Now quite a while ago I posted on the Red Dead Redemption Union that I had a problem with the X and O (circle) buttons. I have a feeling RockStar hasn't taken account (or has neglected) the Asian and Japanese version of the PlayStation 3. As you should know, O is the enter function of the Asian and Japanese version of the PlayStation 3. The problem is that the function of O has been merged with the function of the X button. So when the X button is pressed, I can quit and enter at the same time. The problem is only, so far, within mini-games.
I have made two videos to see what I am writing about. Hope you can take some time to watch them.
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( 00:17 ) - Already at the beginning there is a representation problem. X for single player?
( 01:24 ) - Shout out to @Tarixon as he is "now offline".
( 02:11 ) - Another representation problem. O has no function. All other buttons (except for the X) are working properly.
( 02:45 ) - I did not press O
( 02:52 ) - After pressing X, it has brought me to the "Quit Screen". After pressing X to "No" and quit the "Quit" screen, I am brought back to the table and at the same time entered/"Raised" the pot.
( 03:08 ) - This is how I've been playing Poker and other mini-games (except for Arm Wrestling, which will be seen soon). I have double tapped the X button to quickly skip the "Quit" screen.
( 03:22 ) - And look at that. I won! I wasn't really paying attention.
( 03:26 ) - Yes... I dropped the controller.
( 03:38 ) - O works again in the "Quit" screen.
This next video is where I was very upset with RockStar. This is where I thought this would block me to my goal of 100% completion. So far, the X button is my problem and remember that the X button brings me to the "Quit" screen as well as entering the "Yes" function in the mini-game at the same time!
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( 00:50 ) - WHAT?! I can't see what's happening!!! And I lost.
( 01:53 ) - Sorry for the delay. Be right back.
( 02:56 ) - I just feel so frustrated just looking at this again.
( 03:34 ) - Round Two... Actually it's Attempt Two.
( 04:42 ) - Mmmm! Ungh! Ahhh! it's annoying!
( 05:38 ) - Just in case you didn't know what happened. What happened was that I just won!
( 06:28 ) - You have just witnessed me winning a very frustrating problem! As you can tell this is the first time that I have won Arm Wrestling and have acquired a scrap for the uniform!
And that's that. Apart from the mini-games and a few button misrepresentation there's nothing wrong with the game (some screen tearing, visual popping). This is only affecting a few of those that have an Asian/Japanese PlayStation 3. Not a "few", A Lot. This is affecting a lot of people. I have read comments on the RockStar website that there have been others with this problem. I don't know how many but this is a very big and annoying problem.
Will "we" get a patch that will correct this? Discussing this with my friend, he said that because we are such a minority with this problem it will be a long time till we get a patch or not at all.
So far, throughout the game it hasn't been a real menace. I got through Poker, Liar Dice, Black Jack and etc. using the double tap method to skip the "Quit" screen quickly but Arm Wrestling; I will not play again until fixed because you have just seen what I had to go through.
In a recent watch of random comments on the RockStar/Red Dead Redemption site (because RockStar hasn't made an official blog about this problem and the members and users have been commenting this problem on almost every new blog to make their problem heard, which worked!) I have seen this:
July 26 2010 - "Thanks, a fix for this is coming very soon, it's included in the next title update". ( http://bit.ly/90DKO5 )
So, yay! I cannot wait for the next update. Thank you, RockStar. Now fix the servers so I can play with other people on public and I can connect easily to my friends. Thanks for reading!