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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Monday, 07 May 2007 | |
  
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"In addition, various countries such as Germany have regulations when it comes to what content is acceptable for distribution to their residents,"wrote Porcaro. Reading between the lines, it sounds as if Xbox Live will compare users' nominated countries of residence with their actual (presumably as determined from their IP addresses) locations. "For example, if you are not located in the US, but have created a US Xbox Live account, you will not be able to download TV shows and movies that are currently available for use only in the US." The news resulted in a maelstrom of complaints from international Xbox owners, focused mainly on two issues. The first was the shortage - or complete absence - of Marketplace content in certain countries including the UK and Australia. "[N]o wonder people are torrenting HBO and Hollywood out of business," commented 'what is going on?', a purportedly Australian user. Users in countries such as South Africa and Iceland where Xbox Live is not officially supported also concern, along with Americans temporarily living overseas. The second issue apparently arose not from the Gamerscore posting itself, but from a report on gamer site Kotaku which read in part "Your XBL accounts are going to be locked to the region your console is [in]". Some readers interpreted this as meaning that accounts will be locked from games as well as downloading content, although the article didn't say that.{moscomment} |
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