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.
Advertisement"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.
Rogue Soul wrote at 12:38 on 26 September 2008
Put it on XboxLive = Problem solved ;)
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?
pblive wrote at 13:13 on 26 September 2008
It's not really the servers that are the problem, its the annoying sign up and signing in, on a par with seperate friends codes for Wii games.
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.
L wrote at 15:41 on 26 September 2008
Well I Know on the eu servers there are around 3K on survival night and about 1.5- 2k on all the other days.
Steve wrote at 20:06 on 27 November 2008
yeah frankly it has. i played n clocked the the campaign and was ready to play online. now ive tried everything. its november 28th now and i still cant find a way threw this konami *** up it should be fixed by now,ive tried all diffrent sites and temp sites and been reading alot of comments. theres heaps of people still out there trying to get in, i cant be the only one ey. wtf??????