thanks a lot for this faqs, this answered a lot of my questions!

I'm thinking of buying xbox 360. I'm currently studying in Australia, hence all Xbox360 sold here are pal while I'm looking for ntsc version or else I'd have problem looking for games when I returned to Malaysia next 2 years. I mostly more into jrpg and hence am thinking of buying some titles like infinite undiscovery/tales of vesperia, which I believe is region-coded (correct me if I'm wrong).

based on the game comparison in page 1, it seems like I'd better off with ntsc/j

Just a question: If I buy xbox360 from PlayAsia (Jap version), do I need to have stepdown transformer to play it in Australia?

thanks for the reply. I'm thinking of buying jap version because as stated in page 1, it seems like most asia titles works on jap version, but some aren't for jap titles in asia version (and I've browsed a bit of the region-coded games too).

In addition, I don't know any other place to order xbox 360 online to ship to aussie other than PlayAsia, and most of the system offered in PlayAsia are japan version. There is one Asia version, but the manufacture date is in 2006, meaning it's not Falcon chip. I heard this chip has less risk of getting rrod.

ok, thanks for the reply. After browsing through this thread and some e-bay products, I realise that stepdown transformer is quite bulky, heavy and consume huge amount of electricity, not to mention the price adds further the cash I need to spent to play =(

So anyone know any reliable site where I can buy xbox 360 ASIA version online which provide delivery service to Australia?
e-bay is kinda unreliable (warranty issue I suppose), while Play-Asia only has Japan version (there's one asia version, but not falcon chip).

edit: so far I found one that really attract me, here (asia version, released Aug 2008, ~USD350). Any opinion?

This post has been edited by saphir: Nov 14 2008, 03:11 PM

I'm in Adelaide, South Australia

hi, I'm also currently in Aussie and since Australia only has PAL xbox360, I end up buying 360 (asia) online. If you plan on getting more games in malaysia (if you returned later), then perhaps you might want to buy ntsc asia version. I just bought mine a week ago, from this site.

and if I'm not mistaken you can mod the 360 bought in aussie, via Flash (reversible?). I'm not too sure about the details, since I only got informed by my friend. Plus I'm not planning to mod my 360.