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XIXBOXIX360

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Do Ntsc Games Work With Pal Xbox 360?
« on: November 27, 2005, 02:09:00 PM »
Ok, so I've been looking for this everywhere and yet I can't find an answer to this question. Do NTSC (games from North America) work with a PAL (Xbox 360 console made in Europe) Xbox 360 system? I'm asking this because I've looked on European sites and found that they have pre-orders going on now for the Xbox 360 and if I can get my 360 from Europe I would buy all my games which I already have from North America. I just need to know if this is possible because I don't want to get stuck with having a Xbox 360 that's not compatible with my games. Please reply to me about this because I need to know quickly so I can make my pre-order. Thanks again.  smile.gif
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Ming3r

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Do Ntsc Games Work With Pal Xbox 360?
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2005, 04:50:00 PM »
Doubtful.

They have NTSC and PAL and NTSC-J for a reason...
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Joergen

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Do Ntsc Games Work With Pal Xbox 360?
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2005, 06:44:00 PM »
Actually there is no reason for "NTSC" games (or dvds) to not work on a PAL TV because they have supported 60hz PAL60 mode for 20 years now. People who bought a cheap-ass TV that doesnt can blame themselves.

Same for HDTVs, they all support both 60 and 50hz modes in Europe.

Only NTSC region TVs lack the support for 50hz so from PAL to NTSC there is a use for blocking imports since people cant use them. This was true for VHS (like bought from the UK on holiday) and for DVD where the image has to be synced to the hz it was encoded at.

Now I would guess the NTSC games are region locked because as always they'll get titles like GTA months earlier than PAL so to prevent importing on unmodded consoles they will be region locked. When the PAL version finally comes out (like with GTA:VC that took 6 months) the NTSC version is on sale for 20 bucks and the PAL version costs 60eur. It's all about the money.

This post has been edited by Joergen: Nov 28 2005, 02:46 AM
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lobley

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Do Ntsc Games Work With Pal Xbox 360?
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2005, 07:08:00 AM »
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) i have an american machine and a english one
i bought condemmed  pal and it works in the ntsc machine other games are coming tommorrow .i will try america games in english machine now and let you no
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lobley

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« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2005, 07:24:00 AM »
grr.gif    just tried kameo and perfect dark american on pal machine dont work
so how come pal game condemmmed works on american but not other way round

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Sheytan

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Do Ntsc Games Work With Pal Xbox 360?
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2005, 10:56:00 AM »
Some games are region free and some isn't but they don't say if the game is region free on the box sad.gif

Mostly the NTSC version is region free
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ShadowElitePro

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Do Ntsc Games Work With Pal Xbox 360?
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2005, 10:58:00 AM »
There is no region lock on the 360 games which I find strange.
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TROT

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« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2005, 09:14:00 PM »
So what you are saying is if I own a PAL supported HDTV, buy a PAL version of XBOX 360, i will be able to play my region free XBOX 360 games?

If so, what are the chances of the gaming companies to start protecting them via Region codes.

Please advise.

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