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mcfrank · Sep 6, 2014

I know this has been mentioned previously deep in other threads, but I thought it deserved its own thread. I make no promises that this will work, but it appears it will. I am in the USA and tested with New Zealand, you can try others if you wish.

1.) preload Destiny
- at this point the listing for the game will say it is downloaded, but is not playable until 12pst

2.) go to settings, system, language and location and change your location to New Zealand
- your system will reboot

3.) go to settings, system, time zone and choose Auckland, Wellington UTC +12

4.) go back to the Destiny page
- it now says it unlocks at 12 NZST

If you are off work on Monday like me and want to play, this may be your best bet.

Edit - it is possible you may need to redownload the game from the NZ store, but we don't know for sure yet. I have already done so just in case. You still want to purchase the game from the us store.

tensuke · Sep 6, 2014

Has this worked with other games?

mcfrank · Sep 6, 2014

tensuke said:
Has this worked with other games?

There have not been preloads on other games on Xbox One that I am aware of.

bidguy · Sep 6, 2014

diablo 3 was up a day early in nz so this should work

VE3TRO · Sep 6, 2014

tensuke said:
Has this worked with other games?

This is the first game to offer pre-load. Hope it works though.

Thanks Frank

C.Dark.DN · Sep 6, 2014

FYI that's 5am PST Monday.

mcfrank · Sep 6, 2014

vogelkacke said:
diablo 3 was up a day early in nz so this should work

Good to know.

MendicantBS · Sep 6, 2014

vogelkacke said:
diablo 3 was up a day early in nz so this should work

This give us hope. Kinda tempted to try this.

Mihael Mello Keehl · Sep 6, 2014

Actually madden was the first preload game

mcfrank · Sep 6, 2014

MendicantBS said:
This give us hope. Kinda tempted to try this.

There is not a lot of downside if you were planning to buy digital anyway.

Klyka · Sep 6, 2014

So won't the servers still be down?

mcfrank · Sep 6, 2014

Klyka said:
So won't the servers still be down?

They said the servers will be up once it is 9/9 somewhere in the world. At 12NZST it will be 9/9 somewhere in the world, so the servers will be up.

ZeroX03 · Sep 6, 2014

Unfortunately on PS4, Sony killed this for Diablo III and looking at my preload it doesn't seem that using an NZ account will unlock (a US PSN) Destiny early either.

mcfrank · Sep 6, 2014

ZeroX03 said:
Unfortunately on PS4, Sony killed this for Diablo III and looking at my preload it doesn't seem that using an NZ account will unlock (a US PSN) Destiny early either.

That is too bad. Hopefully someone finds a work around on PS4. In an all digital world, artificial restrictions like this are silly.

funkypie · Sep 6, 2014

ZeroX03 said:
Unfortunately on PS4, Sony killed this for Diablo III and looking at my preload it doesn't seem that using an NZ account will unlock (a US PSN) Destiny early either.

i am UK using a secondary US account to buy destiny.

does your pre-load under information say un-shareable? I a kinda worried the game won't work on my main account and I will be forced to use the US one.

MAX PAYMENT · Sep 6, 2014

As cool as this would be, I really doubt it would work.

Razgreez · Sep 6, 2014

funkypie said:
i am UK using a secondary US account to buy destiny.

does your pre-load under information say un-shareable? I a kinda worried the game won't work on my main account and I will be forced to use the US one.

You say "secondary US account" (which might be ambiguous), is this US account setup as a primary account?

tuna_love · Sep 6, 2014

MAX PAYMENT said:
As cool as this would be, I really doubt it would work.

What reason do you have to think it wouldn't work?

MAX PAYMENT · Sep 6, 2014

tuna_love said:
What reason do you have to think it wouldn't work?

I just don't see early access to an online only game of this size to be realistic in any way.

tuna_love · Sep 6, 2014

MAX PAYMENT said:
I just don't see early access to an online only game of this size to be realistic in any way.

its not early access. Its a different timezone.

Niven · Sep 6, 2014

MAX PAYMENT said:
I just don't see early access to an online only game of this size to be realistic in any way.

Is it really early access I mean people over there could go buy the game at midnight so what reason would they have to pre order on xbox if it didn't open up at midnight?

Ken · Sep 6, 2014

MAX PAYMENT said:
I just don't see early access to an online only game of this size to be realistic in any way.

It's not early access for Oceania or Japan.

MAX PAYMENT · Sep 6, 2014

tuna_love said:
its not early access. Its a different timezone.

How is "unlocking destiny early" through the use of an early time zone not early access? And if it isn't early access, why is there a thread about it?

EDIT: Christ, I thought it would be inherently clear that I was talking about it being early access for those, obviously, changing their time zone. As this is completely irrelevant to people of that region.

tuna_love · Sep 6, 2014

MAX PAYMENT said:
How is "unlocking destiny early" through the use of an early time zone not early access? And if it isn't early access, why is there a thread about it?

EDIT: Christ, I thought it would be inherently clear that I was talking about it being early access for those, obviously, changing their time zone. As this is completely irrelevant to people of that region.

on xbox if you buy a game in any store you have the license for all stores. If there was any doubt just buy it from your own country, pre load from the Australian store and Bob is your uncle. Christ

Citizen_Insane · Sep 6, 2014

I thought Bungie's servers don't unlock until 12am PST on Tuesday, so it doesn't matter if your copy unlocks early. Still can't play, unfortunately.

Edit: Nvm I was wrong. Ignore me.

MAX PAYMENT · Sep 6, 2014

I'll give it a shot. Good luck on everyone's reading comprehension! Lol

Visualante2 · Sep 6, 2014

Microsoft will probably ban you all like with Halo.

MaulerX · Sep 6, 2014

Visualante2 said:
Microsoft will probably ban you all like with Halo.

They'll probably let it slide and let you use your new cologne a bit early.

tuna_love · Sep 6, 2014

Citizen_Insane said:
I thought Bungie's servers don't unlock until 12am PST on Tuesday, so it doesn't matter if your copy unlocks early. Still can't play, unfortunately.

Well Kiwis and Aussies going to midnight releases might be pissed off

funkypie · Sep 6, 2014

Razgreez said:
You say "secondary US account" (which might be ambiguous), is this US account setup as a primary account?

yes it is. I meant I just have two accounts on my ps4. one is my main account and the US one for buying stuff.

Citizen_Insane · Sep 6, 2014

tuna_love said:
Well Kiwis and Aussies going to midnight releases might be pissed off

Yeah, I had that wrong. My bad.

Johnny Cage · Sep 6, 2014

Will definitely do this, Monday can't come soon enough.

Titans, represent

ElzarTheBam · Sep 6, 2014

funkypie said:
yes it is. I meant I just have two accounts on my ps4. one is my main account and the US one for buying stuff.

IIRC all preloaded items from the US store say unshareable until it unlocks.

I'm sure I've seen it before

ZeroX03 · Sep 6, 2014

funkypie said:
i am UK using a secondary US account to buy destiny.

does your pre-load under information say un-shareable? I a kinda worried the game won't work on my main account and I will be forced to use the US one.

It says "Application Starting: Ineligible", but it says that regardless of the account, it's just a preload thing. My US Diablo III did the same thing.

xexon · Sep 6, 2014

I just did this to try and damnnnnn look at the prices of games in the game store. $100+ for a game lol.

Hellish · Sep 6, 2014

Hopefully this works, not wanting to get the disc to play at midnight.

QaaQer · Sep 6, 2014

Nice.

Pissed I can't do this with ps4, goddamnit sony.

edit: seriously, it's a pretty big selling point if you can play all new digital games 18 hours early on xbox.

Idba · Sep 6, 2014

funkypie said:
i am UK using a secondary US account to buy destiny.

does your pre-load under information say un-shareable? I a kinda worried the game won't work on my main account and I will be forced to use the US one.

Set both accounts to "Primary" and you'll be able to play on both users

Deku Tree · Sep 6, 2014

Would MS ban people for doing stuff like this?

CouchMaster · Sep 6, 2014

Destiny servers go online on 8th noon GMT, so you can play it. People with early disk copies will be playing it a day early than digital version people.

JaggedSac · Sep 6, 2014

Cool. I'd definitely give it a go if I were getting the game.

Courage · Sep 6, 2014

Deku Tree said:
Would MS ban people for doing stuff like this?

This is what I'm worried about.

mcfrank · Sep 6, 2014

Deku Tree said:
Would MS ban people for doing stuff like this?

For all the talk of people getting early game bans it doesn't match with my experience. I live in LA and know which stores break street dates and have gotten the following games early usually the Friday before,

Halo 2
Halo 3
Halo Reach
Halo 4
Mass effect 3
Street fighter x Tekken
Rock band 3
Guitar hero 2
GTA 5

I have played all of these games online on xbox or playstation as soon as I got them and never seen a ban. If you legitimately payed for a game, it is highly unlikely you will get banned. For me, this trick is actually getting the game later than I would by finding a place that will sell it early.

Omni · Sep 6, 2014

I'm on east coast of Australia anyway. A few hours doesn't particularly matter

I hope the Xbox Store lets us play it when the clock ticks over though. I don't really want to wait for the store to update or something

bidguy · Sep 6, 2014

Deku Tree said:
Would MS ban people for doing stuff like this?

for buying a region free game from their region free marketplace on their region free console ?

op_ivy · Sep 6, 2014

i assume you can switch your time zone back later. pretty nice if it will actually work

jesu · Sep 6, 2014

vogelkacke said:
for buying a region free game from their region free marketplace on their region free console ?

I think faking your address in order to buy from the other marketplaces is the shady part.
Whether or not bans are incoming for that is unknown.

I highly doubt just switching your location to NZ and playing Destiny early will result in a ban though.

mcfrank · Sep 6, 2014

op_ivy said:
i assume you can switch your time zone back later. pretty nice if it will actually work

Yes you can.

Bsigg12 · Sep 7, 2014

I will give this a try

mcfrank · Sep 7, 2014

Bsigg12 said:
I will give this a try

I hope it works for you.

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