[360] How to make a Japan/Euro region account on Xbox Live

[Purge]

I'm posting this here in case the game site is ever shut down. ( http://www.gamersreports.com/article/19/ )

First off you should go to the passport site : http://www.passport.com/. Make sure you are not logged in, and click on the "create hotmail account" link. Now, here is the important part, the site will ask you where you are from, select either Japan, the US, or Europe. Remember, this is the country where the demo is available, not where you really live! You will require some information regarding those countries so Microsoft will allow you to register the e-mail address.

Here is the info we used:

United States
Postal Code: 10012
State: New York, City New York City
Phone Number: 1-866-530-1234

Japan
Postal Code: 150-2345
Province: Tokyo-to
Phone Number: 3201-3331

Germany
Postal Code: 54292
City: Trier
Phone Number: 065112345

You can use any valid address and phone number from the country where the demo is available.

Once you have filled out the info and applied for the Hotmail account, activate it and turn on your Xbox360. Press the guide button and choose "switch profile" (X Button). Now create a new profile, and a new Xbox Live Account, make it a Silver account instead of a Gold (so you dont have to pay). Next you will require the phone number mentioned above to use your passport. You could theoretically take care of all the passport stuff on the Xbox, but it will go much faster on PC with a keyboard.

Well, that is about it folks! Pretty sweet huh? The cool thing is that you can disable (they actually are disabled from the start if you have already a gold membership installed on your box) the auto sign for the foreign accounts, hence leaving your primary "Real" account hassle-free. Ejoy the demos!

*Update*: Apparently some of this info comes from
here, the reader who submitted it did not mention the source. This info has been floating around gaming forums for sometime, we figured it was time for a site-based tutorial.

I've also attached pics (hopefully in the right order). Credit goes to the site, I just don't want it lost when someone needs it. It's reference, and in no way supported by this site or it's administration.

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[Destructor]

A very good idea, IMHO.

I also highly recommend everybody make a Japanese or European account now. Between your US Live account and one somewhere else in the world, odds are you'll never be restricted by downloads again.

The best part? Most of Live is in whatever language you've selected no matter where your Live account is supposed to be in. My European one (from Germany as listed above) is about 90% English, and the rest is more or less guessable.

[Purge]

bump so everyone can get themselves some Liberty Bell / Eternal Sonata demo.

It's all in english by the way.

[Calvin]

bump so everyone can get themselves some Liberty Bell / Eternal Sonata demo.

It's all in english by the way.

Trying to take credit for my discovery ehhh? I see!! Thanks for bumping this though, helps a lot making an account.

[metallicorphan]

yeah thats how i made an american account...but does the downloading still work?,i thought they stopped it with the new spring update,you can look but cant touch...if you can still download stuff,i am well getting that free game tomorrow from arcade

anyway,now maybe a good time(and proberbly the only time) to get a european account,as i have just finished the pirates of the caibbean playable demo(not available yet in america)....its good..well i liked it,graphics are nice and there is a lot more depth in the gameplay than previous disney movie tie-ins...and collectables to get throughout the level.....so,still getting this on day one

[Destructor]

I had no problems accessing my European Live account today (even saw the new Pirates demo that we in the US can't get yet), and the same with my Japanese account (newly made today).

Maybe they're only restricting TV/movie downloads.

[metallicorphan]

actually you're right,i forgot that i downloaded the new die hard trailer from the U.S. video marketplace...so perhaps its stuff you pay for,which i have never done anyway