So... yeah. Went out and bought points today just for this, and even though I have a US live account and can get up to the purchase button on the damn thing, I get a message saying that the content isn't available in my region. What gives?

What region are you in?

I have a US Live account. I'm in Taiwan currently.

To be honest, I'm not sure how that works. :shrug: I would suggest contacting MS for assistance.

Thanks for the prompt reply, anyway. Ugh. MS is so SLOW on the Live support forums, and I set aside the whole night to dig into Dead Money.

i do belive dead money is coming out tomorrow in america?
could be wrong seeing as uk is always second to get most things and US is first

me is my game is French...the DLC is English :sadvaultboy: :sadvaultboy: my copie is for québec city French canadian.

Same problem as the OP and I'm in Australia. What gives Bethesda?

Any danger of an answer?

Msg: "This offer is not valid in your region, or it has expired."

Oh ouch. Sorry to hear that guys.

I once tried giving Microsoft points to a friend who lives in Canada but he couldn't redeem them because they were purchased in America.

If you got the points in America and are trying to use them in another country I don't think it normally lets you.

I tried downloading the Heroic map pack from Halo 3 in Ireland and it wouldn't let me but when I got back home, America, I was able to download it no problem.

I'm going to guess that Microsoft's company slogan is not "Easy to do business with".

Point cards are tied to specific regions due to the difference in currency. You friend could have got around that by making an alternate, US account on his console. I'm Canadian and have a US account as well as a Canadian account. I did it because I found it was often cheaper to buy US point cards on ebay, and other sites than to buy Canadian cards at retail.

Some XBL content is region-locked, but most of it isn't. Halo and Call of Duty map packs, all Games on Demand content, and Dead Rising: Case Zero are the only region-locked items I'm aware of it.

Even if you have US live account the console net code where it's located in the world is recorded i.e. to prevent people trying to back door into content that is region locked

I know it's dump in general that theirs region locks in general for DLC it's lame :sadvaultboy:

Couldn't Beth just have released the DLC without region locking it? I mean, what's the point? NV doesn't have a different publisher here or anything... And regardless, when WILL I be able to DL the content? Is there a release date set for Asia availability on Dead Money?

Same boat as OP. Canadian currently living in South Korea and the DLC is 'not available in your region'. Sent a ticket to XBL support, but not holding my breath over that one. Just hope it's available here before my days off start next week.

So on the Live support forum, I have some idiot volunteer mod arguing with me that it's because I'm going on the US marketplace with a Taiwanese IP. Meanwhile, I have a secondary, Taiwanese account, and while the Taiwan marketplace also has an ad for Dead Money, it won't download - giving me the same "not in your region" error. What gives?

good luck getting help from microsoft lol