27th February 2007, 7:29 PM
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/27/mgs3-s...line-only/
Apparently the online mode will have it's servers shut down soon. This is very annoying as it's one of the main reasons I bought Subsistance, but I suppose I can understand. Really though, this is why console games need to allow one to punch in the IP address of a custom fan made server. When official service stops, an online search away and you've found someone willing to host games for free on their own server. This can't happen with this game though. It only connects to it's own specific server. Annoying... Yes, PC games often have self limits as well, like Blizzard's battle.net, and it's annoying to an extent, but a much lesser one because of the magic of game hacks. Short of modding my PS2 to allow the execution of some custom program that bootstraps MGS3S to run on a custom server, I'm out of luck. My PS2 runs great though, and I really don't want to take any chances, or spend any money, doing anything to it's innards that might get it mad at me. I know I'm running on borrowed accuracy with those lasers and their infamous reputation...
Apparently the online mode will have it's servers shut down soon. This is very annoying as it's one of the main reasons I bought Subsistance, but I suppose I can understand. Really though, this is why console games need to allow one to punch in the IP address of a custom fan made server. When official service stops, an online search away and you've found someone willing to host games for free on their own server. This can't happen with this game though. It only connects to it's own specific server. Annoying... Yes, PC games often have self limits as well, like Blizzard's battle.net, and it's annoying to an extent, but a much lesser one because of the magic of game hacks. Short of modding my PS2 to allow the execution of some custom program that bootstraps MGS3S to run on a custom server, I'm out of luck. My PS2 runs great though, and I really don't want to take any chances, or spend any money, doing anything to it's innards that might get it mad at me. I know I'm running on borrowed accuracy with those lasers and their infamous reputation...
