Kojima: Konami ID wasn't a very good idea
The Metal Gear Solid creator believes the problematic Konami-wide online policy has hurt Metal Gear Online.
Hideo Kojima, head of Kojima Productions, has blamed Konami's company wide online policy (Konami ID and Game ID) for the lack of players taking part in Metal Gear Online.
Speaking to 1UP, the Metal Gear Solid creator admitted he's not happy with the amount of players playing Metal Gear Online and feels Konami has to address the problems with the Konami ID and Game ID registration process.
"Honestly, officially, I can't say anything on Konami ID and Game ID. It's a company policy. But frankly speaking, the idea wasn't a very good one," said Kojima. "The fact is that Konami's direction was that we create a Game ID and Konami ID for the online components, and now we're seeing that it's not working so well, and we have to think about how to turn it around."
Kojima added that it is as problem the publisher is aware of and is working on a solution.
"I assure you that we understand the problems. We can look at the figures, and we can see what's going wrong. A lot of people buy a lot of stuff online in MGO, but we know what the problems are, and as a company we have to turn things around.
"We aren't blind. At company meetings we know this is a problem, and we are working on it. Obviously, we have a lot of hardcore online gamers working for us, and we know what makes a good online game. So rest assured [that] we are working on this."
Did Konami ID and Game ID registration put you off playing Metal Gear Online? Let us know in the comments below.
User Comments
CheekyLee
Surely people shouldn't need to "know what they are doing" to sign up for somethng? And, that it takes 10 minutes even then? Sounds to me (who does not have the game and is not interested, btw) like far too much trouble. Surely having a PSN ID should be enough?
When, not if, WHEN MGS 4 gets released for the 360, you can guarantee that Konami IDs will be long abandoned.
CrustyJockStrap
But i don't see what was wrong with PSN ID's and DLC on the PSN store and game updates like all the other ps3 games. Makes more sence.
kay
Steve
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pblive
But, yes, the unified service idea has been good for MS, though even that causes problems when developers want to go down their own route (Frontlines). For the most part it works well, though.
Rogue_Soul
Before the Sony Defence Force/fanboys kick off - please note the smiley - The statement was said in jest.
Tis a shame that such a iconic game/franchise has had its Online component ruined by a dreadful Konami setup. If only Sony had gone down the 'unified service' route, everything would have been so much better.
Edit: I'm curious, does anyone have any figures on how many people are actually playing MGO?