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naruball said:

Why the sad smiley face then?

This is good news, no?

You need a new account to MP works... like one in UK... your account, created in your country didn't works.



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endimion said:
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....

Microsoft made it so you can switch nationalities on XBL accounts this past year, so that's resolved.  The only consideration are games, but as I mentioned elsewhere, with the exception of Germany, you shouldn't have too many issues.  Games may be available in the UK and Ireland before they're available to mainland Europe but in general the same games should be available across Europe.  If you buy disc-based games, then you can avoid any issues with German law.



ethomaz said:
naruball said:

Why the sad smiley face then?

This is good news, no?

You need a new account to MP works... like one in UK... your account, created in your country didn't works.

Not for xbox one anymore

Seriously,it just one week ago and people already forget this thread?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=653023&highlight=

You don't need to change account region,just change the console region then you just changed which country's XBL server you will connect,and you can always change back because from option

And all games and DLC will be region free,just maybe you can't buy via credit card,but you can use pre-paid card to buy it since pre-paid card won't check your address(Albert Penello implied that and doc confirmed that)



ethomaz said:
naruball said:

Why the sad smiley face then?

This is good news, no?

You need a new account to MP works... like one in UK... your account, created in your country didn't works.


What you talkin' about Willis???  Um, no.  An Xbox LIVE account can be switched from one region to another, if necessary.  Microsoft enabled this feature this past year.

You will need to set the country on the console to whatever country you're "emulating", such as France, Germany, or the UK.  However I don't know if you need to switch the nationality of the account or not.  If you do, that can be done on Xbox.com.

EDIT:  redacted



Adinnieken said:

What you talkin' about Willis???  Um, no.  An Xbox LIVE account can be switched from one region to another, if necessary.  Microsoft enabled this feature this past year.

You will need to set the country on the console to whatever country you're "emulating", such as France, Germany, or the UK.  However I don't know if you need to switch the nationality of the account or not.  If you do, that can be done on Xbox.com.

That's explain... thanks.



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Flemish Belgians aren't as happy as Walloon ones about the workaround. Who knows why...



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Alby_da_Wolf said:
Flemish Belgians aren't as happy as Walloon ones about the workaround. Who knows why...

Hey, 2/3rds of the languages spoken in Belgium are covered. 

Poor Portugal doesn't get a launch despite being the mother tongue of Brazil.



Adinnieken said:
Alby_da_Wolf said:
Flemish Belgians aren't as happy as Walloon ones about the workaround. Who knows why...

Hey, 2/3rds of the languages spoken in Belgium are covered. 

Poor Portugal doesn't get a launch despite being the mother tongue of Brazil.

Oh my, this is beyond bizarre, but maybe at MS headquarters some execs don't even know that Portugal exists, or if they do, they think is that strange little place where people try to speak Brazilian with mixed results.   
About Belgium, after all it makes sense, don't Walloons have a lot more free time in their hands?    So they must have thought might as well cause a Flemish meltdown, just for teh lulz.   



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Alby_da_Wolf said:

@OP:


i know i am being a nerd here, but thats the wrong meme



bananaking21 said:
Alby_da_Wolf said:

@OP:


i know i am being a nerd here, but thats the wrong meme


Actually I chose it basing me on something the OP meant to do.   

I'll tell you on your wall.



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