This resulted into a bit of controversy which led many to believe that Kojima will tone them down in The Phantom Pain. These dark themes were strongly touched upon in Ground Zeroes, the prologue to The Phantom Pain.
The Metal Gear Solid V online servers will be shutdown for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions on May 31, 2022.Ever since Metal Gear Solid 5 was announced back in 2012, Hideo Kojima made it clear that he is handling mature, dark and taboo themes in The Phantom Pain. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is available for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC. They achieved nuclear disarmament in July 2020. This comes about a year after PS3 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain players accomplished a major goal. Also, while the online elements will be gone, PS3 and Xbox 360 owners will still be able to play the single-player campaign without any issues. The PS4, Xbox One, and PC versions will behave as normal. Konami’s announcement did only mention this applies to those two platforms. Finally, everything that uses the online servers in Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain will stop working on the PS3 and Xbox 360 on May 31, 2022. On March 1, 2022, Konami will stop distributing those elements. If people still have money available or want to get a few more things, they will have until Novemto buy Metal Gear Online-related DLC. Ahead of that, the company offered a schedule explaining when certain multiplayer and online elements will stop being available.įirst, today was the last day for the system that would let you purchase things. To be exact, the multiplayer modes will go offline on May 31, 2022. Metal Gear Online and Mother Base will be closing on two platforms, as Konami announced the Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain PS3 and Xbox 360 online servers will shut down in 2022.