Left 4 Dead NTSC

swyllie2000 · 9 Jan 2009 at 11:51

I keep looking at buying L4D and at £30.99 seems like a bit of a bargain but its NTSC. I have searched and it looks like it will work fine on my PAL X360. Can anyone confirm that I will be able to play online with my friends who have the PAL version and have the same experience as them?

Thanks

Soulja · 9 Jan 2009 at 12:40

it doesn't matter if your disc is ntsc or pal you can play with friends from any country. I have a ntsc 360 and regulary game with people who have pal consoles and pal games.

swyllie2000 · 9 Jan 2009 at 13:39

Just what I wanted to hear thanks. Now wheres my credit card?

rp2000 · 9 Jan 2009 at 13:42

swyllie2000 said:
Just what I wanted to hear thanks. Now wheres my credit card?

NTSC WILL make a difference if you are playing on an SDTV. (I am sure most people are using a HDTV, but just checking). In SD mode 360 games play at 50HZ on PAL and 60HZ on NTSC so you have to make sure your TV supports both modes.

For HDTV's (specifically games connected via HDMI, Component, VGA, it makes no difference, apart from maybe faffing around with some settings for the odd title).

rp2000

swyllie2000 · 9 Jan 2009 at 14:29

Thanks for the info rp. HD gaming on a 42" Plasma here - The only way to game

Phemo · 9 Jan 2009 at 14:37

No it won't make a difference. The region of the 360 decides what video mode to output in, not the game. Even if you're using composite cables and you play an NTSC game on a PAL console, it will still output a PAL signal. The same applies the other way - PAL region free games on an NTSC console will still output an NTSC console. I have verified this (I own both PAL and NTSC-U consoles) on an older TV that reports the video mode it's outputting and it does indeed confirm PAL output for an NTSC game on a PAL console.

As mentioned though, if using VGA, component or HDMI then it won't make any difference as NTSC/PAL video stuff doesn't even come into it.

HeX · 9 Jan 2009 at 14:49

rp2000 said:
In SD mode 360 games play at 50HZ on PAL and 60HZ on NTSC so you have to make sure your TV supports both modes.

Not quite true, most 360 games require you to play in PAL-60 (60Hz) on SDTV.

swyllie2000 · 9 Jan 2009 at 15:00

Phemo said:
I own both PAL and NTSC-U consoles

Why both?

Kyle009 · 9 Jan 2009 at 15:35

swyllie2000 said:
Why both?

So he can play some NTSC games that don't get released here or play games early?

Phemo · 9 Jan 2009 at 16:11

Correct, I was playing Rock Band and Rock Band 2 months before they came out over here, for example.

swyllie2000 · 9 Jan 2009 at 19:43

Phemo said:
Correct, I was playing Rock Band and Rock Band 2 months before they came out over here, for example.

So why have the PAL version?

dannyjo22 · 9 Jan 2009 at 20:33

resale value is poo on NTSC as well. Stores won't take them on trade in either.

Phemo · 10 Jan 2009 at 00:33

swyllie2000 said:
So why have the PAL version?

Why do I have the PAL version of what? If you mean Rock Band, I don't. If you mean the 360, it's because sometimes I want to just be able to buy games from the shops without having to faff around checking region compatibility.

360s are so cheap now that it really doesn't matter anyway. I've actually got 5 at the moment due to acquiring a couple of dead ones and fixing them up. Don't really want to sell them in case they go wrong again further down the line, but even if I had faith in them, they're worth sod all anyway.

Fortunately I'm not bothered about trading games in

I never trade anything I buy in for some reason, just like to hang onto them. Average NTSC game is cheap enough to get imported from the US or Canada for it to be no big deal anyway.