Payment method for other region's xbox Live Marketplace.

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DrTrouserPlank
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Payment method for other region's xbox Live Marketplace.

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Is it possible to use a (UK in this case) non-residential credit card to purchase games-on-demand from other countries XBox Live Marketplace?

I want to buy raiden fighters aces from the JPN store. I can sort out the IP address issues and I have an NTSC-J machine, but will it accept my UK card as payment?

I don't know why, but the option to use paypal doesn't appear when I look at payment options using my japanese account. With my UK account Paypal is given as an option. I don't really want to get into buying foreign points cards because the mark-up on them makes me want to weep.
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I think it should be okay. You should be able to use your card to pay the yen required for the game. Just know its gonna be expensive.
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Do you know what the usage allowances of games on demand is? I.e. will I be able to play the game on a different account to the one that bought it, on the original machine that the game was downloaded on?
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Japanese accounts don't have any Paypal feature (and even on my non-JP account, it doesn't work).

A UK card won't work, you'll have to buy with points.
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