{"id":38903,"date":"2024-10-25T11:33:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T02:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=38903"},"modified":"2024-10-25T11:34:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T02:34:48","slug":"dragon-ball-sparking-zero-devs-to-tackle-long-matchmaking-times-and-save-data-corruption-issues-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dragon-ball-sparking-zero-devs-to-tackle-long-matchmaking-times-and-save-data-corruption-issues-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero devs to tackle long matchmaking times and save data corruption issues next\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While <strong>Dragon Ball Sparking! ZERO\u2019s<\/strong> release has been massively popular \u2013 attaining glowing reviews from critics and selling like hotcakes, the game has been having some technical issues. Players have been reporting problems like waiting for hours to get matched in the ranked mode (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dragon-ball-sparking-zero-xbox-players-report-waiting-for-hours-to-get-into-ranked-matches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">especially on Xbox<\/a>), and more alarmingly, their save data vanishing or becoming corrupted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, it seems Bandai Namco has taken notice of the issues and is currently looking into the causes. The official Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero account on X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dbgame_official\/status\/1849375963899191724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">notified players<\/a> on October 24 that the development team has identified and is currently investigating the following points:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rank points being reset\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Matchmaking taking a long time and connection errors occurring during online matches\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Save data being corrupted\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"588\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241017-38507-002.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon Ball Sparking Zero\" class=\"wp-image-38906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241017-38507-002.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241017-38507-002-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241017-38507-002-768x430.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The save data bug is particularly scary for console players, some of whom reported mysteriously losing hours of progress in the game. Fans who played Sparking Zero from its Early Access release say that the issue has been present ever since then, so it has taken the developers quite a while to respond. But hopefully, now that the bug is under investigation players can expect a solution to follow soon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dragonballsparkingzero.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dragon Ball Sparking! ZERO<\/a> is out now on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/product\/UP0700-PPSA15211_00-DRAGONBALLSPARK0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-us\/games\/store\/dragon-ball-sparking-zero-ultimate-edition\/9n1jrc8npx80?msockid=3a84492e9645676b04fa5ae7973f669d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xbox Series X|S<\/a> and PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1790600\/DRAGON_BALL_Sparking_ZERO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandai Namco has notified players that they are currently investigating issues like vanishing save data and long matchmaking times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":38908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dragon Ball Sparking! 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