Konami Breaks Metal Gear Online, Issues Apology and Detailed Explanation

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Publisher Konami has released a detailed report of Metal Gear Online (PS3) system issues experienced in the wake of a recently released expansion pack.

Following last week's release of the Gene Expansion premium pack for the online multiplayer component of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Konami's servers were mired by a sudden spike in traffic load prompting a variety of issues.

A full report of the outages published by Konami reveals that the trouble affected the game's web-based online store and site in addition to the game itself. The game's newly-added Reward Shop, which allows players to purchase new gear with accumulated reward points, was subsequently closed.

The company added that as of July 19, "there are still no permanent solutions as yet," nor is it certain when the Reward Shop will be reopened for MGO players. More details will be added to the game's official site when they become available.

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    July 21, 2008 5:34 PM

    Wait, it was traffic again? DID THEY NOT LEARN THE FIRST TIME?!

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      July 21, 2008 5:55 PM

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        July 21, 2008 8:07 PM

        Considering they're not using the PSN infrastructure; nice one!

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          July 21, 2008 9:12 PM

          Nevermind the fact that his comment was retarded regardless. Warhawk uses the PSN infrastructure and I've never had connection issues in the six months I've been playing it. Can't say the same for some of my LIve experiences.

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            July 21, 2008 9:47 PM

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              July 21, 2008 10:55 PM

              I have never played a multiplayer game that didn't have connection issue at launch. I had the same issues with the Halo 3 launch as far as connections were concerned that I did with Warhawk. Overall though, my experience with PSN has been much better than my experience with Live. I get an average ping of 98 with PSN games. I get an average ping of about 200 with games that use Live.

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            July 22, 2008 9:20 AM

            And how often do you have problems connecting with Friends on Live? I'd say unless there is something wrong with your connection or firewall the answer should be not often at all. The only time I can remember any major issues with Live was this past Xmas.

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        July 21, 2008 11:08 PM

        They're using their own network. You fail. Just like Live did when I was trying to play COD this past holiday season.

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      July 21, 2008 7:09 PM

      more like Konami hasn't figure out how to properly support their online games... I fear the worst for PES 2009 :/

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