Announced via the official Xbox forums, The Verge has picked up on the fact that Microsoft now allows users to migrate their Xbox Live accounts between regions. This was previously unavailable, meaning that anyone who moved to a new region was forced to connect to their now-foreign region. For instance IGN's own Mitch Dyer moved to the U.S. from Canada, but still has to connect to the Canadian Xbox Live service because that's where he first created his account. Sure, he could up and create a new one, but as many of you know it's easy to get attached to those oh-so-precious achievements and, you know, all the stuff you bought over the years.
The migration comes with some pretty hefty conditions, though. Most notably is the fact that the process can take up to six weeks, during which time your account will be unavailable. Additionally, per the post on the forums:
Some of the services and content that you are currently benefiting from in the country originally registered may not also be available in the country you are willing to migrate to.
All of your current subscriptions, except for Xbox Live Gold if you had any, will be cancelled. You may lose the ability to re-download some, if not all, of the content in your download history.
Any content that you will subsequently download after the account is migrated will be subject to any applicable geofencing rules of your new location.
Will you be taking advantage of this, or is the inability to use your account for a few weeks a deal breaker? It's nice to have an option at all, but the current conditions of it make it far from ideal.
Anthony Gallegos is an Editor on IGN's PC team. He enjoys scaring the crap out of himself with horror games and then releasing some steam in shooters like Blacklight and Tribes. You can follow him on @Chufmoney on Twitter and on at Ant-IGN on IGN.
Source : ign[dot]com
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