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theprof00 said:
Just buy it again in your own country. Problem solved.

That's the right answer, right?


Spoken like a true Mattrick fan :D

I know you're not... should the joke be unclear xD



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Somini said:
walsufnir said:
Somini said:
And we thought the GT5 DLC controversy was bad!!! This is beyond stupid...


You really mean this is a worse move than what Sony does with GT5-DLC? Really?


Yes i mean it. They advertised the console being region free after the 180 so people from the 2nd tier countries could import the console. Now after the fact they're locking everyone out of the content they had paid for!!

That's theft in my, your and any definition.

 

Comparing theft with theft is a special way of judging which is worse. Still, this seems more like an error and let's wait how it will turn it eventually. Sony *will* definitely steal via GT5.



This is plain false. I've bought 4 games digitally (1 was like 2 weeks ago) through the US marketplace on Live (I live in Germany), and they all work perfectly. Tomorrow I'll be downloading Thief from the US store too.



NobleTeam360 said:
Sometimes I wonder if the people in charge at Xbox are really stupid.


They wouldn't be in such a pitiful state if they weren't.



Why would they region lock just the digital content? That makes no sense! Something screwy is going on here. There's no way they're that dumb. Either it's a mistake, or they going to region lock retail software in the future and will stop making region free physical disks as well. But to just region lock digital content? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard! I'm thinking what'll end up happening is whatever region free physical disks have been shipped will remain region free, but they're making the whole console region locked, so any disks produced here on out will be region locked, and digital content gets region locked now simply because they can do that instantly.



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Most likely PDF flares... GT5 DLC is still hot!!

Euro Xbox owners do you have any problem with digital downloads?
I'm not an Euro guy but in late January I was outta the country with my X1 and I enjoyed Max with no fuss.



Goatseye said:
Most likely PDF flares... GT5 DLC is still hot!!

Euro Xbox owners do you have any problem with digital downloads?
I'm not an Euro guy but in late January I was outta the country with my X1 and I enjoyed Max with no fuss.

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I don't have any problem too,hell i'm not even live in supported countries

But you see,there people already act like it's confirmed in this thread



wow this is big news! One thing the xbox got over playstation was the region free dlc and now not only does it restrict dlc but it also region locks the games.



That's so dumb.



    

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