No Pre-Loading of MGS5:PP in PC

Metal Gear Solid 5 Phantom Pain Doesn't Support Pre-Loading in PC

Many PC games support pre-loading, but Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain won't be one of them. Metal Gear Solid community manager Robert Allen Peeler has confirmed the stealth-action game won't support the feature, which he admitted was a "pretty common practice" in the PC space.

Asked by a fan why this is, Peeler replied, "I don't have a specific reason," noting that he was circling back with the development team in an attempt to find out.

Though you can't pre-load The Phantom Pain, you can pre-purchase it today from Steam. The game will officially unlock on September 1 New Zealand time, which is actually August 31 at 5 AM PDT / 8 AM EDT.

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The console versions of The Phantom Pain, meanwhile, do support pre-loading. They will unlock on September 1 at 12:01 AM EDT / August 31 at 9:01 PM PDT.

Pre-loading allows players to download games ahead of their release so they can start playing immediately at launch. This is a particularly nice feature, as file sizes for games today can be quite large.

According to GameSpot's sources, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima will leave Konami after The Phantom Pain ships next month. Just recently, a Nikkei report exposed the troubling culture inside of Konami.

The PC version of The Phantom Pain was originally supposed to launch on September 15, but Konami this week brought forward the game's release date to match up with the console version. Konami also announced that everyone who preorders The Phantom Pain on Steam gets a free copy of Ground Zeroes.

In other Phantom Pain news, Konami has published a new trailer and confirmed the game's multiplayer mode--Metal Gear Online--will not be available at launch.

It's basically BS. What do you expect from Konami though? Well, at least, the consoles will be able to pre-load.

#Masterrace

thats stupid but at least for me it doesnt take long to download games. sucks for people with crappy internet though. **** you konami

**** Konami , I still get it for PC

Oh the horror !!! It means I will have to wait 3 hours to play the game.

Brilliant.

Konami blows..Seriously. Just get out of the game, doofs..

So I can download MGS V on Aug 31st at 8am on PC and then play or have it preloaded on consoles but not be able to play until Sept 1st 00:01? What the hell is the problem?

RACE MASTERS

Does the NVIDIA promotion come with Ground Zeroes btw?

I don't think consolites read the OP very well. This means that people playing on PC will still potentially be playing the game earlier than console users. It unlocks on Steam at 5 AM PDT August 31st, whereas it unlocks on consoles at 9 PM PDT August 31st. Since the (installed) game's only 28GB you can expect to have the download finished within a couple hours, provided your internet's fast enough. So, uh, enjoy having the ability to preload, I guess? According to the OP I'll be playing MGS5 more than 12 hours earlier than PS4/XB1 folks. :^)

shit developers are gonna be shit.

#6 hour story games turn console games on.,

Just more features being added and enabled for the Mustard Race.

What difference would it make to preload? If your internet is fast enough you should have it up and running the same day or relase, just the same way you won't be able to play it until that day even if you preload

I don't understand is pre loading a newer thing than torrents because isn't that what pc gamer fanboys use?

None issue. The game is only 28 GB and unlocks way before Console versions.

This. Even with a shitty connection if you leave it downloading when it unlocks it will most probably finish downloading on the 1st at a time that you can actually play it.

I can wait.

that's a 30 minute wait for me. I'll manage

I download at 7 Mb/s so this shouldn't even take an hour considering it's going to be a compressed download.

28GB is nothing. GTA 5 was around about 60GB and took my 1.5 hrs to download.

So I actually get the game earlier then. Awesome.

No biggie, I mean I love pre -loading on day 1 and playing games at the turn of Midnight, but games often release on a Tuesday anyways and I usually have work the next day so I usually can only play 1 hour or so.

This is sad for me as my net speed is only up to 3Mbps. Not only that, once I downloaded at least 2GB, it is throttled down to 1/5 of its speed.

...and probably another 30min intro/movie before you can play the game^^

I'm not grabbing it on PC, but Steam downloads are quick as balls... I downloaded The Order on the PS4, and Christ was it slow.

@lundy86_4: You should've downloaded the Youtube multiplat version. Not only your would be fast, you could also had save money.

Also, I get pretty good downloads speeds at my uni. Won't be a problem at all.

At least the PR guy did'nt come up with some shit excuse and instead said, he'd try to find out.

Other than that, Konami sucks!

Actually that is very good news.

I remember Max Payne 3 having something similar going on. No pre-loading until release. But it released quite early on release day and it was a great PC version.

I don't see how they could mess up PP after the incredible PC version of GZ.

On PC is going to be released 16 hours(*subtract some hours for the downloading) earlier than PS4/XB1.

So for 16 hours* the MGS5:PP will be exclusive to PC LOL

A PC can play more Metal Gear games than a PS4

I still remember installing Splinter Cell: Double Agent back in the day and thinking the 8 GB space requirement was "too high".

LeL

Yeah, I know it's easy to just be patient. But really, how hard is it to organise and schedule a pre-load on Steam?

I remember the days when 400mb took me a whole day to download.

Glad I don't have to deal with dial up anymore.

People born in the 80s or earlier will know just how impatient people get these days when it comes to accessing information.

lmao poor first worlders have no idea what's a shitty connection is

come back and say that to people who have 100 KB/s download rate

Sucks to be them!

2/10 thread

Yes, should be able to pre, but its not really a big deal...its only relevant for a very short period of time..so who cares.

On a side note...this might be worthy of a Hitler Finds Out video..

I know, I was born in early 80s. All hail 56k!

33.6k for me. I remember having >400ms ping on Quake III Arena.

I remember 28k...

Also those dreaded AOL free trial discs I got almost every week in the mail.

One of my teachers made a collage out of them on the top of her desk.

I live in third world country and despite being aware of limitations, I myself don't have internet issues, since I updated it 6+ years ago. Nothing is black and white.

I live in Guatemala. I have a 10mbps connection and the fastest available is 20mbps, but can't afford for it. Basically a 28Gb game like this would take me around 8 hours with consistent good speeds.

At least the pc peoples can be content with the a AAAA game not delayed for 6 months with the Publisher terrified of piracy.

Once they see the sales, that attitude will probably change, but, for the time being, rejoice.

At least it isnt two weeks behind...

Then every Australian waiting for PC version cries.

The usual console trolls being idiots in this thread.