Comments on: Half-Arsed XBL Matchmaking: Developers, Please Just Get It Right!

By: AXIS of Reality

AXIS of Reality — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:14:20 +0000

That post above (collectiveunconscious1) is me. >_>

I was still logged into my game dev profile, whoops.

By: collectiveunconscious1

collectiveunconscious1 — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:34:18 +0000

@Saturn118

No probs with PS3 fans on the site. =) I enjoy Resistance 2 online alongside Halo 3.

Unfortunately PSN has its own problems (so few people with headsets, need all or it justs ends up with the random 2 people being abusive generally). Mainly for me in PS3 games the LACK of matchmaking is unusual (even many multiformat games that do have matchmaking on 360 don’t have it in the PS3 version).

Matchmaking uses up more bandwidth for the publisher but I do appreciate the feature. If I had my way every game would have matchmaking AND server lists.

By: martnic

martnic — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:51:44 +0000

I came accross this article while browsing the net.

This article is so true.

Whilst I don’t live in Oz, I live in the UK I find that that matchmaking is pretty crap.
For an evening play of Gears me and my friends usually have to play 3 or 4 games against Mexicans. WTF!?!
It’s bad enough play against the west coast states, 1 to 1 half sec’s of lag, try Mexico with 2 – 3 sec’s of lag.

By: GrathiusXR

GrathiusXR — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:28:14 +0000

@Saturn118:

Nah that’s perfectly fine mate.. but i have so many friends on Xbox live as well as many Australians having mics. paying in excess of $600+ as well as needing to spend that extra $50 or more on a bluetooth headset where many people on the PS3 don’t have mics isn’t worth it..

By: YES!

YES! — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:48:06 +0000

I completely agree with you, halo 3 and W@W need to be the norm, not the excellent!

By: suttondagger

suttondagger — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:43:04 +0000

That quote from the Epic rep has really just rubbed salt in the wound. Pathetic support for us non-Americans…

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:44:00 +0000

Completely agree with you. When I first bought Gears 2 (on day one of course) I quickly got sick of playing online because EVERY single time I would get stuck with a room full of americans. Now that I think about it, I dont think I’ve every been in an Aussie game, which for me ruins the game, because I used to play Gears 1 almost every day for at least a few hours. Now I usually just stick to bot-matchs (thank god they included that otherwise I wouldnt be playing Gears 2 at all) because its almost impossible to get kills with that much lag.

By: Saturn118

Saturn118 — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:36:24 +0000

Not to sound like fanboy but if its that bad I suggest moving to the PS3. The PSN’s infastructure will suit your needs.

By: GrathiusXR

GrathiusXR — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:23:45 +0000

Nice to see you comment on the site Betheo …

Even with left4Dead whilst playing a Private match with 7 other Australians gamers we still at get a Red bar as well as lag.. which is weird..

and the only way to get green bar is to glitch the system which takes a while to get it done.

By: Betheo

Betheo — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:32:10 +0000

Completely True!
I just gave up Gears 2 online playing after waiting 10 minutes to get one game and only to get booted after about 2 mins because of lagging