Xbox Live region-switching being streamlined this month

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Microsoft is in the process of making account migration across regions a little less painful. Neowin reported early today the company is testing a pilot program that will allow users to transfer their gamertag, Achievements, Microsoft Points and time left on Live accounts with ease. Microsoft has confirmed to us this will occur in mid-January.

"As of Friday, December 14, Xbox customer support will no longer manually migrate an Xbox Live account from one region to another," Microsoft informed us this afternoon. "The conclusion of this pilot program is in preparation for the release of an automated tool which will be available in mid-January on Xbox.com."

One significant caveat for travelers is that region switching can only be done once every three months. This may be a problem for those who wander the world on business, but if you're swapping between the summer home in the Hamptons and the chateau in Chamonix, you'll be all set.

Other provisos: some services are region locked, like IPTV, Xbox Music Subscriptions, along with the Hulu and Netflix.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/03/xbox-live-region-switching-being-streamlined-this-month/

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CentPosted:

phlegm This doesn't affect me, not planning on moving regions a lot with my xbox.


Exactly what i was going to say.

ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:

This doesn't affect me, not planning on moving regions a lot with my xbox.

Nintendo64Posted:

codwaw89 So, Correct me if i am wrong, but does this then mean that Norwegians can buy indie games too then? just by changing the region?


That sounds correct :P

AnyPosted:

This is nice, now I don't half to worry when I switch from my summer to winter homes!

GrownPosted:

this is pretty cool i like this idea!

JumbaPosted:

Great, I did once want to do this but I knew there was no possible way.

MoanPosted:

AR15 I feel as if this will be abused to get things here, that other countries and such can't get there.


That's exactly what people will do.

DankruptPosted:

This looks nice but i seen in the comments about it getting abused to transfer other stuff from different countries i agree but we will see how it works out

FPS_TomiPosted:

so if i understanted right then we could tranfer our gold live and gamerscore and stuff to your other account

Summit14Posted:

AR15 I feel as if this will be abused to get things here, that other countries and such can't get there.


Yes I can easily seeing this be abused. S can we get there stuff? If not then that's not right.