Afraid to migrate account from Canada to US

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  1. Afraid to migrate account from Canada to US


    I have a Canadian Xbox Live account and I just moved to the US. I've been thinking of migrating my account region (to make the marketplace on my box work correctly again) but I'm afraid of what might happen to my purchased content. I have many Games on Demand
    and a lot of Rock Band content that I don't want to lose access to. I've read the official docs and the FAQ and they're not very helpful: "No digital content is guaranteed to work after the migration" is not exactly definitive. I figure there must be
    people who have done a migration from Canada to the US but I haven't read about any such experiences anywhere. I would appreciate some feedback on what I can expect before I risk losing all the stuff I paid for. My main concerns are a) is my content still
    going to *work* after migration (can I launch my games, can I still use my add-on content), and b) will I still be able to re-download my content if I delete it. b) would be nice, but a) is absolutely essential. I would appreciate any advice, stories, or experiences.
    Thanks.

    :)
     
    Skippy Deluxe, Mar 6, 2014
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  2. Where has the migration page gone?!!!!!!

    is there no way to migrate my account from the us to canada then ???
     
    SteepledGoose9, Mar 6, 2014
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  3. ngocphi
    ngocphi Guest
    Xbox One - Credit Card Problem With State/Province (solutions for those still having this problem)

    If you have a Canadian credit card but have a us account and are physically in the us

    The issue is simple use a us creditcard

    If you are in Canada and have an us account you need to migrate your accounts to canada
     
    ngocphi, Mar 6, 2014
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  4. Afraid to migrate account from Canada to US

    Hello Skippy,

    I recently had an experience of this sort and I tell you that your gamer tag, Achievements, Microsoft Points and Xbox Live Gold subscription are all included in the transfer.

    Only some region-locked items may not be transferred. These include games that are region locked, subscriptions to TV services that may not be available in another region (Sky, for example). Xbox Music passes will also not be ported (and you won't get a
    refund).

    Personally I found out that you may have minor issues with your game saves, yet that depend on the amount of data stored in your console.
     
    DangerousBard, Mar 7, 2014
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  5. Thanks for your reply, Bard, I appreciate it. I could use a bit more detail though. When you say "games that are region locked" do you mean Games on Demand or disc games? And when you say they "may not be transferred" do you mean that I wouldn't be able
    to play them at all? That would be really bad news. Is there any way to tell whether a game is region locked? Also you don't mention add-on content at all... is there a chance of that not working as well (e.g. not being able to see my purchased songs in Rock
    Band, not being able to play the DLC campaigns in Borderlands 2, etc.)?

    Thanks again for your help.
     
    Skippy Deluxe, Mar 7, 2014
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  6. ngocphi
    ngocphi Guest
    Typically triple a game titles and downloadable content is region locked

    Rock band is more to do with regionAl licenses

    There is no way to tell if it is

    Except for naming a few but that doesn't mean much since not all titles are known

    Sometimes we suggest just creating another account or simply wait till you are back in Canada to download the content again by migrating back
     
    ngocphi, Mar 7, 2014
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  7. Thanks. Part of my problem is that I don't know what is meant by "region locked". Does that mean that I won't be able to launch these region locked games / use the region locked DLC if I migrate my region? Or just that I won't be able to redownload them?
    The first is a dealbreaker but the second isn't so bad as long as I back everything up.
     
    Skippy Deluxe, Mar 7, 2014
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  8. ngocphi
    ngocphi Guest

    Afraid to migrate account from Canada to US

    No just re download them

    Certain games will not play in other regions like upcoming titan fall

    Due to technical issues like connectivity but that is due more with non supported countries
     
    ngocphi, Oct 31, 2018
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  9. ngocphi Win User

    Afraid to migrate account from Canada to US

    No just re download them

    Certain games will not play in other regions like upcoming titan fall

    Due to technical issues like connectivity but that is due more with non supported countries
  10. ngocphi Win User

    Afraid to migrate account from Canada to US

    Typically triple a game titles and downloadable content is region locked

    Rock band is more to do with regionAl licenses

    There is no way to tell if it is

    Except for naming a few but that doesn't mean much since not all titles are known

    Sometimes we suggest just creating another account or simply wait till you are back in Canada to download the content again by migrating back
  11. DangerousBard Win User

    Afraid to migrate account from Canada to US

    Hello Skippy,

    I recently had an experience of this sort and I tell you that your gamer tag, Achievements, Microsoft Points and Xbox Live Gold subscription are all included in the transfer.

    Only some region-locked items may not be transferred. These include games that are region locked, subscriptions to TV services that may not be available in another region (Sky, for example). Xbox Music passes will also not be ported (and you won't get a
    refund).

    Personally I found out that you may have minor issues with your game saves, yet that depend on the amount of data stored in your console.
  12. Skippy Deluxe Win User

    Afraid to migrate account from Canada to US

    Thanks for your reply, Bard, I appreciate it. I could use a bit more detail though. When you say "games that are region locked" do you mean Games on Demand or disc games? And when you say they "may not be transferred" do you mean that I wouldn't be able
    to play them at all? That would be really bad news. Is there any way to tell whether a game is region locked? Also you don't mention add-on content at all... is there a chance of that not working as well (e.g. not being able to see my purchased songs in Rock
    Band, not being able to play the DLC campaigns in Borderlands 2, etc.)?

    Thanks again for your help.
  13. Skippy Deluxe Win User

    Afraid to migrate account from Canada to US

    Thanks. Part of my problem is that I don't know what is meant by "region locked". Does that mean that I won't be able to launch these region locked games / use the region locked DLC if I migrate my region? Or just that I won't be able to redownload them?
    The first is a dealbreaker but the second isn't so bad as long as I back everything up.
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