 | No Xbox Live for South Africa |
| LazySAGamer - January 16th, 2008 at 4:46 pm - 3,817 views - 66 Comments |
Well this is disappointing news for the end of the day.
Over at www.myadsl.co.za they are running an article about how Microsoft are going to be moving some of their focus over to the casual gaming market, but what really got my attention was the following.
However, Stefan Lampinen, sales director for Microsoft’s home and entertainment division in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, says it is unlikely that the service will be launched here in the short term as the low penetration of broadband makes it difficult to justify costs.
Basically because we only have around 500 000 broadband users in South Africa and so Microsoft believe that we are not ready for broadband Internet.
As much as we don’t want to hear it you can see his point, especially when we are competing against a country like Turkey which has 4.5 million broadband users.
So we have an answer of sorts… pity it isn’t the right one.
Random Posts
February 1, 2009
5:00 pm
IS IT ILLEGAL TO DO XBOX LIVE THIS WAY?
AND WHERE DO I SIGN UP FOR XBOX LIVE?
THANKS FOR SOWING ME WERE TO DUY THE CARDS FROM!
February 1, 2009
11:07 pm
No it is not illegal. to sign up you just need to connect your Xbox 360 to the Internet and select Join Live. Then fill in all your details and away you go
February 18, 2009
4:30 pm
How much internet data cap does xbox live take up and is a 100.ooMbps conection fast enough to handle xboxlive
February 19, 2009
2:58 pm
Should u have Broadband in order to play Xbox Live? If so how do u get it? How much will it cost?
February 19, 2009
3:06 pm
If u can’t Maintain Xbox Live in SA for fu**k sake don’t sell the fu**kin thing here
April 11, 2009
2:55 pm
Microsoft is bullsh*tting us. Will tell us LIVE will be here soon just to pick up the sales. Then drop us again.
Bill Gates has a PlayStation 3 for sure!!
April 20, 2009
8:18 pm
I’m currently playing Halo 3 online. It’s up and running but the lag frustrates me sometimes. Does anybody know of a way to knock the latency down. I’m assuming that’s my problem seeing as i have a 4Mbps line
April 20, 2009
9:30 pm
Play games with locals – Local latency is much lower; try organising games with locals using one of the local communities. Try gamerlobby.net or xboxgaming.co.za
April 20, 2009
11:52 pm
I think you may have meant the local Xbox 360 forums (www.xbox-360.co.za/forum) but Xboxgaming.co.za is cool as well
April 20, 2009
11:58 pm
Doh! I really ought to pay attention to the warning labels on the cough syrup that advise against operating heavy machinery.
Yes, I did indeed mean the 360 forum.
April 29, 2009
12:55 pm
thats a pretty awesome idea, to be quite honest, those loud mouth yanks are really annoying
August 9, 2009
6:48 pm
why god why look is there no way to get on x box live in south africa ive just moved here recently and i dont know if i should send my xbox’s over if there’s no live in south africa thats the only reason i dont play playstation man this is shit…………………………
November 12, 2009
9:41 am
Please can someone explain to me how to connect to
Xbox live if SA doesn’t have the facility?
Do you have to give an overseas address? How do you pay for this?
November 30, 2009
9:20 pm
Open a gmail account. Use that gmail account to sign up for a Windows Live ID, but during registration say that your country is USA. Pick any old city, and look up a valid ZIP code for that city. Now on your XBOX say Join Live and use that email address. There you go: you’re on XBOX Live.
Now, to get point so you can buy games is a bit more tricky:
Go to mspoints.co.za. Buy a USA points card. I’ve done this… it’s not a scam. You pay by EFT, not CC so quite safe. They email you a scan of the points card with a unique code. On the XBOX, buy MS points and select redeem card. Enter the number. I think they want your address for some reason: I just googled a valid address in New York (where I “stay”) and that was it. I bought Avatar Golf… pretty cool.
Now if only SA people could publish XNA games and make some extra cash, all would be good.
December 15, 2009
3:38 am
oh ok so u choose another country like usa
but how much do u pay?and how do u pay?
December 15, 2009
3:47 am
When you sign up choose either USA or UK and complete the address details with your valid details. When asked for a postcode choose either 90210 (USA) or E162SP (UK) or any other valid postcode.
Then head on over to http://www.evogames.co.za or http://www.mspoints.co.za and buy a Xbox 360 subscription and redeem that code.
DO NOT USE YOUR LOCAL CREDIT CARD
The cost varies depending on how long the membership is but you are looking in the region of between R170 and R370