Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has been facing server issues since launch
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain released on the first this month and received stellar reviews. Gamers embraced the highly anticipated game with positive reactions. Despite its positive reception, it has had its fair share of problems, mostly server related issues. The issues mainly affected the Forward Operating Base multiplayer base mode.
Konami Corp (OTCMKTS:KNMCY) apologized for the inconvenience and made some changes to the Forward Operating Base as a temporary fix. The number of missions listed in the multiplayer mode was decreased, information regarding “Win/Loss”, “Points”, “Supporting/Supporters” and “Heroism” were disabled in the mission list, and missions listed in the online Combat Deployment menu were decreased. But these changes had little to no effect on the user experience.
Konami has since then pulled down its servers for maintenance and it has been the fourth consecutive day with no access to the online elements of the game. At the time of writing this article, Konami Japan’s website lists all platforms’ server status as “Server is undergoing maintenance.” Such cases are not new and server issue reports are common with such big titles or with games that have strong multiplayer elements.
Electronic Arts’ (NASDAQ:EA) Battlefield 4 and Sony Corporation’s (NYSE:SNE) PlayStation 4 exclusive racer - Driveclub, are also examples, where players were unable to enjoy an optimal experience at launch. Metal Gear V: The Phantom Pain is the next installment in the long running and highly popular Metal Gear Solid series, so it comes as no surprise that a game this big has met post-launch issues. Konami has not announced when the issues will be resolved.
The bigger portion of the multiplayer – “Metal Gear Online”, will launch in October. That is going increase demand on the servers even more, and Konami must make sure that it sees a stable launch.
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