Purchasing digital games from other region

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  1. 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, Jun 14, 2018
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  2. 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, Jun 14, 2018
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  3. onyxishere
    onyxishere Guest
    Digital Content from other regions

    The offer to change regions is available to all. However, it was originally intended for those that moved to a different region. Those that change their region should be aware that they can only do so a few times per year (once every 3 months).

    Another issue to be aware of is region locking. A person may be able to purchase an item but may encounter issues with downloading it due to different IP addresses.

    Finally, someone should not attempt to change regions simply to download free games. Remember what happened a couple of years ago when everyone was switching to Oman to download the free games there. There were quite a few unhappy people who woke up to
    find their gamertag and/or consoles were banned from Live.
     
    onyxishere, Jun 14, 2018
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  4. 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.
  5. Smwutches Win User

    Digital purchases from other regions.

    There's no way to guarantee it will work. Some codes are region locked.
  6. 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
  7. HassanB Win User

    cannot purchase games : ERROR 80150017

    Unfortunately, the Phillippines is not an officially supported Xbox LIVE region which is why you're not able to purchase this game. This game digitally is region locked, unfortunately there is some content on Xbox LIVE that is region locked, and it's not
    possible to download from any other country except for the country that's tied to the account region.

    In order to purchase/download region locked account you'd need to physically be in the United States as your country/region is also set to the United States.
  8. 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.
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