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Rumour: Konami Cuts Crucial MGS V Mission 46 Due to Financial Dispute

Rumour: Konami Cuts Crucial MGS V Mission 46 Due to Financial Dispute - News

by Adrian Andrews , posted on 04 September 2015 / 5,641 Views

At this point there's a good chance a lot of you reading this will have sunk your teeth quite deeply into the latest instalment in the Metal Gear Solid series - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. 

Some of you may already have finished the game, in which case you may have noticed that there's one pretty glaring omission: Mission 46. This mission is actually confirmed in the official guide for the game, but it mysteriously says that the information was removed at the request of Konami.

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Now a video has been leaked onto YouTube (which you can view below, though it contains spoilers, obviously), which shows what remains of the mission.


So what's the reason behind this mysterious omission? Well, Kotaku is reporting that it's due to that simplest of things. Money. Because of the spiralling budget of the project, Konami took the decision to remove this pivotal chapter from the game in its entirety, leaving only remnants for those people who have managed to snag the collector's edition of the game.

Whether this is true or not will be determined in time, but if it is true then it's another example of the tensions that developed between Konami and Kojima towards the end of their relationship.


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14 Comments
Mystro-Sama (on 04 September 2015)

I hope everyone squeezes every last bit of enjoyment out of this game because after this Konami is officially screwed and I can't say I feel sorry for them.

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KLAMarine Mystro-Sama (on 04 September 2015)

Their others ventures I hear are pretty successful so I don't think they're screwed.

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naruball (on 04 September 2015)

I'll reserve judgment till we know for sure.

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Conegamer naruball (on 04 September 2015)

Perhaps another indication it was cut is the cassette tape gained at the end of the chapter and the name of the chapter itself are unlocked immediately ; the only song where this is the case. Then I suppose it's logical to say this is no longer the reward for completion because there is no chapter to issue the reward in the first place.

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Ataraxias (on 04 September 2015)

This is a dumb rumor. Do your due diligence please as this is what the guide states:
Observant readers will have noticed the glaring absence of Mission 46 in the game's mission list. This does exist, but very specific conditions must be met before this "secret" episode is unlocked.

It goes on to say that Konami said not to publish it etc, and that they will provide updates on their website.

It sounds more like Kojima hijinks than anything. This is the guy that wanted people to spend weeks to figure out P.T.

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Yuseithestarknight (on 04 September 2015)

Bye bye, Konami. You keep on sinking deeper and deeper with every single big mistake you do.

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Luke888 (on 04 September 2015)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5QXpbCkL3I

^ more news by our lovely friend Konami, read the comments, there are some really clever ones

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sergiodaly (on 04 September 2015)

This is Konami's fault.

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Random_Matt (on 04 September 2015)

F U Konami.

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