Metal Gear Online Thread

[The Dude]

Can you play MGS Online on the US Servers using a European MGS4 Blu Ray *but with a US account* ???

[James]

I don't believe so, as the available character purchase slots are determined only by your copy of the game. My US version didn't detect that I had a PAL character slot already used up.

Perhaps you will need to purchase one?

Oh wait! My PSN account (default) is an American one and I use that for both logins, and I could only ever log in to European servers if I was using my PAL version.

hope that made sense >_>

[The Dude]

Sooo, wait.
You can't log onto the US MGO using a US account and a PAL Game?

[James]

You mean a US PSN account? No.

[The Dude]

THis just recertifies my opinion on why the PSN and PS3's online capabilities and management suck.

[James]

I have almost 100% in common with you, when it comes to that subject. It's really pathetic.

[Dot50Cal]

I'd say Konami is more to blame than Sony for this one. Granted, Sony allows developers to use their own systems, but Konami has fucked up so many times on their registration. They seem to be stuck in last generation when it comes to online.

[JcFFx]

So did anyone get or is planning to get the expansion set? >_>

And I don't like the new update. Mainly because it's harder to knife and even harder to level up Narc (which was already slow as hell... goddammit Konami)

[Bertha]

So did anyone get or is planning to get the expansion set? >_>

And I don't like the new update. Mainly because it's harder to knife and even harder to level up Narc (which was already slow as hell... goddammit Konami)

I'm planning on getting it once I pay off some of my credit card. I think its a fucking rip that girls have to actually pay to make a character in their gender. And that means I'll have to delete my current since I don't think I'll buy a new character slot.

[News Bot]

THis just recertifies my opinion on why the PSN and PS3's online capabilities and management suck.

It has nothing to do with Sony, PSN or the PS3.

Konami are just ridiculously incompetent.

[Mr. Spencer]

Incompetence is an understatement. They said that they were unprepared for the high volume of traffic they experienced when the "GENE" expansion pack was released, but how can you not take into account what happened when the beta was brought online? Konami's servers were down for days when that happened, and then they claim that they weren't expecting it?

Speaking of which, their entire network system is fundamentally flawed. In order to play any Konami title online, you have to register both a "KONAMI ID" and a "Game ID", each with their own unique passwords. Hell, sometimes I get them both confused and end up not remembering what the fuck my password was. I can recall the Konami site being overwhelmed with traffic when the beta hit, because of everyone trying to register a Konami ID at once. Again, to reiterate earlier points made by other people, if they had opted to use Sony's online architecture, there wouldn't have been any problems.

A lot more people would be enjoying MGO, in fact.