Retrieving Live Account Whilst on Holiday?

Snubber · 7 Mar 2010 at 09:33

We are going to the US for 4 weeks staying in a house which has an internet connected Xbox 360. My son wants to be use his Live account whilst there - what would be the best way to do this? Copy his profile onto a memory card?

Also the Xbox 360 at the rental property is unlikely to have a Live account. Will my son need to purchase a 1 months Live subscription; or is his subscription tied to his profile?

Obviously he will buy a couple of NTSC games at the local gamestore since PAL versions won't work.

Thanks in advance.

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Buffman · 7 Mar 2010 at 10:15

He'll be able to retrieve it if he knows his associated mail address and password, he'll have the same amount of subscription left as before.

InvaderGIR · 7 Mar 2010 at 10:28

The Craig said:
He'll be able to retrieve it if he knows his associated mail address and password, he'll have the same amount of subscription left as before.

This.

Although if he has a memory car it's much easier to just copy profile onto there and take that with him.

Snubber · 7 Mar 2010 at 10:34

Thanks, will need to invest in a memory card - seems like the easiest way. Cheers.

ic1male · 7 Mar 2010 at 12:49

Also check this list

http://gaming.wikia.com/wiki/Region_Free_Xbox_360_Games

He may be able to take some of his PAL games with him.

JoeBoi · 7 Mar 2010 at 20:24

Snubber said:
Thanks, will need to invest in a memory card - seems like the easiest way. Cheers.

Pretty cheap second hand now days, try on the bay

Snubber · 8 Mar 2010 at 12:21

Just had a thought...couldn't we just take/use our own PAL Xbox 360 and whatever games my lad wants to take. We will be connecting to a 1080p HDTV using HDMI so as far as I am aware the fact that its PAL (as opposed to NTSC) doesn't matter. Might need to get a voltage convertor.

That way we won't have to buy any local NTSC games. The only hassle is carting the thing through the airport in our hand luggage.

roboffer · 8 Mar 2010 at 13:00

Of course you can take your 360 if you really wanted to, same as any other electrical device.

Are you going on holiday? Seems strange to be taking a console on holiday with you.

ic1male · 8 Mar 2010 at 13:06

It's not exactly lightweight or compact though. And finding a voltage converter I'm sure would be a great hassle.

Phemo · 8 Mar 2010 at 13:16

You could take the UK 360 out and simply plug the US 360's power supply into it - it would work without any problems, no need for a step up transformer there.

However a large percentage of 360 games are region free so it's quite possible that at least a decent amount of the UK games will play on a US console just fine. Check the list linked to earlier for some idea.

Also, no need for a memory card unless you really want to - why not just take the hard drive?