Konami Reveals Expected Beta Relaunch Date

Kombo Reports- "Late last night we delivered the disappointing news that the Metal Gear Online Beta had been delayed due to server constraints. When the delay initially occurred it appeared that Konami wasn't sure when they would be opening to the beta to gamers outside of Japan, but now we have an answer. Konami released an official response stating that the Metal Gear Online beta will relaunch on April 25.

Now before you get too excited, due note that Konami may delay the beta again if any unforeseen circumstances should arise, so let's hope that everything moves smoothly the second time around.

Start date: Planned for 04/25/2008 24:00(PDT). While the start is planned for the weekend, it may change due to unforeseen circumstances."

[TheHater]

wow, in four days? I hope the extend the expire date to at least the 15th of next month or something

[sonarus]

i'm not holding my breath on this

[pharmd]

shouldnt the tite be "Konami reveals next expected beta failure date"?

ok so i am still a little mad, but im allowed to be

edit: yeah the end time is supposed to be the 11th of may now

[ForTheFallen]

It's gay because I got up at 11:55 and stayed up till 1:30 trying to get in...

[pharmd]

oh sonarus, you know as well as i do that we'll both be up holdin our breath, regardless of what we say.........

its like a drug

[Lifendz]

did they underestimate the amount of people that would be in this beta? This is THE game people have been waiting for. This game is even bringing staunch 360 owners over to the PS3. I'm a little worried about this now. I'm sure the beta will be filled with crashes, mishaps, and various other bugs. Yes it's a beta but if they're underestimating the amount of people interested than just think of what else will go wrong.

This should have been a Sony sponsored Beta. Rather than Konami doing this they should have let Sony handle it. At least then I wouldn't have had to make two new usernames and two new passwords. Not being able to use my PSN id within the beta is lame. I wanted to be able to add you guys that were in the beta so when the game comes out we could get some games going.

[niall77]

But F ups like last night is why its a beta and not a demo. mess ups where bound to happen... just alot happened at once

but who ever had the idea to use "konami ID" and not PSN should be shot in the foot.

Most Japan dev's just dont get online.

[ktr]

The Konami ID is a pos. And the sad thing is that the Konami ID is useless, it't the Game ID which is used to login. So I had to make a Konami ID just to make a Game ID. sad...

Yea, the beta has been extended from the 6th to the 11th of May.

[juuken]

I hope you guys get to play it soon though.
That was just a horrible fiasco to begin with.

[jackdoe]

I agree. Konami IDs are BS. And now with the beta extension, I can actually try it out! I can't get to my PS3 until May 7, so that means I'll get four days worth of beta test now.

[Vertius]

Ah, blast. I'm off school this week, and I had planned to play this, and only this, all week. That, and I have a friend coming up on Friday morning, hoping to play this. To wrap it up, I'll be away all weekend practising for a concert.

What a disaster...

[Tempist]

Even more disasterous if no beta was released to test server load capacities and have it go down on launch. This is why things get a Beta usually.

Then again, the MGO devs should have been doing research and speculation on how popular it would be.

[perils]

oh well at least this time itll be on a friday. i was cacking my pants at the prospect of getting no sleep then going to work. so this way ill get to play a whole weekend straight away....that is unless theres more problems!

[predator]

well they lost loads of people now as they have 4 days when the beta goes live in till GTA4 comes out and then the beta will be practically empty, way to go Konami

[jackdoe]

I don't think so. I can juggle two games at once, especially if one is online only.

[Daver]

I will be playing it... I personally dont care about GTA4 and i'm sure i'm not the only one and thats cool the server will work better without too many people...
btw its not the same kind of game...

[NegativeCreepWA]

I was hoping to get a week in, before GTA cut into my beta time

[Forbidden_Darkness]

Things happen sometimes, im not mad or anything, just glad were still getting the beta a couple days before GTA4 is released (hopefully), i wont be getting GTA4 until a couple days after, because of shipping anyways. so ill have enough time to enjoy it, ill probaly take breaks from gta4 anyways.

[Jim Crowslaw]

nah im pretty sure ur the only one

[vegnadragon]

So Konami solution to solve this over logging problem is to release the beta near GTA4 arrival. Hey, it will work.

[dsolomon818]

konami can haz tech support plz?

[jay2]

damn it, I'll be playing gta 4:@!!!!!!

[LONEWOLF231]

This is UTTER BS!!!!!!!

F the BETA, ill just wait for GTA 4!

[Alcaponedyou]

I'm at school and come home on the weekends woot, i hope everything goes smoothly so i can pwn noobs on the first day.

Also, my birthday is on the 26th so happy birthday to me.

[Wildarmsjecht]

Happy Birthday

[Alcaponedyou]

thx

[Darkiewonder]

I would have accepted Warhawk Beta Experience then a delayed one.

[Mr_Showtime1]

are konami not smart enough to know, how many american pre orders there were, how many japanese got beta codes and how many europeans downloaded it on top of that the fact their ID site took an absolute ass raping, that their servers where going to come under heavy fire.

japanese devs like konami (and sony) need to open thier eyes to online gaming and what western people expect.

[jackdoe]

Er, so far, Sony has been pretty good with their online games, with dedicated servers for the majority of them; though to be fair, the games were made by Sony's Western development studios.

[Mr_Showtime1]

it weak compared to live, theres no denying it, sony leave thier online sections up to the devs themselves, this means they have to spend time and money working on the online section of the PS3, if its a multiplat game, then it always suffers because of it, im really interested in how Rockstar will handle the PSN.

and another things about japanese, shane on the 1up yours podcast, claimed that japanese find it rude to be sent an invite to another game while they are playing, hence the 360 being a failure, and PS3 users have no in game comm system!

[jackdoe]

It's not that the developers have to spend more time and money to do it. It's that Sony is more lenient about what developers have to do, as opposed to MS which forces EVERY game to carry a specific sets of features, and because of that, some developers choose the lazy route (and these games are some of the worst seeling PS3 games out there).

[Drekken]

It sucks... we can all agree on this, but come on!! Just consider this hitch a step in the beta process. Once the servers are up we will be able to play the game. If they didnt do this 2months early, imagine the rage from customers on June 12th.

This might seem like the end of the world to all the people (like me) who were entering out id and pw all damn night... but this is a GOOD thing for the actual release... either way, I will see you guys online the 25th (hopefully)

[jackdoe]

Exactly. It would have been like CoD 4 all over again, where its online was wonky until they released the version 1.1 patch.

[E2EK13L]

we had to wait this long and now four more days... they should have the MGO beta open all the way up until a week before June 12

[Descendant]

I have four days to play this straight if everything goes as planned. Once GTAIV comes out I will probably play a little, or just stop altogether. Honestly MGS4 is my most anticipated title of the year, but the beta can't match up a full game that is GTAIV; in which I will pay for.

[heyheyhey]

*sigh* "expected"

although if they do manage this date, they will have done a fairly good job because thats quick

but its right before GTA :(

[Drekken]

this beta was supposed to hold me over till the 29th... NOW WHAT???? haha

[MrBii]

I have more time to play in the weekends anyway.

[Meus Renaissance]

It will mean less time to play this because GTA launches next week. Dammit. You'd think with all the money they have they could host a beta better

[EZCheez]

Okay. Stress test conducted. UNSAT. Delay the beta four days and resume in NA and EU. This would be all fine and dandy except for the fact that a lot of people will probably forget this beta exists after the 29th, myself included.

It was in Konami's best interest to squeak this in before GTA4 and have time to fix issues without being rushed. Now not only will they get far less feedback, they'll get far less traffic and less time to fix the issues before the release in mid-June.

We should all hope that this doesn't effect the end-product.

[timmyp53]

for the delay.

[Mr_Kuwabara]

And today was my only day off....

[RAM MAGNUMS]

I hope xbots remember the halo 3 beta!
They were like "Dont worry about the graphics, its just the beta!"
Look what happened... They couldnt even do anything about the Gameboy sound effects!
Metal Gear's Beta is real Hard work being done by the Pro's. Get a Job Xbot!

Lets put a 3 year warranty on everything!
Question what has more life?
A.) Battery
B.) Light Bulb
C.) XBOX 360
D.) Ice Cube
E.) Gold Fish

Answer Here ___________________

[PR0NE]

as long as you don't use any of the items listed above none of them will melt, break, die, dry or rrod. just keep 'em away from touch... ;)

[mrbillybadass]

ill be on GTA4 FU konami

[EZCheez]

I wonder if it will even happen.

If it does......there will be blood.

[solidt12]

I hope they keep that date because I am off that day. Last night i was upset only because I could of been sleep. I was late to work and didn't even get to play.

[EZCheez]

It was just pure chaos, and I guess not even Konami saw it coming, although I think they could have tried harder considering they had a warning with the Konami ID website itself.

A lot of us stayed up late for this one last night. The anger on this website is more from disappointment and confusion than from actual frustration. That and we were all late for work because we stayed up late!

[r1000]

that sux.... i too was anxiously waiting for monday to come... And i also was going to use this to hold me over till GTA. I guess I'll still be playing Warhawk with the new Broken Mirror pack.

the 25th is on a Friday... and as homeowner I have TOOOO many things to do around the house come the weekends.... and playing video games is not one of them... thumbs down

[Hellsvacancy]

can i access the beta?

[PR0NE]

that's if you read japanese to get all the necessary steps done.... and i am not quite sure.
give it a try and tell us your findings, myself i don't want to go through much through trouble for just an online game beta...

[slayerized]

well it's kinda of cool it launches fri play it all weekend till tues then its gta 4 baby..

[meepmoopmeep]

this is getting lame :|

[sabbath420]

Defensive and posotive. You sony fans never stop amazing me, that is so sweet how you try and c the good in all your bad.

[achira]

why do you comment here ? this game is not on the 3fixme.

[ForTheFallen]

No one wants you here. Go away. Before you break something...

[Keowrath]

I'm really not that bothered by all this (then again, this isn't my first beta) I'm a huge MGS fan and although I've been looking forward to today for as long as I've known about the beta I'm not massively disappointed, in fact being such a fan I'm pleased to see that the game is so popular.

The original MGO was great on PS2 and I still think this is going to blow the older game away. Konami realise they underestimated the demand and so are probably working around the clock to get this resolved. If anything I feel sorry for the employees of the company due to crappy management they now have to clean up the mess.

Betas have problems (not usually on such a huge scale) but that's what they're there for, to locate problems before the full title goes live. Konami didn't have to "attempt" to let you play. Just be glad they're realising this mess before the full title goes live.

[Doctor Strange]

At least it still releases this week. Hopefully everything is taken care of by then.

[ShadesMoolah]

a Friday release is a little too close to GTA IV in my view and as someone already said, once the 29th hits MGO will be forgotten for a while by a number of gamers.

Konami/Sony should have gotten it right first time.

[jmare]

It may have been said before, but Konami completely fvcked this up. Yes, I understand it's a beta and problems like these are to be expected. If that were the issue, then it would not be such a big deal. The issue is that Konami has been doing everything wrong as far as the beta is concerned. Using the completely useless (except for market research) Konami/Game ID, only to name yor character in-game, instead of using PSN is ridiculous. There is no reason we shouldn't be using PSN IDs in the beta, I bet everyone will just be using their PSN ID anyway.

The only "good" thing that came out of the Konami ID clusterfvck is that Konami now knows their servers are inadequate to the task of running this game. The bad thing is that Konami didn't get a big fvcking clue when the site you have to register with to play the beta is imploding on an hourly basis and they had to add servers to that, they couldn't figure out that there might be an enormous demand for the beta? That is time lost that they could be using to get feedback on the actual game, because we all know their online infrastucture is sh!t. Now GTA 4 is going to be pulling away a significant p[ortion of their beta pool. Konami really needs to pull its head out of it's ass.

[The Closing]

They F'ed up so bad I'd expect nothing less then further delays. This is why you restrict the amount of codes given out. Giving out codes to any Joe Blow on your site is a great way to show thanks to those who actually went out, and pre ordered your game first. Then segregation finally comes in the form of giving Japan priority most likely because they know the Japanese wouldn't stand for this kind of sh*t.

As the kiddies would say, "very noobish."

Much love for Kojima productions, but Konami could stand to learn a thing or two that should have already been learned by now.

[whoelse]

4 days isn't so bad of a wait.

[Milky]

oh cool, I expected it later. I wont give up on you Metal Gear I will play you even when gta comes out.

[dsolomon818]

i'm an OG gamer, played metal gear when it came out on the NES, and every one since, and come june 12th no other disk will touch the warm spinny insides of my ps3 till mgs4 is done.

[Premonition]

I hope he ordered thousands of more servers, and that hes using UPS for them :)

[thor]

I don't think I'll get the beta, and when MGS4 comes out proper I'm probably NOT going to play the online mode. I don't want to have to sign up for _yet another_ thing. Konami IDs and all that bullsh*t. It's the reason I could never be @rsed to play crysis online.

Also, is the Konami ID and stuff linked to your PSN, or do you need to create a seperate friends list, etc? I _can't_ see why they would choose to use their own sign-on system when the PSN is just there for them to use. An utter shambles.

[dsolomon818]

I think the whole konami id thing is because we're using their servers. You'd need a user name and password and after security snafoo last month sony probably isn't comfortable giving that out. Once its on psn you'd use regular id

[Scenarist]

well they are relaunching the beta on april 25th, well thats only a few days before GTA4 releases at midnight. I think they shot themselves in the foot for the beta.

Im hoping im speaking for most if not all the people here that owns a ps3, but this beta for me was supposed to be the week long ride home to gta4. It still is going to be the weekend ride home tho so no worries....

MONDAY IS GOING TO BE THE LONGEST DAY OF MY LIFE , this week already is

[monkey nuts]

atleast now theres no problem registering a konami id. They've changed the process. Took me under 5 minutes from starting to register to getting my confirmation email. As opposed to constantly getting "page deleted" or "timed out".