Been trying to get into the PS3 version since launch, but I'm finding the netcode to be generally pretty unreliable. I'm playing on the West coast with a 50 MBPS connection and when I look through a player list in a room, it's all 0-2 bar pings. I know Netherealm games are rather big in the midwest/ east coast and I might not be having any luck with local players, but it's kind of ridiculous. And even when I do play well online and win a match or 2, I just wonder how badly the other guy is lagging. I can usually tell by how quickly he selects "Quit" instead of "Rematch".

Does anyone else have similar problems? Is the 360 regarded as having better netcode?

General consensus is that it's somewhere between "silky-smooth" and "unplayable," which, by default, means the netcode is better than Mortal Kombat's.

Some of it might very well be a function of the time of day you're playing and against whom you are matched. Pretty sure the matchmaking isn't region-locked, so if you're playing well into the night you might very well be hitting international traffic.

Also, the speed at which someone opts between quitting and reupping is a categorically poor indicator of someone's latency. You're way better off gauging from the relative speed of the character select screen.