Giving an update on the known issues in the PlayStation 4 version of No Man’s Sky today, Hello Games Founder Sean Murray said, “We?re tracking a number of issues, bugs and crashes that players are reporting, and working to resolve as soon as possible.”
Adding that the number of players, as well as the length of the average play session, “has been far more than our small team could have anticipated,” Murray apologized to anyone affected by these issues and said they’re “working quickly to adapt.”
To help tackle the issues, Hello Games has hired a new QA team (bigger than Hello Games) that will complement the existing team at Sony. They’ve also begun working on fixes for the most critical issues, including crashes, and a patch with these fixes is expected “in the near future.” As for the potentially game-breaking issue with the pre-order ship, Murray said the majority of players are able to continue:

It has been reported that using the pre-order bonus ship will leave some players stranded, if they purchase or transfer to a new ship that does not have a hyperdrive (if done very early in game). In most cases the player is actually able to continue (107 of the 135 reports emailed so far). The game already detects the player needs a hyperdrive and directs them to a nearby NPC who will give the player the hyperdrive they need. Some other players were able to resolve this issue by restarting their console.

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