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.

Posted: Jan 03, 2013 2:33 pm
Related Forum: Xbox Forum

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

Comments

FoldPosted: Thu. Jan 03, 2013

VisionaryMGMT
Vlif
Fantasiac If they made it so we can transfer microsoft from and to other accounts, that would be better. But nice feature!

Not really, then if you get your account hacked, your points are gone to :/

Just though about that... I think they mean.. from like "Japan to US." If they mean from account to account then that would be crazy. You could get someones account, and claim all points and live they had.

Yeah, there is no way that it is between two consoles, just if you need to change your locale I'm sure.

VisionaryMGMTPosted: Thu. Jan 03, 2013

Vlif
Fantasiac If they made it so we can transfer microsoft from and to other accounts, that would be better. But nice feature!

Not really, then if you get your account hacked, your points are gone to :/

Just though about that... I think they mean.. from like "Japan to US." If they mean from account to account then that would be crazy. You could get someones account, and claim all points and live they had.

PoonPosted: Thu. Jan 03, 2013

Fantasiac If they made it so we can transfer microsoft from and to other accounts, that would be better. But nice feature!

Not really, then if you get your account hacked, your points are gone to :/

FantasiacPosted: Thu. Jan 03, 2013

If they made it so we can transfer microsoft from and to other accounts, that would be better. But nice feature!

PlotPosted: Thu. Jan 03, 2013

Daryl-Dixon Bit late.

yea just a bit. eh