Boards are already claiming fatal errors with BOTH versions of GTA IV.

[NJ5]

TheRealMafoo said:

NJ5 said:

TheRealMafoo said:

Umm, question... what would uninstalling and reinstalling do if the code is bad? It would put the exact same flaw in the system. A good reason to do that however, is if the disk read the information wrong the first time, and got it right the second ;)

Some code bugs happen in weird ways, which can seem random at first if you don't know what the cause is. Here is a very good example:

http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2007/10/24/ratchet-and-clank-ps3-contains-minor-installation-bug

 

In that case, the solution was not to just uninstall and reinstall. You had to make a change to the PS3 that you were installing on. Not quite the same thing.

You have totally missed the point of what I said. I'm not saying this is in any way similar to that bug, just giving you an example of how some bugs can seem totally random. This would explain why reinstalling could solve the problem. Rockstar is not stupid.