Step by Step Guide to purchasing content from US Xbox Store from any region

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This Step by Step Guide will take you through how to purchase Game’s from the US online Xbox Store on your Xbox One from outside the US.

Take advantage of cheaper game prices from the US Store. Due to the weaker dollar and poor pricing outside the US on the Xbox Store, you can buy games a lot cheaper if you purchase them from the US in Dollars. An example being any newly released Xbox One game cost’s £59 in the UK, where’s in the US it’s $59, with $59 when transferred at time of writing is only £38, (That’s a £21 saving on a game!).

Break Launch Dates for regions outside the US. While most publishers are decent these days and appreciate the global connected world we are in, there are a few which are run by backwards idiots who feel European or worldwide users should wait days, if not weeks for a game after the US version has released. One prime example is the upcoming Titanfall published by EA (Electronic Arts), who feel that users in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe should wait 4 days later than their US counter-parts for no apparent reason.

Or if you live outside the official Xbox Store supported regions, if you do not have access to the Xbox Store in your native country, you need to attach yourself to one. I’d recommend based on exchange rates for best value and a bigger range of content that it’s worth attaching yourself to the US store.

Pre-paid Xbox Store codes in US Dollar’s which can easily be purchased online, or by friends/family who live in the US

A PayPal account (doesn't matter if its registered in the UK, Australia or anywhere else).

A Credit Card which works in US site’s regardless of the billing address not matching (Some of my UK one’s worked, some didn’t so it’s a bit hit and miss).

Please note this tutorial is for the Xbox One, not the Xbox 360

Step 1: Pointing your Xbox One to the US Store

Step 2: Adding some Payment Methods to the US Store

Step 3: Purchase and Download content from the US Store

Extra: Managing your account and balances across regions