Digital purchases from other regions.

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  1. Digital purchases from other regions.


    I was wondering if a friend preordered the digital version of a game from Amazon Mexico would the code work for me here in USA?

    :)
     
    x ShadowsBane x, Nov 17, 2018
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  2. Myyst01
    Myyst01 Guest
    Purchasing digital games from other region

    Hello, I want to ask you for help. What is consequences of purchasing digital games from Xbox Store for region which is different as my location ? Example. If I am in Austria and I want purchase cheap version of game from Brazil Store with using Brazil
    gift Card , is legal or my account can be canceled for it ? I can't find it in terms.

    thanks
     
    Myyst01, Nov 17, 2018
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  3. Kitkp
    Kitkp Guest
    Digital Content from other regions

    Glad to find this at the top; saves me from not knowing the key words for searching for it:

    I'm American, living in France, and considering buying an Xbox One. My French is fine, and most of my French family speak English nearly fluently, so this is not a deal breaker, but if I understand correctly if I keep the region settings in France, the games,
    no matter where I buy them (even physical disks brought from the US?) will be in French?

    This is not what I want.

    I want the games to be played in their native languages, so most would be in English.

    This would require changing region settings to the US, but does that mean digital content I buy in the US store won't be able to be played on my French-bought console, even if the region settings are in US English?

    In a nutshell, what would I be missing if I kept my (French-bought) Xbox console in US English settings? I have no intention of "gaming" the system by regularly changing the settings, they would be kept in US English at all times.
     
    Kitkp, Nov 17, 2018
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  4. Smwutches
    Smwutches Guest

    Digital purchases from other regions.

    There's no way to guarantee it will work. Some codes are region locked.
     
    Smwutches, Nov 17, 2018
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  5. Thanks for the reply. A friend from Mexico wanted to gift me a game that hasnt released yet and we were trying to figure out the easiest way to do it.
     
    x ShadowsBane x, Nov 17, 2018
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  6. It wont work. It would be the same thing if someone in canada bought a US digital game , the codes are region locked
     
    Itilianm0nst0r, Nov 6, 2018
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  7. x ShadowsBane x Win User

    Digital purchases from other regions.

    Thanks for the reply. A friend from Mexico wanted to gift me a game that hasnt released yet and we were trying to figure out the easiest way to do it.
  8. Smwutches Win User

    Digital purchases from other regions.

    There's no way to guarantee it will work. Some codes are region locked.
  9. ITILIANM0NST0R Win User

    Digital purchases from other regions.

    It wont work. It would be the same thing if someone in canada bought a US digital game , the codes are region locked
  10. WPAK Win User

    Digital content from other regions

    Hi there,

    I would advise against purchasing content from different regions, since officially it is not supported and you never know what issues you might start experiencing.
  11. maxen Win User

    Digital Content from other regions

    Onyx talks mainly about the digital side of things, but as you asked I'll just add that physical copies are totally region-free. You can buy those from wherever and they will work on any Xbox One console.

    The issue is with the complexity of digital downloads and switching regions to gain access to games not released in the actual territory.
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