On Konami's Metal Gear online website, there is now a report regarding the problems surrounding the "GENE EXPANSION" release. Included is a timeline that gives an in-depth analysis of what happened.
From Konami:
"A Full Report and Apology for the problems surrounding the release of METAL GEAR ONLINE "GENE EXPANSION" EXPANSION PACK.
Dear Konami customer,
We regret to inform that the release of the Expansion Pack METAL GEAR ONLINE "GENE EXPANSION" on July 17th, 2008 was marred by major system related problems resulting in great inconveniences with all our customers.
We have been taking numerous corrective measures since the problems initially started, but unfortunately there are no permanent solutions we can announce at the present moment. With the problem still ongoing, we felt it would be our obligation to publish a timelined report in to the problems."
Konami has shared an announcement on the official Metal Gear portal site stating that the online services for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain will be terminated on May 31st of 2022. This only affects the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions. Both MGSV itself and its multiplayer component Metal Gear Online will be shut down on that date. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes will also lose its network service on the same date, but this time it also affects the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of the game.
MGS4 servers were closed after only 4 years, by the way https://www.metalgearinform...
It's been brought back with RPCS3, if you're curious to get back into it.
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I played this game recently. This is a problem because infiltrating online bases is by FAR the best way to get money.
During the actual game i made a few mill doing story missions, and procuring equipment, but with the online wallet, I had 100m+ in a few hours.
Not to mention you'd need to create online FOBs to max your gear.
Was hoping there would be a next gen patch to make the idroid a little less laggy. Really, a masterpiece of a game.
Remember that the services for Phantom Pain on Xbox One, PS4 and PC are still going to be online. But it is only a matter of time, I suppose.
Actually 3, Intruder, Deterrence and Disarmament. You have to connect to the online to finish building the Nuke and get the trophy, meaning you can't disarm it either without online.
The online component is really helpful with online connectivity. You get minerals and stuff while you sleep to build up your base.
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We’ve seen custom servers bring loads of online PC games back from the dead, and emulation has provided a way for plenty of old console games to live on modern hardware. You probably see where this is going. Yes, a group of enterprising fans have put together custom servers to bring back the PlayStation 3’s take on Metal Gear Online, commonly known as Metal Gear Online 2.
I play this and I would just say the skill gap is as large as ever. Headshots are key, and most players seems to be able to quickscope anyone from anywhere. This was always a thing on PS3 but it's even more pronounced due to higher frames rates on the rpcs3.
It's the toughest online shooter I've played in a long long time.
Metal Gear Survive will be the 1st Place prize at a Metal Gear Online 3 tournament and fans are furious.
Replies(2)What more can Kojima do with this franchise when the saga is pretty much over?
The plot is pretty much wrapped up and Kojima has expressed many times he'd like to put the IP to rest. Anymore titles in the Snake saga would just turn Metal Gear into a zombie franchise..........oh wait!
It's a pre order code aswell
I mean it's bad enough it's Survive but not even a Collectors Edition of it or something
Salt in wound. They're right aswell the other prizes are better
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DROP the ID's
USE the FRIGGIN PSN!!!!!
Who Cares if it costs more ....
PPL WILL BE HAPPIER WITH YOUR PRODUCT!
fail!
Konami are getting no sympathy from me. After the fiasco that was the beta in april you would have thought they would up their game, or at least their server count. This looks bad for them though, alot of people payed for the expansion and then were met by errors that meant they couldn't actually download it. Now if it were the psn this would be no problem as everything you've payed for is stored, so if $hit happens you can just re-download it. I'm not sure if the same would apply with the current setup of purchasing content direct from konami.
I bought the expansion last night pretty easily.. took maybe a minute or 2.