I know Halo 2 and 3 does use the peers as gaming hosts. Can't say for other games. To my knowledge Halo is the dominate Xbox game.
On 12/2/08, Mike Hammett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Problems with PC games? > > I believe the vast majority, if not all XBox games are hosted by the users > in the game instead of a central server (as mentioned earlier). It's > entirely dependant on how good or bad everyone's connection is. Could be > your connection quality back to MS central. Speed isn't the only indicator > of connection quality. > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:25 AM > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] xbox 360 issues > >> We've seen trouble for months out here. >> >> Even with customers on connections that run 1 to 2 megs. Heck, I've got >> customers that pull 8 megs both ways that are having trouble with xbox 360 >> games. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Wes James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:23 AM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] xbox 360 issues >> >> >>> Xbox live service has been up and down since Black Friday. It is >>> possible that the host machine is also causing problems, but my guess is >>> that the million new subscribers over the weekend gave the service a >>> pounding. See if they are still having the issues today, as it seems >>> things have smoothed out a bit. >>> >>> >>> >>> -Wes >>> >>> >>> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>> Behalf Of Travis Johnson >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:04 AM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] xbox 360 issues >>> >>> >>> >>> Hey now.... Nowhere, ID is really close to me.... >>> >>> Josh Luthman wrote: >>> >>> The games on those consoles are hosted (network wise) by other >>> players. The server for a 16 player game could very well be a person >>> in Nowhere, ID with a 1/384 DSL connection. >>> >>> On 12/2/08, Marlon K. Schafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I've had calls from a number of xbox 360 customers that are >>> having trouble >>> with game play etc. Very long lags, poor pings etc. >>> >>> These calls are coming from customers off of multiple towers and >>> even in >>> different towns. >>> >>> No calls coming from Wii or playstation. Just xbox 360. >>> >>> Anyone else seeing these issues in the last few months? >>> >>> thanks, >>> marlon >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> -------- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> -------- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Sent from my mobile device Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
