Secondly. Remember how hard it was to get a Konami ID/Gamer ID – with the website not loading due to traffic? They have now created a bare bones website especially for the MGO Beta, which can be found here – https://id.konami.net/mgo/selectCountry.jsp

It sucks. They’ll get it worked out, but people gotta have some perspective.

There are growing pains with all online games, especially those that are extremely popular.

If this means enough to you to seriously piss you off, then the game means enough to you to warrant some patience.

This is what betas are for, as well as giving gamers a taste of what they want.

You say MGO could be a killer app, and then think that millions aren’t trying to play it? The Beta is free in Europe, in Japan it’s open, and it’s a download for pre-orders in US. For those outside US, a higher percentage will attempt to play the Beta than those who will buy MGS4. That’s a lot of gamers. Konami were underprepared.

The PS3 network is open – this is a Konami server problem, not a PS3/Sony one. In fact I advise Konami to ask Sony for some help with servers.

“So far PS3 online experiences are far from even close to amateur, and that is with commercial apps.” The universality of your comment is untrue.

The PS3 does not have a killer app/game that makes people buy the system, MGS/O could be that, it maybe a beta but it comes from a very strong background that could influence hardware sales.

Two people who played my 360 COD4 beta bought hardware solely on a few days play. So yes a BETA can have a great impact on a system.

I would like to believe that millions are frantically trying to login and play but experience reminds me (ps2 network,early warhawk etc) that it’s more likely a lack of infrastructure.

So far PS3 online experiences are far from even close to amateur, and that is with commercial apps.
I have no complaints about BETA’s but having 1.6GB sitting sheepishly on my hd is bit embarrasing….

What a third party game’s beta has to do with the system itself is beyond me. It’s a free beta that has the role of routing out errors. Complaining will be more relevant if such errors occur on the launch of the game, after you’ve paid money for it. Otherwise, if you don’t want to experience errors, wait until June 12th.

Konami have provided the infastructure for the code, they didn’t expect so many people, however. I expect millions have downloaded the Beta.

It is likely the code is up to scratch but needs some refining (that is the beta part) but a failure to provide an infrastructure to support the code is appalling. It is not as if Konami are new to this game

For a system trying to earn respect this is not doing it any favours at all.

Ed

First the failure of bad codes, then the long time to download the first patch, next the making of a failed Konami ID & Game ID, and finally the failed servers.

FAIL