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hi

i live in abu dhabi and have a xbox 360. I need info please on what i need to start xbox live.....the local shop sell 1 year cards but i am not sure if i need any other equipment.

i have etisalat 512 broadband

thanks

colin

clrowlands wrote:hi

i live in abu dhabi and have a xbox 360. I need info please on what i need to start xbox live.....the local shop sell 1 year cards but i am not sure if i need any other equipment.

i have etisalat 512 broadband

thanks

colin

pm dr. d

Just plug your box into the internet connection and try to connect.

You can then register as a new user. You don't have to buy the 12 month cards - you can pay online and just get 3 months if you want.

Once you've registered away you go!

You can't pay online as of yet as Live is not supported in UAE. If you want Live you have to buy those 12 month cards.

Live is not really worth it 'cause it lags a lot. All thanks to Etisalat and their world's most amazing internet equipment and connection. Unless, of course, you play a with few select who stays in UAE (anywhere else and it lags). Co-op with a friend is always fun.

Completely false. I enjoyed an evening of Xbox Live just last night with friends from back home. Joined on line, paid on line. Connection isn't the best, but no lag.

cadidalhopper wrote:Completely false. I enjoyed an evening of Xbox Live just last night with friends from back home. Joined on line, paid on line. Connection isn't the best, but no lag.

I think it depends on who you're with... Du or Etisalat.

I'm with Du and experience no lag at all... but some friends on Etisalat say it does lag.

oldmanyoung wrote:You can't pay online as of yet as Live is not supported in UAE. If you want Live you have to buy those 12 month cards.

Live is not really worth it 'cause it lags a lot. All thanks to Etisalat and their world's most amazing internet equipment and connection. Unless, of course, you play a with few select who stays in UAE (anywhere else and it lags). Co-op with a friend is always fun.

As mentioned this is not true. I purchased my xbox in the UAE and my provider is Du. Connected and paid on line and can play fine.

I have the 2mb Etisalat connection and live. Gamers, particulary in the states, sometimes complain of me lagging on their games plus I swear I a couple of seconds behind on games like Gears of War. We have set up a forum www.xboxdubai.com to get a few gamers together. One of the aims is to accelerate the arrival of hosted Live services in UAE

Oh if anyone wants a game my gamertag is dirtimover (Halo2,GRAW 1+2, PGR3, GOW, Vegas or Command and Conquer)

I've been looking at buying an xBox 360 in dubai and i've found the going rate seems to be around 1,800Dhs for the console, a controller and a game.

However, does anyone know anywhere that has good deals on xBox's or anywhere else i should look? (I've only looked in Plug-Ins, Carrefour)

Thanks guys

1mb Du connection, do you think that would be good enough for me to play online?

i look forward to your response.

Hi, I will be moving in a month or so from the US and will definitely be bringing my 360. Any one know if I will encounter any problems.

I know my games are in NTCS. Are the games sold there in PAL?

Anything else.

PS- My gamer tag is bytme2x


Thanks

bytme2x wrote:Hi, I will be moving in a month or so from the US and will definitely be bringing my 360. Any one know if I will encounter any problems.

I know my games are in NTCS. Are the games sold there in PAL?

Anything else.

PS- My gamer tag is bytme2x


Thanks

You can get both NTSC and PAL versions of games here.

dr. d from play-asia or locally in Dubai? i'd be interested in finding US region games, since my system is from there

nuzbim wrote:dr. d from play-asia or locally in Dubai? i'd be interested in finding US region games, since my system is from there

GeeKay Games in MOE have a wide selection of NTSC Xbox Games.

if you buy an xbox in dubai (stores like plugins) it supports the PAL version of the games right????

also anyone using etisalat 512kbps connetion to play online? is the speed enough for UAE servers atleast?

cheap_Deal wrote:if you buy an xbox in dubai (stores like plugins) it supports the PAL version of the games right????

also anyone using etisalat 512kbps connetion to play online? is the speed enough for UAE servers atleast?

I have seen both PAL and NTSC for sale around the traps. It pays to look and be careful. The PAL one is generally more readily available though.

As for Etisalat, I know of people using 1 meg and going ok. There are NO UAE servers though (yet).