Moving Country? You Can Now Migrate Your Xbox Live Account

[Archangel Tyrael]

 

You can now migrate your Xbox Live account to another country.

 

Read below for more details

 

Source:

Xbox360achievements.org

 

Once upon a time, if you were moving country, you'd have to get rid of your existing Xbox Live account and start from scratch. But it looks like that might now be a thing of the past, as Microsoft has now opened up the ability to migrate your Xbox Live profile to another XBL region, albeit with a few caveats.

 

These stipulations, or "consequences" are detailed below, and include the possible inability to re-download content and the cancellation of your Xbox Live Gold subscription. Here's the list of consequences listed by Microsoft, via

WM Power User:

 

 

Microsoft is now apparently accepting migration requests, although it is a manual process that can take up to six weeks. Still, it's better than losing all of those hard-earned cheevos, right?

 

[Via

VG247]

 

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[Robius5991]

Not something that would be important for myself, but I know a person that's really going to appreciate this, since he will be moving overseas soon. I'll be sure to tell him about this.