If you’re a good little video game fan like me, you’ve undoubtedly already pre-ordered a copy of Metal Gear Solid 4 and received the Metal Gear Saga dvd with a Metal Gear Online beta key. The beta will be available this Thursday, April 17th for download from the (new!) Playstation Store.
According to Playstation.Blog, though, you’re going to need to a Konami id in order to play in the beta (and also the full game). The Metal Gear Online beta set up process on the PS3 will prompt you to create one via their web page, but lord knows how annoying it is to input text on the PS3 using the controller. Fortunately, you can expedite the process by signing up for a Konami id here from the comfort of your own computer.
Yes, I’m wondering the same thing you are. Why do we need to sign up for these extra ids to play the game? Wouldn’t it be easier on poor gamers to just allow us to use our PSN accounts?
Read more details on the Metal Gear Online Beta [blog.us.playstation.com]