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Metal Gear Solid V Will not Have a Preload on Steam

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artsi said:
I think he doesn't know, and is too lazy to actually do his job and find out.



I want the game to my shelf anyway, and I'm impatient as a little kid, lol.
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I'm sure if he could find out he would, he is relying on Konami himself, I don't think he's lazy or anything. He just works for a shitty company. I've been there.
 
| Praxis | said:
I'm sure if he could find out he would, he is relying on Konami himself, I don't think he's lazy or anything. He just works for a shitty company. I've been there.
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Well it could be yeah, but shouldn't be a sin to say that he's got no information.

Not hating on the guy really, but it's a bit frustrating combined with the no preloading matter.
 
Meh, I am getting out of work early on Monday the 31st after I heard the preload would be early. Now I'm kinda pissed that the info keeps flipflopping.
 
This is why PC games should still have globally available physical versions. A lot of people still have internet connections that are much slower than DVD drives. I don't even know how much Steam's servers are gonna get hammered.
 
The store page shows noon on the 1st for me, which isn't terrible I guess, should take me 2-4 hours to download depending on how dumb my internet is that day.

Is there a reason given for no preload other than "we are Konami and we don't understand anything anymore"?
 
RedSwirl said:
This is why PC games should still have globally available physical versions. A lot of people still have internet connections that are much slower than DVD drives. I don't even know how much Steam's servers are gonna get hammered.
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The servers are going to be allright. Not a single doubt in my mind, they have always been good.
 
The Dear Leader said:
The store page shows noon on the 1st for me, which isn't terrible I guess, should take me 2-4 hours to download depending on how dumb my internet is that day.

Is there a reason given for no preload other than "we are Konami and we don't understand anything anymore"?
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The assumption is to avoid data mining and to avoid spoilers or something and possibly piracy, but as the files are encrypted in preloads and the game will be on torrent sites on the same day of release and lots of people already have the game already and discussing spoilers I'd go for Konami just being dumb as shit.
 
the ps3 and xbox version are already leaked which really sucks for legitimate players like us, my internet connection sucks and it will take 2 days to download it, if only preload was available i could start downloading.
 
Fuck, I was fine with no preloading if it was gonna unlock at 5AM Pacific Monday or whatever New Zealand midnight is. But 10AM Tuesday? Fuck off, I already bought the game. Midnight 9/1 in my time zone is the absolute latest it should be.

And I'm not going to give in and buy the inferior PS4 version just to play it earlier.
 
This thread keeps rollercoastering my emotions here. Was pissed at no preload. Then was happy that I'd be able to download it the 31st at 8:00AM. Now I'm annoyed again because if it does unlock at 10AM PT, then that's 1:00PM when it unlocks for me. My PS4 version will arrive by mail even before that.

Please just let it unlock Monday at 8.
 
Only thing keeping me together is that I know I have friday off and I have something to do tuesday night so I won't have time to really get into the game before thursday anyway
 
| Praxis | said:
The assumption is to avoid data mining and to avoid spoilers or something and possibly piracy, but as the files are encrypted in preloads and the game will be on torrent sites on the same day of release and lots of people already have the game already and discussing spoilers I'd go for Konami just being dumb as shit.
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When did leaks ever happen through pre-loads?
 
| Praxis | said:
The assumption is to avoid data mining and to avoid spoilers or something and possibly piracy, but as the files are encrypted in preloads and the game will be on torrent sites on the same day of release and lots of people already have the game already and discussing spoilers I'd go for Konami just being dumb as shit.
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If that's really their reasoning then it was truly pointless. Never heard of a steam preload being datamined and it ended up being the PS3 version that actually was just datamined as there's a spoilery script/txt file floating around right now.
 
Rizzi said:
Konami.
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Another tweet.

Really bizarre that I have to keep saying this; PC OFFICIAL release time is 10 AM PT 9/1. For pre-purchase you can DL as early as 12 AM NZ
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So it sounds like it might be happening after all? Goes up for download 00:01 New Zealand, but Konami will leave the Steam Store as a pre-order until 10am PT. Once the game is in your account you're free to download.
 
Oldest Snake said:
Another tweet.



So it sounds like it might be happening after all? Goes up for download 00:01 New Zealand, but Konami will leave the Steam Store as a pre-order until 10am PT. Once the game is in your account you're free to download.
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IT'S HAPPENING! Hope it's true, I plan on finishing most important things I need to do by Monday night so it'd be nice to just get home from school and play Metal Gear (provided the download i complete)
 
Oh I get it.

Even though the game technically is released on 9/01, any purchase before 10am PDT is still considered a pre-order.

Yay Monday!
 
Really bizarre that I have to keep saying this
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Yeah, well, that is kinda what happens when you insist on being clear as mud.

I appreciate Konami's effort to be particularly communicative with the PC fanbase, but come on...
 
Oldest Snake said:
Another tweet.



So it sounds like it might be happening after all? Goes up for download 00:01 New Zealand, but Konami will leave the Steam Store as a pre-order until 10am PT. Once the game is in your account you're free to download.
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Well yeah when you are using confusing terms and seemingly contradictory statements, it can be a bit confusing...

I'll just wait and see I guess.
 
JamsTheKuma said:
IT'S HAPPENING! Hope it's true, I plan on finishing most important things I need to do by Monday night so it'd be nice to just get home from school and play Metal Gear (provided the download i complete)
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so would midnight 1/9 NZ be mid-day in the UK on the 31st or on the 1st?
 
For pre-purchase you can DL as early as 12 AM NZ

he did say 12 am which can be confusing from 00AM

for me 12am means noon
 
So if I have this right (I'm just speculating, this is not fact),

- Midnight 9/1 NZ time: The current bundle of TPP+GZ is gone but there continues to be no way to buy TPP by itself on Steam. However, if you have TPP in your library through whatever means (buying the bundle, Nvidia code), you can start downloading.
- 1pm EST 9/1: the game itself is opened up for purchase.

Whatever, I give up. I'll be happy if I can start downloading on Monday.
 
Oldest Snake said:
Another tweet.



So it sounds like it might be happening after all? Goes up for download 00:01 New Zealand, but Konami will leave the Steam Store as a pre-order until 10am PT. Once the game is in your account you're free to download.
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In fairness, his previous tweets were the actual bizarre things, seemingly contradicting each other. This is a bit more clear, but I'm still somewhat dubious since I haven't seen a Steam roll out quite like this
 
Cool, so 8AM EST Monday. Now that we got that cleared, can someone tell me if this means we need to use a VPN to benefit from that release time outside of NZ?
 
It seems this guy has some big issues saying "You can preload the game starting the 31 and play it if your internet is fast enough".

Or that's what I'm reading.
 
PixelHorror said:
It seems this guy has some big issues saying "You can preload the game starting the 31".

Or that's what I'm reading.
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It's not really a 'preload' since the game just unlocks at that time. The pre-order bonuses end at the other time specified by @popcicle.
 
Arsenic13 said:
Cool, so 8AM EST Monday. Now that we got that cleared, can someone tell me if this means we need to use a VPN to benefit from that release time outside of NZ?
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That is still something I'm not sure of, but looking through his previous tweets this will not be the case. Perhaps the pre-order version is different to the release version, so there might be a period where the pre-order version goes down and is replaced with the one without bonuses..... who knows...

PixelHorror said:
It seems this guy has some big issues saying "You can preload the game starting the 31".

Or that's what I'm reading.
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It isn't just "pre-load" according to his later tweet after that -

Kris Garant ‏@haggardgolem 8m8 minutes ago
@popcicle so does pre-order allow you to download and play anytime after 12am NZ time or is it a preload until 10am 9/1?

Robert Allen Peeler
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@haggardgolem you should be able to play as well
 
So it's...kinda preload?
 
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