Xbox Gaming in South Africa

Gary on August 19th, 2010 10:52:43

The ONLY feature that we are missing in SA is the ability to buy Access/Point in Rands! (Any idea on the costs anyway?)

Why on earth would I convert my account to SA if I am going to loose all the other features of a US or UK account?

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Steven on August 19th, 2010 14:17:56

I think for many the big thing is being able to access downloadable content which was previously region blocked.

Oh, and you can currently buy MS Points and Xbox LIVE subs in Rands - http://www.mspoints.co.za/

Daniel on August 19th, 2010 10:59:09

Please make it possible to migrate our accounts from US/EU to a South African Account without losing our Gamescore...Thanx

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gennath on August 19th, 2010 11:04:09

Hmm... yeah... all or nothing I'm afraid... Don't give us table scraps and make us pay the same amount as other countries with full service... I already have all of those things... last.fm would be nice though...

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Steven on August 19th, 2010 14:25:24

I agree somewhat. If you think about it, currently we can't access many of things like Zune Marketplace or Netflix even with our fake UK/US accounts, so not having that isn't really a loss. In any case, it's expensive and slow downloading HD movies through Xbox LIVE to SA, and it's best just to go rent it from the local video shop. The only decent app is last.fm, but there's a lot of licensing issues surrounding it, so don't get your hopes up.

The only apps we won't have access to that we did before (from my understanding) will be Facebook and Twitter. But honestly, who actually uses that on their Xbox?

I think as long as we have access to all the standard features on Xbox LIVE (matchmaking, friends lists, etc.), as well as the full marketplace (without any delayed content), I'll be happy to move over to a SA account. Oh, and of course region migration is an absolute must.

Nicholas Carney on September 1st, 2010 17:14:03

Cant wait to play on xbox live! Been waiting for a year now! =)

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