When I first do a search for player matches (default setting), my screen is filled with games, all with pings in the 50ms - 150ms range. As I refresh the list, it seems to progressively get smaller until it dwindles down to a few games. If I restart my Xbox 360, I will again see a screen full of games until I start freshing the list. Then it dwindles down to a few games again.
I get the same results both when I connect my Xbox 360 directly to my modem and when I connect it to my computer via internet connection sharing. I’ve tried a few different network cables in every possible configuration with the exact same results.
I should add that the game plays very smoothly when I get into a game. My DSL connection hasn’t given me anywhere near the problems that my old cable connection gave me, so I’m assuming it’s not on my end.
I’m beginning to think that either the matchmaking lobby is bugged and not showing all games in progress or there are a much more limited amount of people playing this game than I thought there would be and the initial list is showing a bunch of games that ended recently.
Is anyone else having similar issues?