Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection release doubtful for Australia

PS2 News | It's a bad day for Australians.

Yesterday we reported that Konami will be releasing a commemorative Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection for the PlayStation 2 in the US.

While we naively commented that it was "very likely" Australians will also be receiving the collection, we asked an Atari spokesperson (as Atari distributes Konami titles in Australia) to confirm whether the collection would be available in Australia, and received the following heart-sinking comment, "At this stage there are no plans to release the collection here".

While our chances of receiving the game are definitely not confirmed, the "at this stage" comment indicates that if enough people complain, then maybe we'll see the collection in Australia.

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17 Comments

RXWAG

2 years ago

can we start a petition?

Fetidchimp

2 years ago

another good strategy, lets kick those guys that spend an inordinate amount of cash on games per capita, square in the nuts.

Gizmocreative

2 years ago

that'd be me as i have all the metal gear games now and have no interest in rebuying said collection but its a shame for people who want to buy it really as i only bought into the prince of persia collection with the release of the trilogy set. I'm just kicking myself i missed the silent hill collection

TheAnswer

2 years ago

Gizmocreative wrote

I'm just kicking myself i missed the silent hill collection

You're not the only one, they certainly didn't release many copies in Australia

I'll definately import the PS2 version from the US when it comes out to play in my US PS3

ObsoletE

2 years ago

^ add another who missed the SH collection.
i actually saw it on shelves, and said to myself "I'll get that next payday" by which time it was too late.

i've already got all the MGS titles, but probably would've got this too, since i'm stupid like that.

Gamesta

2 years ago

God I hate Atari.Why does it seem like every time a game isn't released here it's a game that would be distributed by sh!Tari.

redemption

2 years ago

ObsoletE wrote

i've already got all the MGS titles, but probably would've got this too, since i'm stupid like that.

Same, only MGS title i'm missing is the VR disk. Though i find the Japanese Collection more tempting to get. Just because then you have all the cannon games with the japanese voice cast. and its comes in a damn cool case.

donovan515

2 years ago

Luckily I got them all, though sucks to be Australian for this.

Island_Wolf

2 years ago

*cries* NOOOOOO!!!!, *sigh*, guess I'll have to buy MGS1, MGS2:S, MGS3:S

RXWAG wrote

can we start a petition?

Yes please!!!

matthew.russo

2 years ago

It's Konami's way of building up hype to MGS4

can't wait for it!

NegativeZero

2 years ago

Yet another reason you should get your PS2 modded.

renegadesx

2 years ago

Quote

if enough people complain, then maybe we'll see the collection in Australia.

MAKE SOME NOISE!

Do it for Snake

So who is this spokesperson? And who do we kick in the nuts?

genxevo

2 years ago

best chance is if they make it a compilation for ps3 like an orange box type, then we wouldn't have to worry about region coding

**if i keep telling myself that, i'll believe it ok?!?!

Skiller

2 years ago

-1 MGS4 sale here, wont buy the 4th if I can't get the 1st three

Ubiman

2 years ago

I can't find a mention of this product for any PAL territory. If that's the case, all Atari are saying is it doesn't appear on the Konami EU schedule. It's not Atari Australia making a decision against their consumers.

Have Konami announced this for the UK? The only info I can find online is a US press release.

Daniel Primed

2 years ago

I never knew why a PAL release was even brought up. It was never going to happen. Unfortunately it adds to the other Retro gaming compilations that have never made it to Australia like:Street Fighter and Mega Man Anniversary.

Itachi

2 years ago

hahah i can't believe anyone thought it would come to pal. I remember a metal gear solid collection already released in Japan but never came outside Japan. My USA ps3 will come in handy let me tell you with this collection