I am deciding weather to buy xbox 360.

One of the big factor that would prompt me to buy one
is the Online Gaming experience... in Malaysia

Hope you folks can assist me to make my decision....

What is the latency on Live for 1st person shooter games like COD 4?
Is it playable? Is there a 1-2 sec delay in firing a shot?

How about other games like beat-em-up, racing, etc... where latency counts as well.
Is it playable?

How easy is it to find players within SEA?

Hope you "gurus" can help. Thx.

Playable.

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Depends who's the host . Most of the games are P2P based , therefore , there will be a host . If the host is local or near , SG , HK , and JP , it's pretty playable .

Playing with local is a guaranteed no problem , unless your own line frak up , like how my line frak up today and I go berserk with my family .

Its playable if ur host is from SG or Mas, but there will be a bit lag if the host is from the states.

Yeah, once curse my sister coz kene belasah at COD4... really mad,hahah!!

Since I am still [new], how do you go on-line after the 1 month free period of XBL ? Do you use credit card top-up, I never heard (as far as my ears go) of people "topping-up to play XBL"...

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/451647

of coz it is playable...
I play with US guys, with my network not fully open, totally no lag at all.. I can listen to their speech smooth with no lag

Thanks for the feedback so far...


So when you guys say "playable" I assume
you mean generally no lag in terms for "instant feedback"?

Like no 1-2 sec delay or anything for "firing a shot"...

Is it often we get a MAS or SG host for xbox live?
Meaning lots of SG & MAS players around so far?

I'm only on 512k and still can play. Sometimes i play with players outside MY. Of coz sometimes lag but most of the time i can play it without trouble. Just now playing COD4 with MY players and other players. Great game except i cannot hold last...they're playing hardcore TDM, not my level la as a noob. Hehehehe....

troll around the xbox subforum, there is a lot of m'sian playing on XBL.

i dunno wit cod4 but fifa08 playing without lag except if ur downloading something...

i played on 360 for a year oledy until get banned for modding ( figures) . Anyways doesnt quite matter anyway coz now it suffers from RROD. but from my exp everything was fine plying live here and im using wireless broadband. It all depends on player skill in the end really. yes of coz there lots of mlysian , sgaporeans, hongkonians , and japanians (especially japs). Just make sure u dont mod ur box.. hehe

Am i able to test out xBox Live performance in Gamers Hideout?

I guess it's best I experience it my-self
as i do realize my defination of "playable" may be different from others.

No one has yet confirm with me if
there's a 1 sec delay in firing a shot if I play a 1st person shooter.


How's PS3 community and thier online performance...
similar to xBox Live?

so far no problem dude..

like in halo 3... they will search for the best ping

so far no problem at all..

well you have to be smart lo sometime...
FIFA 08 we do have some lag but acceptable lo...
other shooting game don think will lag too much...
my bro having fun on all the shooting game online...

If the connection is bad, then you may experience the delay. 1 sec is really long in online terms, will make the game unplayable. But if all ok, then when fire, its instantaneous.

Most of the better games have very good netcode and compensation for slight lag. Is it perfect? No.

However I've been able to have Halo 3, Team Fortress 2 and COD4 matches with minimal headache on our sucky streamyx lines. As for lag, you can ask some of my RPG victims

Thanks for the feedback folks...
I tried out xBox Live at indeed it's instantaneous...

It's likely I will be joining you folks at XBL soon!
Now... if only i can find a place where xBox elite is in stock..

i was just someone like you neophaze, so I went up to GH and saw this guy pawning ppl on xboxlive...everything was smooth. So i knew my streamyx 512k line is not too bad in my area, so went to purchase my box and got COD4...

im satisfied with the results =)

It's never instantenous, but anyway if your line is ok, and you're playing with people who are close by, your lag should always be below 500ms

quite playable.

Does anyone know if there's any place that still sells COD 4?

What other games should i get for XBL experience?

COD 4 is available now. It was sold out at one time. But expect the price will be higher then normal. Anyways, gears of war is fun online. Other then that you can try racing games like froza or moto GP.

Brother, if you are looking for a console that is stable online, then XBOX 360 is your answer. The online users are so massive you wont have to worry about lagging issues. Apart from that XBLA is one hell of amazing brilliant idea. I never thought i would be playing UNO with friends overseas.

So kawan.. make the right choice. If you are looking for good huge game library and online stability.. xbox 360 is the machine for you. If you looking for slick, stylish console that will go with your interior (for show off) i guess PS3 is for you hehehehe.

p.s: Funny i have a friend who dosent play game bought a PS3 to accommodate his living room interior. Now PS3 is a furniture

Yup eismeal..... XBL is the key reason i decided to go get my xBox Elite this weekend.

After trying out XBL and seeing how playable it is (just try a while, hopefully it's really just little lag)
I decided to get one.

I was deciding on a PS 3 (reason for the Blu-Ray) but I guess I personally have
more reason to get an xBox (gaming, integration with PC, etc.)

Yes, the Arcade sounds like fun too.... i believe playing simple games (even if its just Chess)
online can be fun as well.