so.
simple question.
How is the connection of xbox live if i play in xbox live.
take for example i am playing virtual on or king of fighters to someone in say...japan or usa.
So will the gameplay be even playable??

yes...

i find it quite ok in certain games... like CoD and Halo

It really depends, Japan is fine but USA. Most probably you be screaming lag all the way.

zzz changed my mind about buying an xbox.
i dont know if i should pay so much every month to go online just so i can pull hair off my scalp shouting lag just to try and get some achievement and enjoy multiplayer.
quite sad.

Me smooth as a butter.
i play GTAIV and Dirt 2 ..no problem..sometimes got arabian also.

offtopic / ur picture wanna be L Lawliet?

<<< funny person doesnt know jack about the magic blinking red box and wanna insult summore


anyways. i have no problems with lag. specially with such a large malaysian community of 360-ers. except if the game servers blow ass.. like Army of Two.. shit u cant play anything except coop. lagg is too f*U)*ing bad

It depends on your definition of 'lag'. If you want a silky smooth connection like playing LAN/offline games, then just stick with Cyber Cafes and split-screens.

That being said, playing games on Xbox Live depends on the games you play. So far, I don't have any problem playing Halo 3, CoD 4, Team Fortress 2 (the best multiplayer game ever!!), FIFA series, GTA4, Gears of War 2, and many more.

I do have lag issues when playing Forza 2 though. That's because the server sucks ass. I hope they resolve the issue in Forza 3.

Games like Guitar Hero will never lag. 'Cause seriously, how CAN it lag?

Other than that, if your Streamyx, Jaring, P1, or whatever it is is having gastric, then blame it on the sucky internet providers we have here.

This post has been edited by SparkyX: Oct 8 2009, 12:25 AM

hahaha not trying to be L lawliet.I dont even look like him.
anyway just expect simple things like,No crazy teleporting everywhere
and at least 80 % of the damage i deal will be registered.

Then Xbox Live is right for you. 'Cause I pwn at TF2, and most of the players I play with are from the US.

my main purpose is to relive my virtual on ontoratio tangram days.
and recently a few games that appeared on XBLA have caught my interest.

and i also want to play GOW2
so is the HDD very important??

mmm if u plan to download games off XBLA and dload map packs for GOW2 ..

then i think the hdd is quite important

well if you're cheap and desperate enough u could always create a new xbla account every month for free online play .. just dont count on getting friends or keeping gamerscore lol...

A maximum of 5 account per console.

Apparently i face problems even connecting to singapore, i heavily depends on tmnut assigning what ip to u.

for me Jap and US servers latency is the same with me (min 288ms, max 387ms). I dont really face lagspike or dc that often but i do notice my action take 1/2 sec to respond.

Anyway try playing more on sing servers or local friends.

Am having a hard time deciding what consoles to buy here.
i know ff 13 will come to 360 but important game to me is kingdom hearts 3 on ps3.
but i think i will buy a 360 first.i have a feeling XBLA is gonna bring alot of my favourite games.

Good for you. And dont worry, its not too bad..

For me, its different.. you see, my bandwidth is very wide with download speeds of 13Mbps and more. More than often I get appointed as the host, especially in CoD4. When I do, I get full green bar and everyone else gets a red or yellow bar. In my history of playign CoD4 on Xbox LIVE, I have only met ONE Malaysian. Lol, its was funny, only 2 guys had green bars and the other Japanese/Australian/Chinese/W.C.U.S.A dudes get yellow bars.

Even if yorue not the host, I recommend you play at the right time of day..for example, play from 6 to 9pm, lots of Japanese players are online. Thats the ONLY time youre gonna get a yellow bar if your broadband speed is slow. Otherwise, its lag mania.

if you're a casual gamer, the latency won't bug you much tho you will have an occasional 'wth! i fired him 1st!' moments....

and if you're looking for a fighting game with good online play, get BlazBlue