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Adinnieken on 22 August 2013

When asked via Twitter if he could confirm if multi-player is going to work in non-launch countries?  Albert Penello offered this:

"Yes, you will have access to the system region you set the console to."  :D

So if you're in a neighboring country to one of the launch countries, you can import an Xbox One and still have access to Xbox LIVE.  I'm looking at you Belgium.  Just set it to France, Germany, or Switzerland, depending on your language preference, and you're off to the races.

SOURCE:  Twitter



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naruball on 22 August 2013

Why the sad smiley face then?

This is good news, no?



JoeTheBro on 22 August 2013

Is this a bait and switch title lol?



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Euphoria14 on 22 August 2013

Nicely done.



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ktay95 on 22 August 2013

can you change to your own country once it launches there tough? otherwise dealing with XBL would suck, having to import everything for DLC and XBLA games



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endimion on 23 August 2013

wait is it your console that needs to be set to an other country or your XBL account ??? there is a big difference.... unless they make it easy to migrate the country on the XBL account this time around... this won't be a good option for most people that care....

but since if one XBL gold is active on a console you can use it with other account, you could easily make a dummy account in said country with a 6month XBL gold sub and tie your games to a localized account....

anyway we'll within days if not hours after launch if and how it works....



Alby_da_Wolf on 23 August 2013

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GamechaserBE on 23 August 2013

Well I will put it on UK. Switching region is pretty easy, switching your accounts region is not that easy...



RenCutypoison on 23 August 2013
Adinnieken said:

When asked via Twitter if he could confirm if multi-player is going to work in non-launch countries?  Albert Penello offered this:

"Yes, you will have access to the system region you set the console to."  :D

So if you're in a neighboring country to one of the launch countries, you can import an Xbox One and still have access to Xbox LIVE.  I'm looking at you Belgium.  Just set it to France, Germany, or Switzerland, depending on your language preference, and you're off to the races.

SOURCE:  Twitter


I'm belgium and totally not going to do it.Prentending to be french would be the greatest dishonor =p



Adinnieken on 23 August 2013
ktay95 said:
can you change to your own country once it launches there tough? otherwise dealing with XBL would suck, having to import everything for DLC and XBLA games

Well, I wouldn't suggest using the United States if you're in Europe, as yes this could create problems.

I would imagine, however, that with the exception of Germany any titles in the EU would likely be available across Europe.  There may also be an exception with the UK/Ireland, since game availability often reflects the US in that certain titles appear there before they hit mainland Europe. 

You can switch your Xbox LIVE account from one nationality to another.  Microsoft made that change to Xbox LIVE this past year.