so, any news on the launch of '360 in 2008???

will launch. end of 2008.

and then they will say end of 2009..

Haha,seriously playing Xbox Live with all these Bad Internet providers,Is a pain in the ass.

The whole time im playing the Games,I will sometimes Disconnect and lagged. Also the Pings ingame are very high,means if you shoot someone as an example,you will die first.
Checked my internet connection speed,Very slow.

We are paying for Premium Service,Not some shitty Service...
Thats why Theres no Xbox Live for malaysia.

did u play with malaysians or americans/europeans ?

Americans I guess.I never met any malaysian gamers before.Founded this web by googling.
Are you trying to say if i play with malaysian,it wont lag?

Because some guy claims that if you play someone in a same area (country),Chances of having Lag are greatly reduced.

yes true bcoz u dont need to get thru the international bandwith and isp exchange and stuff
a direct connection thru the same isp is much faster

It's Screamyx, what do u expect?? LOL ...

so....is it coming? PS3 gonna launch soon so when is MS going to do something? it's kinda odd that they're selling 360s at Courts and Carrefour and still no concrete launch date (if any)

Highly doubt it's coming. Malaysia's gaming community is just too small. Majority of the population still view video games as childish toys. Sony has a strong fanbase here in Msia, so i'm guessing they're trying to take advantage of that.

This post has been edited by chinook: Sep 5 2008, 11:55 AM

I doubt MS is stupid enough to make a launch here. Face it, there are far too many pirates in Malaysia and how many actually support originals? 100? 500?

Whoa.
Somebody actually revive this ancient topic.

The answer was clear and never will change.

no! No! nO! NO!
M$ will not officially launch Xbox360 in Malaysia.

:yawn:

whoa! what an ancient thread...
properly m$ won't launch xbox in malaysia
you know how great our gov of it, they r too good to rape money instead to protect intellectual property...

so, the answer is NO.
Haiz, since 2006 one guy shout who who who's uncle working in m$...that is shitty talk.

Face it, buddy.

supporting pirates can be traced back to lack of education IMHO.

most malaysians DO NOT know how much does it takes to make a game, let alone think about the ppl in the industry.

face it, malaysians are too stupid even to appreciate art. most of them can't get the idea that ppl are paying millions for a piece of painting on canvas. they never knew why and refuse to think more than that.

so again, if we want to reduce piracy (to kill it 100% is very utopian), i guess we should start educating. tell them why it's bad rather then not talk about it at all.

i suggest we start a sticky topic on why piracy is bad and list down the facts that makes a game being sold at that price.

(sorry, i know it's out of topic)

This post has been edited by technophile: Sep 5 2008, 04:41 PM

piracy in malaysia just like a cancer..our people should change the mind set for this situation..yet still searching modded console , because they used to purchased pirated things...

Actually, during the the PS2 days Sony still launched their official PS2 here. And then, Microsoft is still pushing Original Xp to the public.

Why shud they not launch even if piracy is a little more rampant around here? Even the fact that Xbox games get launched officially over here like Silent Hill 5 and Battlefield BC?

Damn you MS!

true. but how to change their minds if they are not informed. we must not wait for our sleepy govt for them to take action. we as gamers should play an active role educating the masses on the dangers of piracy.

i think if most of them know that to make a single game cost about the same as a hollywood movie, and to know how for 2-3 years of development most of the staffs didn't get enuff sleep etc, maybe some of them will change their mind about pirating.

like i said, we can't kill it 100% as no single country is free from pirates. but if we can reduce it to an acceptable level, then the hard work is done.

we should not shoo away ppl who ask for modded console or ahem games. but point them to the sticky thread about why we do not condone piracy.

I actually put part of the blame to the government, then education. Why the government? On one hand they are trying to crack down piracy while imposing tax and duties (plus many other craps) to imported originals, making it more expensive and non accessible to the people. But of course, education is also important but some people just cannot be taught on this issue (very sensitive to elaborate).

must educate young generation bout it , soon this thing will getting better and better..

is there any tax?
i mean is it that much. remember, we dun have GST, so i think those taxes (at whatever rate) is ok.

coz we can still get games for RM140.
that's USD43.75.

cheaper than what they pay in US itself. plus they have taxes depending where they are.

so to argue about tax is pointless i think. unless it makes the game doubles in price.