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Stricter region locking quietly implemented on Xbox One?
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Note the thread title was posed as a question, not a confirmation.
The Cartographer
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DeviantBoi
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Microsoft knows what's best for gamers.
GHG
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Not sure about that. Unless the keys were stolen in the 1st place and then sold on (unlikely).
Some games on X360 store are behind an IP lock. Which means you need to be physically in one of the supported countries.
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Deleted member 13876
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Not cool.
That list is wrong, Switzerland still doesn't have the Xbox One, at least not officially.
Also i know people who imported it and are using their old xbox live accounts and their "fake" US accounts on it without problems. So far, they haven't had any problem with activating games or DLC codes, both from EU and US.
reptilescorpio
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If UK games/codes won't work in Australia this will be an issue for me.
So they are region locking digital content after it was bought from a store outside of the xbox store? That doesn't really make any sense. If someone bought the codes and didn't redeem it and sold it to someone else and they redeemed it, then the codes should be good since they were bought from ms. It sounds like either the codes were faked or already used or its a bug on MS's part since I don't believe they'd be stupid enough to region lock codes like that.
Looks that way. I've read a few more German articles about this error code, everything points to an Ebay scammer selling codes he bought with stolen credit cards.
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Derpcrawler
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I can confirm - my DR3 Premium Edition I bought from digital store don't work anymore. 79USD down the drain. I am currently in China, imported my Xbone from Amazon. US account, bought prepaid codes for XBL on Amazon, then bought game itself through console. No shady ebay stuff.
Digital was my way to go here, since importing is time consuming and expensive. I guess I will get rid of Xbone while I can and prices are high. No such bullshit on PS4.
Digital was my way to go here, since importing is time consuming and expensive. I guess I will get rid of Xbone while I can and prices are high. No such bullshit on PS4.
boredandlazy
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Phew, what a relief that is...
zerokoolpsx
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This is gonna suck if true. Hope its just some bug unless it is really intentional.
LordBaztion
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I bought in december Ghosts with my US account from Perú but it is a game without region lock, even on 360. I plan to buy Titanfall digital, I will see then because those idiots at EA always enforce region lock.
If it ends up being true, I inmediatly buy a PS4 and forget X1.
Edit: can't find KI matched. Mexico configuration being used from Perú, 200 ms latency.
If it ends up being true, I inmediatly buy a PS4 and forget X1.
Edit: can't find KI matched. Mexico configuration being used from Perú, 200 ms latency.
scytherage
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This is what I'm looking for (out of region Xbone owners).
IMHO a legit code is a legit code, they SHOULD let you play the game, especially if you travel around.
Triggerhappytel
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What happens if you unplug your ethernet cable?
lifeexpectancy
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Whelp here we go. I shouldn't have edited my first post. Sounding more and more likely MS is just being arrogant and stupid again.
Brianimaniac
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Fox News style.
scytherage
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Isn't Germany officially supported by Xbox One? Might explain why there's no issues on your end.
On the other hand, Xbox One has not officially released in China.
reptilescorpio
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I hope Xbox Support can help you out, that's totally messed up since even MS were telling people to import if you weren't in Tier 1.
Really messed up.
Yes, all true. And that still makes the quote in the OP wrong:
"When redeeming your token there are two things that need to match up. The country listed on the account must match the country that you are connecting from and the token needs to be for the same country as well."
Derpcrawler
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Last time I had a problem they told me to fuck off since I am in unsupported region. I won't even bother. I will sell my Xbone if they won't revert this change by the time Titanfall hits.
having bought an xbone on day 1, even though I had to jump hoops to import it (not available in my country, not even a date yet even today)
I think it is redundant to say that all the microsoft xbox top executives confirmations about how xbox one is region free played a very large role in my decision to buy one, and a whole lot of games for it, too.
any change in that -region free- status that is not caused by a temporary bug or something, it seriously changes the terms that where offered to me in order to buy one back then.
I think it is redundant to say that all the microsoft xbox top executives confirmations about how xbox one is region free played a very large role in my decision to buy one, and a whole lot of games for it, too.
any change in that -region free- status that is not caused by a temporary bug or something, it seriously changes the terms that where offered to me in order to buy one back then.
reptilescorpio
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That quote is from an Xbox employee, pretty sure after checking the OP.
For what its worth, UK Account, UK Xbox One, UK Billing Profile AND a FR Billing Profile.
Months ago I set my Xbox One to France, to use 40 that was sat on my account for some reason, bought Angry Birds Star Wars, switched the console back to the UK.
Angry Birds Star Wars still works fine here.
Months ago I set my Xbox One to France, to use 40 that was sat on my account for some reason, bought Angry Birds Star Wars, switched the console back to the UK.
Angry Birds Star Wars still works fine here.
Delusibeta
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I am not in one of the supported countries of Xbox One (and for that matter, the X360) and just tried all the games that I bought digitally from the US store and they all work fine.
No issue on my end. Not yet anyway.
I will see if this changes with Titanfall perhaps.
TechnicPuppet
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What error code do you get when you try to play it, same one? You bought this game digitally from the US store?
reptilescorpio
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Direct purchases bought with stolen credit?
Derpcrawler
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Sikamikanico
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I puchased Strider digitally from the US store Saturday evening and it's working just fine. (Thoroughly enjoying the game too!)
Delusibeta
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Hydrargyrus
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This is not going to end well...
Strange. My Dead Rising is the regular digital edition so maybe something got fucked up with the Premium one?
jimbobsmells
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I hope it's a mistake on Microsoft's part rather then flipping those switches back again.
scytherage
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In the same news article there was a claim in the comments about matchmaking in Killer Instinct not working in Israel. Have you tried testing the matchmaking?