I noticed that Amazon.com died for about 10 minutes this moring.

Do you really believe it was everyone trying to order the MGS bundle from Amazon? This is a website that handles tons of traffic a day; I don't think every PS3 owner in the world would be able to take down their servers. It's likely some other issue that rendered the site unavailable, and just happened to occur the same day as MGS went up. Hey, as much as I'd like to think it was the MSG sale, I just don't see it happening.

Personally I think its just a coincidence as Amazon.com is huge site that is used to heavy traffic of big game and console releases, but its interesting anyway.

Though without official word, everything is just speculation.

That doesnt matter an overflow of people trying to get into a certain page at the same time can crash any server. Amazon covers most of the world. 100,000 + people trying to access a web page at the exact same time would crash any server. Yeah Im sure it was just a coincidense on the same day at the same time MGS pre orders went up lmao

I will wait and buy mine at bestbuy or circuit city. I am going to miss work that day lol

Gamestop forcing customers to buy the LE Headset as well? Typical. It's stuff like this that makes me glad I'm shopping at Target and Play-n-Trade for my gaming needs.

Well like mentioned before Amazon gets a lot of traffic everyday. But with MGS4 the traffic probably grew to the extent that servers crash. At least Amazon is up and running. KANT WAIT FOR JUNE 12!!

FantasyStar, are you from or currently living in Rhode Island?

Because i do not know if there are other play n trades since i know the owners(brothers) just opened up the small store in north providence

Kratos, I actually live on the West coast in California. Play-N-Trade is mostly focused in the Central Region, but they're expanding. They're not any better than Gamestop sometimes when it comes to pricing, but I'd pay an extra $2 just so the sales person doesn't keep hassling me about pre-orders. Also they import games and accessories as well, they had the DS3 since the launch in Japan.

This is the bundle pack everyone has been waiting for I presume? Can't wait for it.

Okay, thanks for clearing that up.

thats why I couldn't get onto there site eariler!!!  I was trying to browse for some BD's thanks to our Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 :)

well that sucks ass, you have to purchase a POS headset when you buy the game. the review i saw on ps3fanboy/joystiq was very very unsettling (HORRIBLE audio quality)

psn id: gingo... lol it was obvious that anyone without a ps3 was gonna try and grab this offer with both hands and amazon really should have expected this onslaught on their servers

geez and that's not even the ultra limited 40gb Gunmetal version!

I hope its not all ebay sellers hoping to make a profit

late been up earlier today on forums.

since when did gamestop make you have to pay for some headset? i didnt know that..

Well, technically they're not saying that you have to buy the headset in order to buy the metal gear solid 4 playstation 3 bundle.  The way they have it is as a bundle.  It's kind of like when they include second controllers and simply add the controller value to the price.  they're not saying you have to buy a second controller to buy the system, it's just that that controller (or in this case headset) is included in the bundle and thus the price is more.  I know it's getting highly technical to make a buck, but there's still people who will do it.

wait, so are you saying that i have to buy the headset with or not? im still lil confused.. :(

PSN ID: tatti

It wuz now confirmed by some lady(i dont know if its true or not), but they confirmed that it was some kind of update to the store. It wasnt the amount of people on the site.

I didn't see that coming

only 5 days to go guys!

gamestop making you purchase the headset along with this... i swear to god they are so biased and secretly working with microsoft

otacon: "what are we doing tonight snake"?

Snake: the same thing we do everynight otacon! "try to take over the world!!!!!!!!!!!

oh this week will be an insane week. i think i will love the customizable gunes. so awesome. lol i had to wear a suit that was uncomfotable for my bro's wedding. i went up to him and said you o me a ride to gamestop. he laughed and said ok.  i think i lost 10 lbs from that suit it was hot in missouri yesterday

7 minutes? Christ that's amazingly fast.

Is the correct Term.... Sheep or Troll.....Amazon+PS3 sales baaaaah

@24  I couldnt agree with you more. My local gamestop has at least 4 360 biased employees that have something smart a** to say whenver I get something for my PS3. My only alternative is Wallmart in my area, and they often don't carry the special edition game packages.