Can i use the US store if i don't live in USA?

Godzuky1 · Apr 20, 2014

Hello,

I am from Mexico and I had to set my region to USA because we like the settings and the sound of the games to be in English.

My question is if it is ok to be in the USA region even if i live in Mexico and use Paypal to buy games from the US store or to get Xbox cards in USA to buy the games.

This is my third day with the with the XB1 so i am still trying to learn how this works.

I have found that i cannot pay with a Mexican credit card in the US store, but what about getting Xbox cards in USA and using them here?

I want to buy KI but i don't want to change my region is this possible?

Any advice will be appreciated.

:)

A GuyNamedKane · Apr 20, 2014

Pre-paid visa or master card

Can you use pre-paid visa or master cards to buy xbox live gold memberships from the dashboard? I don't want to get a credit or debit card and I don't wanna use a pre-paid card to buy an xbox live pre-paid gold card at a store like Wal-Mart. If so then which
kinds can you use to make the purchase? I just need to know if I can use a pre-paid visa or master card.

shagaboopon · Apr 20, 2014

Should I be using Hyperspeed...

Now normally I wouldn't cheat on a game but it seems the general impression is that the hyperspeed cheat is perfectly acceptable tool to use to improve your scores. I have played guitar hero since the first version but never used it so I was just wondering if its worthwhile using it to give me a step up to the next level if you like. Some songs I mess up because the notes are so close together its hard to see if they're chords or HO/PO's at speed.

Just asking the question of you Expert (By definition youve beaten Expert or in the last tier) players out there which is where I'm trying to reach .

Ivasawa Jin · Apr 20, 2014

you just need to buy it some how . like login in from a US "location" and buying what you want to buy from your USD's and then go back to mexico and play them . that what I do

Ivasawa Jin

you just need to buy it some how . like login in from a US "location" and buying what you want to buy from your USD's and then go back to mexico and play them . that what I do

WillYagamiCR

The thing is that I lived in USA, but, My family moved to Costa Rica, so right now I'm here in CR, I don't know if I can go back to USA, and yes, I can use Paypal here in CR, I paid MSPoints with paypal...

There is a problem if I live in Costa Rica and my Account is from USA?? Cuz when I made the account when I was on USA

irthinker

I have a conclusive answer to this. You will definitely need a local Xbox power supply, voltage converter, or transformer.

I traveled out to Qatar with my US Xbox. I saw the suggestions here and picked up a local Xbox power supply (For those in Doha, Qatar, I picked it up from Technical Care Centre in the City Center Mall). However, before I tried that, I called the XBox support
number to confirm. The person on the phone thought I could just plug it into an adapter (no converter or transformer) and confirmed with her supervisor. So I tried it, and tripped the circuit breaker in my hotel room. I reset the breaker and tried the local
power supply. Thankfully, the XBox seems to work still. Hopefully my US power supply still works when I get back home (they annotated my account and will give me a free replacement if it is an issue, given that it was due to their advice).

ngocphi

some DLC is region locked specially in germany

gears of war and halo and blackops and world at war come to mind

and require the USK version (german)

well any retail store really for buying a usk xbox

Smwutches

I can answer a few questions for you.

I believe you will need a power supply converter, but I'm not exactly sure how that works.

Xbox Live will work, however, you won't have access to the same things you do in the US. You can still use your US account, and it should only cause an issue if you are trying to download region locked content. Netflix is only available in the US and Canada,
so I doubt it will work in Germany. Account migration is only available for a few countries and Germany and the US are not in the list. So you wouldn't be able to change your account's region. You could create a German account if you want though.

As far as playing games on your Xbox, you'll have to check the disc. There are some discs that are region free and will work on PAL or NTSC consoles, but you may run across a lot of PAL discs which will not run on your US console.

Can i use the US store if i don't live in USA?