Konami has confirmed that the online services for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain on Xbox 360 are beginning to shut down starting today.
As spotted by VGC, Konami has confirmed plans to shut down the Metal Gear Online portion of the game. The 'Termination of Purchase System' starts today, and then on November 30, Metal Gear Online DLC items will no longer be available to purchase.
Next year on March 1, 2022, Metal Gear Solid V will no longer be available to buy on the Xbox 360 marketplace whatsoever, finally followed by the full shutdown of all online services on May 31, 2022.
If you're still yet to complete the game on the Xbox 360 then don't worry, the single-player campaign will still be playable. However, Konami has said no refunds will be made for in-game items and the schedule may change without prior notice, so if you're sitting on anything, it's probably best to use it as soon as possible.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain joins several Ubisoft titles which will be shutting down their servers this year, along with the Halo titles on Xbox 360. It seems that this era of gaming is slowly being packed away as we move onto new pastures, so make the most of those nostalgic moments while you can.
Sad to see the Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain shut down its online services? Let us know in the comments below.
[source konami.com, via videogameschronicle.com]
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It still surprises me that such an expansive game was ported to the 360/PS3 consoles in the first place. And from what I saw it still held up surprisingly well from graphics and performance.
Wow I didn’t even know it was on 360. I really need to get into this franchise. I wish it was all accessible on one console.
I have 2, 3 and 5 I guess on Xbox but would be good to play 1 and 4 along with them in release order.
@K1LLEGAL I think technically all of the mainline games are all on PS3, I could be mistaken about that! (I know portable ops isn't but it's canonicity is debated, not by me though. I think it's totally canon 😎)
Also don't forget Peace Walker! It's basically MGSV before there was an MGSV. Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain are direct sequels to Peace Walker
@ralphdibny ah I think Peace Walker Hd is in the HD collection for 360 too, which means I have that. I might lookup if there is a different order to play the games in (since I know it jumps about in chronology a bit) other than release order that is acceptable that means I can start with one of the ones I have.
I think 4 would be the issue - as you say it’s on PS3… only right? I have a Vita for the first game if i’m desperate.
@K1LLEGAL The chronology is a total mess. On 360 you'd have to play Metal Gear Solid 3 > Peace Walker > Ground Zeroes > Phantom Pain > Metal Gear > Metal Gear 2 (both available through 3 HD) > Metal Gear Solid 2. So you would ultimately miss out on the first Metal Gear Solid (never ported to Xbox) and MGS 4 (never ported in general since it has too many features unique to PS3).
@K1LLEGAL I think they make more sense in release order either starting from Metal Gear Solid or even the original Metal Gear (which I only played for the first time last year!)
But you could go in chronological order through most of the Big Boss games with what you have though!
3: Snake Eater > (skip Portable Ops on PSP) > Peace Walker > V: Ground Zeroes > V: The Phantom Pain. The next two games chronologically are Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake which are included in Snake Eater on the HD collection
@ralphdibny @Broosh You know what - confusing chronology that you have to look up… is my kinda thing. Discovering an established game series that I haven’t touched and deep diving into it 👌 (doesn’t happen that often, but happened with Yakuza and now i’m starting on the Trails series).
I might pop in 3 soon if I get a chance. Shame about 1 and 4 but if I love the series then I will find a way. And if I don’t love it then ah well. I do own a PS3 I just would rather not touch it unless I absolutely have to. The fact I can pop in HD collection on my Series X is very cool.
Thanks for the replies.
@K1LLEGAL same here, I love confusing chronologies especially on amazing series like Metal Gear 😅. MGS1 is fairly easy to emulate or even available on the probably rather cheap now PlayStation Classic Mini thing. MGS4 is a bit trickier without a a PS3 unfortunately.
I actually bought the HD collection again on Xbox despite having it on PS3, will probably play them again soon in a few years. I seem to play them all every 3-6 years and I just did my last run through in 2020! I played all of the 2D ones in that run-through too as I'd never played them before, including the non canon Snakes Revenge on NES and MGS for game boy colour (which was actually awesome).
Let us know if you want a long release order or chronological order which includes remakes, spin offs, timeline divergences and if you like, brief descriptions of the gameplay (as not all of them are tactical espionage action!) And I'd be happy to oblige!!
Welcome to the digital age.
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