Xbox Series X / S

Polymathic said:
Was this back in the day where you had to phone Microsoft to activate Windows?
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Yep

And if you had a South African that sounded like a British dude back in 1998 you most probably spoke to my brother as he was the only one in the office with an accent.
 
Anyone playing Borderlands 3? Having played it last gen on 1X, the difference is huge. Everything just looks crisper and feels faster and more fluid...
 
Jefferson D'Arcy said:
I've got a Series X and a really pernickety problem.

All was fine until I tried to upgrade to Gamepass when I hit a region error.

Those of you who've tried will know that Xbox support is practically non-existent at the moment.
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You are screwed. Ten times over. I tried a few avenues, and I keep hitting dead ends. I don't know what is going on at microsoft. Maybe try again in a few days?

Or, VPN, cough, fly to the USA and see if their support works and spin them a story that you are heading to SA and are struggling etc. Or that the wife is in SA and she is struggling - get creative.
 
ld13 said:
You are screwed. Ten times over. I tried a few avenues, and I keep hitting dead ends. I don't know what is going on at microsoft. Maybe try again in a few days?

Or, VPN, cough, fly to the USA and see if their support works and spin them a story that you are heading to SA and are struggling etc. Or that the wife is in SA and she is struggling - get creative.
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You do know that all Microsoft help desk calls go to Ireland no mater what country you phone from.
 
ld13 said:
I was routed to Morocco. Had an extended chat with the nice lady about this, since her accent was odd.
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My bad, guess they moved away from centralized help desk... could be a covid thing?

Still your XP = luck of the draw....
 
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Micdew said:
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Holy Moses R585!!! Not bad

On a side note.... I think I lost all my Diablo 3 progress. Last time I played it was on PSN back in 2017 and Xbox cant import the save.

Google said I must get old disc, update game and then export the save... now to find someone with Reaper of Souls for PS3 :(
 
Micdew said:
Xbox gold on special for those who wants game pass:
Check this out on takealot: Xbox Live 12 Month Gold Card

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Bought 3, now need to wait for my current GP Ultimate sub to expire on 1st Jan 2021, and then see if this conversion trick still works.

Otherwise, expensive school fees.
 
FrankyF said:
Bought 3, now need to wait for my current GP Ultimate sub to expire on 1st Jan 2021, and then see if this conversion trick still works.

Otherwise, expensive school fees.
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Worse case it will do R value in GamePass time and R585 will translate into R1200 (8 months of GamePass Ultimate) so still a bargain.
 
FrankyF said:
Bought 3, now need to wait for my current GP Ultimate sub to expire on 1st Jan 2021, and then see if this conversion trick still works.

Otherwise, expensive school fees.
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It will work. Just turn off recurring billing and use the codes 2 days AFTER your normal sub expires.

I've done this before
 
AlphaJohn said:
Before you get upset with Microsoft re region mixing, just remember they at least let you change your region.

Back in Sony camp I am sitting with my PS game catalog spread over 3 different country locked accounts. UK + NZ + RSA. Oddly enough I have the same single Microsoft account I used, when I was in those countries. I still have the games + achievements I picked up playing Xbox 360 way back when, also my crappy gamer tag that I picked up b4 I had brains.

I did change my Microsoft account to SA back in 2012 and it gave me no crap about wrong regions when joining GamePass last month, and I know I use to sub to Live Gold b4 I came to SA. So must be a recent thing?
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Unless the games were region restricted :(
 
AlphaJohn said:
Holy Moses R585!!! Not bad

On a side note.... I think I lost all my Diablo 3 progress. Last time I played it was on PSN back in 2017 and Xbox cant import the save.

Google said I must get old disc, update game and then export the save... now to find someone with Reaper of Souls for PS3 :(
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Don't think 360 and PS3 games saves work for Diablo 3.
 
Lupus said:
Don't think 360 and PS3 games saves work for Diablo 3.
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Did some more investigation.

Conversion is baked into the expansion. If I played it on 360, it would have been a none issue as It would simply opened the 360 save online and converted it.

The problem is PlayStation save your game save into "PlayStation online Storage" kinda like a online drive, so you have to download it to local console via the original game (in my case any PS3 + Original Diablo 3) and then upload/publish it to an active PlayStation Now subscription. Once published you can then access and convert it on a new version or console.

I have both PlayStation Now sub + PS3, just need to find an old copy of Diablo 3. I think one of my friends kids has it, so need to check so I can get my old gear/leveled characters on the Series S.
 
AlphaJohn said:
Conversion is baked into the expansion. If I played it on 360, it would have been a none issue as It would simply opened the 360 save online and converted it.

The problem is PlayStation save your game save into "PlayStation online Storage" kinda like a online drive, so you have to download it to local console via the original game (in my case any PS3 + Original Diablo 3) and then upload/publish it to an active PlayStation Now subscription. Once published you can then access and convert it on a new version or console.

I have both PlayStation Now sub + PS3, just need to find an old copy of Diablo 3. I think one of my friends kids has it, so need to check so I can get my old gear/leveled characters on the Series S.
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Wow that is actually pretty impressive, thought only MS going to MS would work not PS to MS for Diablo 3,especially since the 360 and Ps3 versions were a bit nerfed compared to the One and PS4 versions.
 
Lupus said:
Wow that is actually pretty impressive, thought only MS going to MS would work not PS to MS for Diablo 3,especially since the 360 and Ps3 versions were a bit nerfed compared to the One and PS4 versions.
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True....
Its just my luck that I played it on the "wrong" version :(

Worse case lose all my legendary gear, and play with new classes (ie Crusader or Necro). Started a witch doctor last night... kinda like it.)
 
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AlphaJohn said:
True....
Its just my luck that I played it on the "wrong" version :(

Worse case lose all my legendary gear, and play with new classes (ie Crusader or Necro). Started a witch doctor last night... kinda like it.)
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Start and play the Season :-). Or hardcore character.
 
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