Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence is now out in Japan, allowing gamers to, for the first time ever, go Online in the world of Metal Gear. But as producer Hideo Kojima suggests in an interview featured in the latest Famitsu, the Subsistence Online mode could be just the start of the true Metal Gear Online experience.

In the interview, Kojima reveals that the best developers over at Kojima Productions have been working on an Online Metal Gear Solid for some time, but could never find the opportunity to release their work. With the announcement of Subsistence, team members decided to put together all their work together and allow people to play it. They did this while believing that what they had achieved at that point wasn't "ideal" as far as Online play is concerned.

The real fun apparently comes after people have played Subsistence. "We would like to make a more meaningful Metal Gear Online after hearing the opinions of people who've played the Online battles in Subsistence." Kojima comments. "Years from now, we'd like to realize this on the PlayStation 3, on the Xbox 360, or maybe on the PC."

Note that Kojima does not commit to a platform for this potential Online venture, nor is he necessarily referring to a specific game at the moment. However, his comments should at the very least suggest that the Online gameplay present in Subsistence -- and based on what we've played, there's quite a bit of it -- is just a hint at what's to come in the future.