=confrontation&message.id=729181&jump=true

hoping to gather enough people/info to get possible class action together, i want my money back at this point, loyal socom-er since socom 2, bought 3, CA, and Confrontation launch day.

MetiQluzZ @ Dec 22nd 2008 8:07PM

I'm with you. $60 for the bundle and it even talks about the trophies in the manual. Alas, still no trophies. There are grounds for a suit. However, it will be lame, similar to the "Hot Coffee" debacle. I have things to do. The game will just sit in the drawer until it's the full experience originally promissed in print. Better to say I paid $50 for the headset and $10 for SOCOM. ;-)

UncleCheeto @ Dec 22nd 2008 7:33PM

Yeah...definitely traded this game in for something better a loooong time ago.

Kinsey @ Dec 22nd 2008 7:38PM

Ive said this before, But I really hope they remarket this game when the bugs are fixed. It never really was advertised. And the reason why so many ppl are pissed is cause they really do wanna play this game and are just losing patience. If they market it again .... correctly. They should be able to add new life to the game.

Devin93 @ Dec 22nd 2008 7:56PM

Well it's worth the wait as long as it includes the othe 1/2 of the game that should have been included with the release.

phil1017 @ Dec 22nd 2008 8:05PM

is it has already trophies by patch yet?

gillyy0 @ Dec 22nd 2008 8:27PM

Well we waited this long, I guess since it's the holidays we can wait a little longer. At least we got a date now. Yippee!

Barkley610 @ Dec 22nd 2008 10:31PM

why would killzone 2 have any better of a launch?? At launch R2 sucked , socom sucked, LBP sucked , home sucked . Killzone 2 is gonna suck at launch . At least sony works on the servers and and fixes them i guess

Khasper @ Dec 22nd 2008 10:31PM

So the fix for the problems at launch is being held up by the QA department that should have caught the problems before launch??

NyghtcrawleR @ Dec 22nd 2008 11:53PM

trophies should be the last thing people should want from socom or this update. People who are just looking or upset about trophies dont really know what socom is all about and will just move on with the game in a couple months anyway.

This patch is needed, but those who think that this game is or will be lacking compared to other games dont get it either. This is a tactical round based shooter and no other shooter experience rivals that in any way. Once the gameplay hiccups and the lag hitches are ironed out it will be the best shooter out there if youre looking for a more realistic experience. No respawn and needed communication, no other games add up to that.

If you bought it for the headset or just as some other shooter or trophies, move on, nobody misses you. Trust me.

debaser @ Dec 23rd 2008 9:16AM

Exactly.
There is a certain appeal Socom has because it's not only a tactical shooter but also strives to be more realistic in it's approach...reload times, grenades etc...

People that rush to judgment and compare it to CoD4 or Resistance just don't get it. Not saying that those games aren't good in their own right they are just different.

Can't wait for the game to get patched up

iBirch @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:23AM

Still can't wait to get this game even if I have to wait next year now, at least the updates will be on there by then tho lol.

rmjohnson124 @ Dec 23rd 2008 8:27AM

SOCOM sucks. No game that is specifically made for online use should be so laggy. The menu system is insanly cumbersome. And what is with the region rooms that allow only 256 people? NO other game has that kind of restriction...There is no party system, you have to navigate 2 screens to view an invite, then back out of those 2 screens, wait for the main menu to load again, then finally go up to the briefing room to join the game for which you already accepted an invite. COD is a FAR better game and without the bugs that make SOCOM even worse.

rmjohnson124 @ Dec 23rd 2008 8:32AM

bottom line is, there are WAY too many decent games coming out to waste time with a game that has so many problems...by the time they bother to fix the problems, there are 4 or 5 other games in line for our time.

NyghtcrawleR @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:49PM

Again the last 2 comments show that you dont get what SOCOM is all about. Out of all the decent games out there and coming out, none play the way SOCOM plays. They arent tactical or round based. To a SOCOM player, thats not the same experience.

People can have fun with COD and whatever all they want, but its way different in gameplay. Its comparing apples to oranges.

I agree the party system is missing, but its being added this patch. Past SOCOMs let you follow people easily, they failed on that this time, but they are working on reimplementing it. Once its ironed out it will have a way better lobby system then any other game out there. Most of the lag should be dealt with as well.

I'm not saying that S6 is off the hook and that it shouldnt have been in better shape but to disregard SOCOM for a COD type game means that you really in all honesty dont get it and probably never will.

mpc_te @ Dec 23rd 2008 3:36PM

I agree. The game is already great. It just needs a little help. Once this patch comes out (and the patch to fix that patch...) it will be even better. I'm willing to wait because I'm pretty sure I'll be playing the game for another year and a half before the next one comes out.

CoD is completely different. The strategy and teamwork involved in Socom is what makes it the best shooter out there, and the round based play makes you value your life because you can't just respawn 5 seconds later. It's not for everyone though, as shown in the reviews and comments here.

Dan Rabot @ Dec 24th 2008 5:14AM

I personally loved the old Socoms but being in the UK means I've got to wait a while for this one.

I'm sure it will be worth the wait though, specially as they will have it running at full speed / full features by then.

sactown @ Dec 27th 2008 2:08PM

patient!!! Have you been watching the forums ( socom.com) since the open beta, it has been flooded with all kinds of crying..Its insane. I can tell you tho, we are a loyal bunch, we stand by are game we love so much( even if we have to pretend nothing is wrong...lol)This game is great, just off to a slow start, and if they released some new content after they have stabilize it, then the game is awesome..I think they should do it and the new DC if any asap.. For those who have just given up on, well lets say they shouldn't of been playing it anyways...