[Update regarding Volume 2 on Steam] Konami's response

[Windows XP]

Konami replied me today regarding concerns about the games not appearing separately like the previous master collection games on steam. This is what they said,

Originally posted by Konami:

Thank you for contacting Konami Customer Support with your feedback.

Your feedback will be forwarded to the appropriate team.

Thank you again for sharing your opinions!

Best Regards,
Konami Customer Support
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Fingers crossed.

[Snake Blitzken]

What? They are separate, they just won't be sold separately until after launch. Same as the Vol. 1. This post is cringe. You should delete it

[Windows XP]

Originally posted by Snake Blitzken:

What? They are separate, they just won't be sold separately until after launch. Same as the Vol. 1. This post is cringe. You should delete it

Are you ********. They aren’t separate, and they’re not like volume 1. If you had it pre-ordered, you would have known. Games from volume 1 did not appear as DLCs during the pre-order phase but in volume 2, they are. If you find this cringe then why did you jump in here? ******* clown.

[Snake Blitzken]

Yes they are. Look at Nintendos website. MGS4 will be 29.99 and MGPW will be 19.99 and both will be sold separetley after launch. Not as DLC. As separate games. Vol. 1 on Steam originally was not separate and then separated literally like 2 days before launch. Look at old threads about it

[Windows XP]

Originally posted by Snake Blitzken:

Yes they are. Look at Nintendos website. MGS4 will be 29.99 and MGPW will be 19.99 and both will be sold separetley after launch. Not as DLC. As separate games.

This is steam we're talking, not nintendo. And the games will be sold separately in every other platforms anyways after release. That doesn't mean the actual games will appear as separate titles in the library. For the record, if you buy Halo 4 on steam, it won't appear as a separate game in your library, instead you'll be getting a Master Chief Collection launcher where Halo 4 will be a DLC for that. Any DLC can be packaged with a base app that can act as a launcher for that said DLC and can be sold without owning the base game itself. This is a known old feature on steamworks. The current version of volume 2 appears exactly like the Halo Master Chief Collection. The concerns didn't come out of the blue.

Originally posted by Snake Blitzken:

Vol. 1 on Steam originally was not separate and then separated literally like 2 days before launch. Look at old threads about it

I don't have to look at old threads as I've preordered volume 1 day one. Those games have appeared as separate titles since day one. I don't understand why are you spreading such misinformation as if they're facts?

[Snake Blitzken]

Originally posted by Windows XP:

Originally posted by Snake Blitzken:

Yes they are. Look at Nintendos website. MGS4 will be 29.99 and MGPW will be 19.99 and both will be sold separetley after launch. Not as DLC. As separate games.

This is steam we're talking, not nintendo. And the games will be sold separately in every other platforms anyways after release. That doesn't mean the actual games will appear as separate titles in the library. For the record, if you buy Halo 4 on steam, it won't appear as a separate game in your library, instead you'll be getting a Master Chief Collection launcher where Halo 4 will be a DLC for that. Any DLC can be packaged with a base app that can act as a launcher for that said DLC and can be sold without owning the base game itself. This is a known old feature on steamworks. The current version of volume 2 appears exactly like the Halo Master Chief Collection. The concerns didn't come out of the blue.

So did the original Vol. 1 when it first arrived on the store page... then it changed 2 days before the release

[Windows XP]

Originally posted by Snake Blitzken:

So did the original Vol. 1 when it first arrived on the store page... then it changed 2 days before the release

Buddy, you gotta take my words for it or wait for someone else to reply here who has preordered vol1 day one like me. I bought volume 1 the day it's steam page went live, like literally. MGS1,2,3, MG1 & MG2, Vol.1 Bonus, All 5 of these appeared as separate entities in the library. Your statements on it being changed 2 days before it's release are simply not true.

[Snake Blitzken]

It is true, you just do not remember. Here is ChatGPT answer

When pre‑orders for Master Collection Vol. 1 went live, multiple Steam store entries briefly appeared — including entries for individual games (like MGS 1, MGS 2, MGS 3) and the bundle. Some players interpreted this to mean there was originally “one game” that was later split up.


In reality, Konami’s setup was always a combination of a bundle (the full collection) plus separate listings for the individual titles. This is similar to how other collections like the Halo: The Master Chief Collection or Grand Theft Auto Trilogy are structured on Steam: the main app is the “bundle,” and then each game/DLC is shown separately for install or purchase.


Community posts from around the launch show confusion about multiple pages and titles — some listing the collection, some listing individual pieces — but it wasn’t so much that the release changed after launch, more that Steam’s store layout and Konami’s product setup showed both bundled and individual versions from the beginning.


🧠 How It Works in Practice


The main Master Collection bundle was available to pre‑order as a single product — if you bought it, you got all the included games together.


On Steam you also see separate entries for each core game, and later even additional pieces like Peace Walker listed as DLC content that requires the base Master Collection Vol. 2 to play.


This setup can make it feel like the games got unbundled after launch, but it’s actually just how the store organizes the collection and individual titles — and it was visible near launch for Vol. 1.

[Windows XP]

Originally posted by Snake Blitzken:

It is true, you just do not remember

Then we'll have to agree to disagree

[Snake Blitzken]

Originally posted by Windows XP:

Originally posted by Snake Blitzken:

It is true, you just do not remember

Then we'll have to agree to disagree

Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 was set up in basically the same way:

The bundle includes all the main games (MGS1, MGS2, MGS3, and their subsystems like VR Missions).

On Steam, some of the individual games appear as separate entries, This makes the listing look like “separate games,” but in practice they are all part of the same package, much like how Peace Walker is handled in Vol. 2.

So the structure you’re asking about — games that appear individually but are actually part of the collection and can’t be bought alone — was already how Vol. 1 worked on Steam prior to release.

I will map out all Vol. 1 games and their Steam behavior, so you can see which are “standalone style” and which are tied to the collection. It’s surprisingly easy to get confused by the Steam store layout.

Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1, you can buy the main games separately from the bundle on digital stores (including on Steam and other platforms), but with important things to know about how it works:

🔹 What Vol. 1 Includes

A bundle called Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 that includes all the games in that volume and bonus content.

The main numbered Metal Gear Solid games — Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater — are available as separate digital titles you can purchase individually.

The older MSX titles (Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake) are bundled in with Metal Gear Solid on some storefronts, so they’re not sold entirely on their own.

🔹 What You Get If You Buy Separately

✔ You get just that game in your library (e.g., MGS3 alone).
❌ You might not get the full “bonus content” that comes with the collection — those extras are usually tied to the bundle purchase.
❌ You cannot pre‑order the individual titles — only the whole Master Collection bundle could be pre‑ordered.

🧠 Quick Summary

Yes — the main MGS games in Vol. 1 can indeed be bought separately digitally at launch or now(But you could not Pre-order individual games)

However, some extras and bonus content are only included with the full Master Collection bundle.

So your memory that there were individual purchases available is correct — but the way Steam shows them (as separate entries vs. bundle) sometimes makes it confusing to tell which is standalone and which is part of the collection.

[Snake Blitzken]

Master Collection Vol. 2 Bundle

This is the main product that’s launching on August 27, 2026 on PC (Steam), PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and Switch 2.
It includes:

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Master Collection version)

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (HD Collection version)

Metal Gear: Ghost Babel

Digital books, soundtrack, and bonus content.

📌 The bundle is sold as one purchasable item you can pre‑order now on stores like Steam.

Separate Purchases for MGS4 and Peace Walker?

Yes — Konami explicitly confirmed you’ll be able to buy Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (HD Collection version) separately from the collection, as individual digital titles on platforms where that’s possible.

That means:

You don’t have to buy the full Vol. 2 bundle if you only want one of those two games.

You can add just the one you want to your library and play it.

The separate versions should unlock only that individual game instead of the whole collection.

This setup mirrors Vol. 1, where the main games in that collection were also available as separate digital purchases outside the bundle.

[Deathraven13]

Originally posted by Snake Blitzken:

Master Collection Vol. 2 Bundle

This is the main product that’s launching on August 27, 2026 on PC (Steam), PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and Switch 2.
It includes:

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Master Collection version)

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (HD Collection version)

Metal Gear: Ghost Babel

Digital books, soundtrack, and bonus content.

📌 The bundle is sold as one purchasable item you can pre‑order now on stores like Steam.

Separate Purchases for MGS4 and Peace Walker?

Yes — Konami explicitly confirmed you’ll be able to buy Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (HD Collection version) separately from the collection, as individual digital titles on platforms where that’s possible.

That means:

You don’t have to buy the full Vol. 2 bundle if you only want one of those two games.

You can add just the one you want to your library and play it.

The separate versions should unlock only that individual game instead of the whole collection.

This setup mirrors Vol. 1, where the main games in that collection were also available as separate digital purchases outside the bundle.

IIRC they weren't made as DLC, that's the big issue here.

But when you check everything there is a launcher for:

- Bonus content
- Ghost babel
- MGS PW
- MGS 4

We know that stuff can be bought separatly but they can be bought as a DLC, so MGS MC VOL2 launcher may be free, then you would have to buy the dlc of your choice or people who bought VOL2 are the only one that will have this stored that way.

[Cyris™]

Originally posted by Snake Blitzken:

Yes they are. Look at Nintendos website. MGS4 will be 29.99 and MGPW will be 19.99 and both will be sold separetley after launch. Not as DLC. As separate games. Vol. 1 on Steam originally was not separate and then separated literally like 2 days before launch. Look at old threads about it

because switch is a completely different system where it's not really do-able to tick-off/on the content you want directly from the console os itself... so it's obvious you have to set it up differently? steam is like the only platform that handles this decently.

Originally posted by Snake Blitzken:

Originally posted by Windows XP:

This is steam we're talking, not nintendo. And the games will be sold separately in every other platforms anyways after release. That doesn't mean the actual games will appear as separate titles in the library. For the record, if you buy Halo 4 on steam, it won't appear as a separate game in your library, instead you'll be getting a Master Chief Collection launcher where Halo 4 will be a DLC for that. Any DLC can be packaged with a base app that can act as a launcher for that said DLC and can be sold without owning the base game itself. This is a known old feature on steamworks. The current version of volume 2 appears exactly like the Halo Master Chief Collection. The concerns didn't come out of the blue.

So did the original Vol. 1 when it first arrived on the store page... then it changed 2 days before the release

completely false, lol. it was set-up standalone the week pre-orders were online. you can spend a few minutes looking at steamdb for proof. let me know once you find the "downloadable" category for 2. i'll wait.

Originally posted by Snake Blitzken:

It is true, you just do not remember. Here is ChatGPT answer

you lost your argument once you brought up chatgpt

and if you spent a few minutes researching you would see in the library that vol 2 has 84 achievements.
why merge 4+pw achievements together and set up steamworks calls tied to achievements if you are planning to do a volume 1 by splitting them up in the end...?

[Snake Blitzken]

Originally posted by Cyris™:

completely false, lol. it was set-up standalone the week pre-orders were online. you can spend a few minutes looking at steamdb for proof. let me know once you find the "downloadable" category for 2. i'll wait.

Okay I was off on the dates but the point was it was initially one game and then later separated(you say weeks before pre-orders went live, I thought it was days... my bad bro) The same is the case for Vol. 2

[Cyris™]

Originally posted by Snake Blitzken:

Originally posted by Cyris™:

completely false, lol. it was set-up standalone the week pre-orders were online. you can spend a few minutes looking at steamdb for proof. let me know once you find the "downloadable" category for 2. i'll wait.

Okay I was off on the dates but the point was it was initially one game and then later separated(you say weeks before pre-orders went live, I thought it was days... my bad bro) The same is the case for Vol. 2

you are going in circles
chatgpt not helping you?

again,maybe look on steamdb history for each of the individual appid's and prove that the vol.1 games were under "parent app" or marked as downloadable content at one point when volume 1 under pre-order period and prove how we are wrong?

when did i say weeks before pre-orders went live? i said the week the pre-orders went live.

each game had it's own store page where the only purchase option was the volume 1 package that granted you each of the games as separate entities and when vol. 1 was released, they set it up that you didn't need to buy whole collection if you wanted to only buy e.g mgs3

[Icyanimal]

OP is right. I also pre-ordered Volume 1 and I distinctly remember each game being separate in my Steam Library right from the get-go.