Regional Settings Issue

Discus and support Regional Settings Issue in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; Hello, I am living in Belgium. When I choose English as my language in the settings, I can't choose Belgium as country. If I choose something else... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by Altalus72, Nov 27, 2014.

  1. Altalus72
    Altalus72 Guest

    Regional Settings Issue


    Hello,

    I am living in Belgium.

    When I choose English as my language in the settings, I can't choose Belgium as country. If I choose something else than belgium, I can't buy digital content be cause i m living in Belgium and my regional settings says otherwise.

    This is really Frustrating. I want to stay in Belgium, I want to play my games in English and I want to buy digital content using my paypal account.

    As a nice to have option I would also like to access my Xbox live account in English.

    How can I do that ?

    :)
     
    Altalus72, Nov 27, 2014
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  2. ngocphi
    ngocphi Guest
    Regional Issue

    you have to follow their rules and yes they have their own CONTENT laws under USK

    anything to do with xbox live has to follow the region of your account regardless of your console setting

    as per the international laws on content every service must abide by international laws

    what is allowed in US isn't nessarily allowed unmodified in Germany or any other place

    as the migration tool is not for temporary moves its suggested you make a temporary account for local purchases

    but as long as you do not live in the region of your account you will continue have issues with downloads and yes that's enforced by content laws

    USK is the governing body of Germany and they have the most strict of rules and one of the highest list of banned and controlled games
     
    ngocphi, Nov 27, 2014
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  3. JC Vertigo
    JC Vertigo Guest
    Regional Issue

    I'm a US Soldier stationed in Germany. I bought my XBOX 360 on base, it was set to English with US settings. We don't always have access to buy American spec games, so I frequently use the Live Marketplace. Sometimes I am allowed to purchase games. Earlier
    in the week I purchased FIFA World Cup 14 with no issue. Today, I tried to purchase the regular FIFA 14 game. I received an error code, which I read was common for a regional conflict between where you account is configured to, and where it actually is.

    So, being the genius that I am, I followed the instructions to migrate my account to a new region (Germany.) So, that was all fine and dandy until I logged back into XBOX Live to find that a great portion of everything is in German, (even though the System
    settings are still set to English), and far more annoyingly, the prices of all the games increased AND converted to Euro.

    The warning said you could only migrate regions every three months, which, y'know, sucks...

    Suggestions?
     
    JC Vertigo, Nov 27, 2014
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  4. BobMcFly247
    BobMcFly247 Guest

    Regional Settings Issue

    Well unfortunately there is no option on that right now. The only solution is to switch between the languages and the countries at the moment. So you may change to Belgium for puirchasing content and then switch back to UK for playing.

    But as this is an often requested option you may want to vote for this option to be included in upcoming dashboard updates right here:

    xbox.uservoice.com/.../6028840-don-t-region-lock-the-languages

    If you want to use the xbox.com website in english you can just change the region of the page itself without affeting your account at all.
     
    BobMcFly247, Nov 28, 2014
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  5. BobMcFly247 Win User

    Regional Settings Issue

    Well unfortunately there is no option on that right now. The only solution is to switch between the languages and the countries at the moment. So you may change to Belgium for puirchasing content and then switch back to UK for playing.

    But as this is an often requested option you may want to vote for this option to be included in upcoming dashboard updates right here:

    xbox.uservoice.com/.../6028840-don-t-region-lock-the-languages

    If you want to use the xbox.com website in english you can just change the region of the page itself without affeting your account at all.
  6. Smwutches Win User

    Can't reedem Banjo-Kazooie

    That's usually the sign of a region issue. Ehat region are you in and what region is your account set to?
  7. Smwutches Win User

    Gears of War 3 Promotional Code Not Working

    That game is region locked so generally it's a region issues. What region are you in and what region is your account set to?
  8. Bluntman1138 Win User

    Region Settings

    Once a region has been set to an account. It cannot be changed, under any circumstances. You would have to create a whole new tag.
  9. projectXb0X Win User

    Region Settings

    I've just contacted xbox support. and they said i can change the region. but it will take 4-6weeks. but they also said thats they are looking to put the option on the website account>change region but that is surpose to happen someime this month.
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