Buying Xbox One Games from Different Regions: Steps to Follow

Xbox gamers usually buy their games from different regions, but there’s a problem.
The Xbox One games bought from different regions can’t be played together.

  • Buying Xbox One games from different regions is expensive and impractical in the end.
  • Buying an Xbox One game from another region will bypass all the regional restrictions.
  • Microsoft charges a 20% tax on the Xbox One games.

Sign in to your Microsoft account

  1. Select Settings
    Select Settings
  2. Select Account
  3. Select Family & other people
  4. Select Add someone else to this PC
  5. Select I don’t have this person’s sign-in information
  6. Select I don’t know this person’s sign-in
  7. Select Add a user without a Microsoft account
  8. Select I don’t know this person’s sign-in information
    Select I don't know this person's sign-in information
  9. Select Add a user without a Microsoft account
  10. Select I don’t have this person’s sign-in information
  11. Select I don’t know this person’s sign-in
  12. Select Add a user without a Microsoft account
  13. Select I don’t have this person’s sign-in information
  14. Select Add a user without a Microsoft account
  15. Click Add

Check the region on your Xbox account

  1. Go to the Microsoft account website and click Sign-in & Security.
  2. Enter your username and password and click Sign in.
  3. Click View and edit your personal details.
    Click View and edit your personal details.
  4. Scroll down and click Change region & language.
  5. Choose Change region.
  6. Select the region you want to switch to and click Save.
    Select the region you want to switch to and click Save.

Change the Xbox region

  1. Go to Settings > All settings > System > Console info
  2. Select Change or remove the PIN
  3. Navigate to Region and language > Set your region
  4. Click Done
    Click Done

Verify the region setting

  1. Press the Xbox button to open the guide
  2. Navigate to Settings > All settings
  3. Go to System > Console info
    Go to System > Console info
  4. Click on the region

Change the region setting on Windows 10

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Go to Time & Language.
    Go to Time & Language.
  3. Select the Region & Language option.
  4. Click Region.
  5. Choose the Region you want to set.
  6. Change the region setting on your Xbox One console
    Change the region setting on your Xbox One console
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