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Xbox One region locking, the EU and 2 questions | 221 comments | Create New Account
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Xbox One region locking, the EU and 2 questions
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 12 2013 @ 07:19 PM EDT
Microsoft uses ip addresses to determine the country the device is in.

From a players perspective, are there any countries that you can't play PS4
games in/from?

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

Are there any EU laws
Authored by: Wol on Thursday, June 13 2013 @ 05:33 PM EDT
Yes. It's flat out illegal!

If MS only ship it to certain countries, then I don't think there's anything the
EU can do. But if I live in a country that isn't on the list, and I order from a
country that is, then any attempt to hinder that order will get MS into a
boat-load of trouble.

And if my console, in the "wrong" country, phones home and gets
disabled, well that boatload has just turned into a fleetload of trouble ...

I don't know how things would pan out in the US if MS decided it wa going to
ship to certain states and not others, but I guess that would not be a wise
move. It's even LESS wise to pull that stunt in the EU.

Cheers,
Wol

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