Like most game launches the new Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain had it’s share of launch day issues connecting to the game server. Compounding this issue is the fact the game auto connects to the servers when first launched even though you just want to play single player. Actually you have to play single player because Online mode has not launched for any platforms yet! Considering how much of port to the PC this was it’s not surprising to see the problems. Here are the errors I saw launch day:
Metal Gear Solid V – Server Problem (Follow up) We are currently experiencing server connection issues, so the following temporary measures have been taken to remedy the problem.
Here are the other non-error messages that appear next under Online Information:
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Finally Launches! A new patch was released on September 1st. 2015.