MGS: Portable Ops pulled

By Robert Purchese Published 9 May, 2007

Konami quiet on new date.

Konami has yet to announce a new release date for Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops after it failed to launch last Friday.

It was all down a missing BBFC rating stamp, which is supposed to be added before retailers can dish copies out to punters. Konami expects a statement to be made soon.

MGS: Portable Ops has been available in the US since the end of 2006. It marked itself out as one of the best games on the system back then, whetting our Euro appetite for the game.

Head over to our Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops review for more information. We'll let you know when it's actually coming out as soon as Konami does.

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Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (26) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • Eraysor #1 5 years ago

    I saw it in Tesco today.

  • SeesThroughAll #2 5 years ago

    Please remind people that this ONLY happened in the UK, will you EG?

  • Grump #3 5 years ago

    Anyone who really wanted this would have imported it anyway.

  • ReNo #4 5 years ago

    Only a tiny fraction of gamers actually import games, Grump, so no, I don't think everybody who really wanted it imported it.

  • infoxicated #5 5 years ago

    ^ what he said.

    Been a gamer for 25 years and never imported a single title.

  • Steroyd #6 5 years ago

    ****ing **** you ****ing ****ers.

    I swear to god my MGS:pO money will be going to R&C Size matters this week if it doesn't come out in 2 days, in half protest how could you **** up something like this *******s.

    /goes into corner and counts to ten.

  • JohnnyWashnGo #7 5 years ago

    I believe if it were only a tiny fraction of gamers who import games, then online shops such as lik-sang(rip), play asia, yes asia, renchi etc would find it hard to make a living.

    Sure, your average soccer mum will buy from Game or HMV instead of looking to import a game, but I imagine anybody who enjoys playing games will have found at least one game which they want to play but cannot get in their country.

    In my case, if I hadn't imported Ouendan or Rythym Tengoku for example, I would not have been able to play them at all.

  • EvilSpaceMonkey #8 5 years ago

    Well my copy arrived from Play.com yesterday without any problems...

  • tonynibbles #9 5 years ago

    Wierd - I got mine on Friday :D from ShopTo.net

    And it's very good. As with all MGS games...
    Edited by 1 at 09/05/07 @ 14:46

  • AcidSnake #10 5 years ago

    Snake? Snaaaaake!

    etc.

  • repairmanjack #11 5 years ago

    Ordered from shopto on monday, recieved today. £22.99 too.

  • Birchy #12 5 years ago

    Some stores don't know it seems - I managed to get a copy at 2200 on Sat night from Blockbuster video (UK)
    Edited by 1 at 09/05/07 @ 15:31

  • CitizenGeek #13 5 years ago

    Play.com have posted my game, but 3-5 days from Play, usually means 6-8 days, so I'll have to stay waiting into next week to get it. I was intending to buy it at retail and all!

    I think this is pretty disgusting, tbh. They keep us Brits/Irish waiting for over half a year for this and they can't even sort the packaging out for the proper release! Ridiculous!

  • Hughes. #14 5 years ago

    I saw it in WHSmiths yesterday, not that I needed to buy it as I got mine on Friday, frickin' ace it is too. WiFi Soldier scrumping is my new hobby.

  • absolutezero #15 5 years ago

    Anyone who has'nt imported this and is complaining is a chump.

  • mingster #16 5 years ago

    syphon filter is better

  • mingster #17 5 years ago

    syphon filter is better

  • GamesConnoisseur #18 5 years ago

    I m confused as what I had been playing on my PSP since weekend?! I live up in Newcastle and got it off Tesco without any hiccup? Maybe we re less strict about BBFC thingy up here!

    Anyway the 'bitesize missions' hub approach IMO is a big backward step to the series but other than that, worth playing.

  • SeesThroughAll #19 5 years ago

    Anyway the 'bitesize missions' hub approach IMO is a big backward step to the series but other than that, worth playing.

    Not really, the instant gratification of selecting and completing a mission in less than 10 minutes really makes the game fit well to a handheld. Even some of these bitesize missions end up taking a while in a later stage of the game, especially if you take the perfectionist stance (i.e., if you fell like capturing everyone on the stage). IMO
    Edited by 1 at 09/05/07 @ 17:17

  • GamesConnoisseur #20 5 years ago

    SeesThroughAll

    It would matter where you play MGS:pO, i.e. if commuting regularly and the bitesize would be heaven sent, especially it is what handheld was supposed to be for.
    But I regularly play my PSP in bed and ocassionaly on long train journeys to other cities and even then Phil Harrison was quoted saying that most people use PSP on sofa/bed rather than elsewhere.

    It is a mite annoying that I get to the menu screen more regularly after a short mission sessions, and in previous MGS you get a lot more engrossed in the game. As I said it is my own opinion as I was expecting virtually a full MGS treatment but the game does excel in other areas and the drive for recruiting fits in perfectly with the Big Boss storyline.

  • Steroyd #21 5 years ago

    Am i the only sad ******* on this website who couldn't get his hands on MGS:pO!!!

    God ****ing Damnit.

  • dirigiblebill #22 5 years ago

    I love being a late adopter. I drift along in a placid little river of 2nd-hand gaming while all you hardcore types get pissed off by the screwy release schedules.

    /fingers dusty copy of Monster Hunter

    Aaaaahh.

  • SeesThroughAll #23 5 years ago

    Am i the only sad ******* on this website who couldn't get his hands on MGS:pO!!!

    Apparently... yes!

    :D


    I'm sorry.

  • Kiigan #24 5 years ago

    "Anyone who has'nt imported this and is complaining is a chump. "

    Not really though. It's harder these days to import PSP stuff - many of the usual online import stores won't ship USA / JPN PSP stuff to the EU.

  • chupachups #25 5 years ago

    "I believe if it were only a tiny fraction of gamers who import games, then online shops such as lik-sang(rip), play asia, yes asia, renchi etc would find it hard to make a living."

    Online shops aren't anywhere near as expensive to run as physical chains, so they can afford to exist on much smaller customer numbers than places like Game etc.

    All they have to do is charge more than it costs to buy their games wholesale in Asia or America. As long as they do that, even if they have a tiny market share they'd still be making a profit.


    "In my case, if I hadn't imported Ouendan or Rythym Tengoku for example, I would not have been able to play them at all."

    Most gamers in the UK don't even know those exist, let alone want to import them.

  • infoxicated #26 5 years ago

    I wanted to import Madden 07 and SOCOM FTB 2, but in the end couldn't be arsed getting ripped off with the import charges. Fact is I haven't been short of games to play instead of those, so (in the case of SOCOM FTB 2) I can wait until the Euro release.