PjotrStroganov
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Doesn't make any difference to me. My alternate accounts are already silver. Not going through the hassle of making new ones even if there wouldn't be restrictions.
Details aren't all in yet - BUT, I do know for a fact that we are NOT banning the accounts.
We are blocking downloads in cases where gold accounts are being used to gain US content in foreign marketplaces.
I think (my opinion) that it is a legal issue - still waiting to hear back the official word.
Sho Nuff said:I live in Japan but I have a US Xbox and US Gold account. So that means I'm going to have all my content blocked? Gee, that's great.
I wouldn't mind transitioning to a Japanese account, were it not for the fact that Japanese XBL is an utter joke with virtually no content and no Video Marketplace.
Sho Nuff said:I wouldn't mind transitioning to a Japanese account, were it not for the fact that Japanese XBL is an utter joke with virtually no content and no Video Marketplace.
Seems they go by your home ip, so if you live in the area your tag says you do, you should be fine.Mejilan said:They'll ban just my Euro Silver and JP Silver accounts, right? Not my US Gold one? (I'm in the US)...
Diablohead said:Seems they go by your home ip, so if you live in the area your tag says you do, you should be fine.
A recent security change to the Xbox Live service may have impacted users online purchase experience. Currently the video marketplace service and related content is only available to consumers in the United States. Although we will continue to work on providing content and rolling out the service in other markets, US Marketplace offers will be restricted to the US only. This means that the credit card associated with your account is required to match the billing address and country your account is set up in. Note that we are not banning any of these Xbox Live accounts, as they can continue to use pre-paid subscription cards and Microsoft Points cards.
Customers wanting to check the billing information on their account can do this on their console or by signing into Xbox.com with your account and then go to MY XBOX-> MY PROFILE then to BILLING AND CONTACT INFORMATION.
We also realize that there may be a small number of international users that were impacted by this change that have a legitimate reason for why their billing location does not match their account location. We are working to deal with these exceptions on a case by case basis and are working on a solution for these consumers.
sooo... does that mean that if i'm in europe i can still have a "fake" us account and get the us content (tv shows, movies) if i pay with a us points card? they're only "banning" the use of foreign credit cards?GhaleonEB said:
sounds like it. Excellent!jarosh said:sooo... does that mean that if i'm in europe i can still have a "fake" us account and get the us content (tv shows, movies) if i pay with a us points card? they're only "banning" the use of foreign credit cards?
yeah that'd be pretty cool. i didn't expect my credit card to work with a us account in the first place.hadareud said:sounds like it. Excellent!
jarosh said:yeah that'd be pretty cool. i didn't expect my credit card to work with a us account in the first place.
It wasnt released everywhere in Europe, only the big places like UK, Germany and so forth.Frenck said:Knights of the Nine was released at the same time as in NA, even better, its text and speech was fully translated into German for our marketplace.
Sephon said:Didn't find a better thread for this question, so I'll use this one.
Does someone know why Europe gets the cold hand with XBL content?
It took a few months for the horse armor content for oblivion to arrive in EU, and it seems that Knights of the nine also gets the same delay.
Same with the video-downloads, I haven't seen any indication that it'll arrive in europe for some time.
Is it all politics, or is the market just that small in Europe that they don't bother with it?