Video store....

[Female Ninja]

This is for anybody that is not in japan...and which so far I haven't seen anybody from japan...anyway, do you guys have a lot of stuff in the Video marketplace...Because all I have for movies/short films section is CP3TV.com,E307, xbox360 advertisements, and xbox live is five...and for the TV/Music videos and more section is campione sport, and Robbie williams (The only thing I have heard of is E3, the advertisements, and the live is five thing) This is not including the game videos there is like 170 of those but not really interested in watching those...

Am I missing out...?

[kiwi18]

You're missing out big time. In the U.S, you can get movies, gamerpics,themes,games,arcarde titles,Xbox originals,songs, and much more from the marketplace.

[Female Ninja]

You're missing out big time. In the U.S, you can get movies, gamerpics,themes,games,arcarde titles,Xbox originals,songs, and much more from the marketplace.

Well there are arcade games, themes and the gamerpics....but nothing else...but that sucks....

[Fighterspledge]

Whats wrong with starting up a US account? Just make yourself a US gamertag to browse the US market.

[Djeskimo2008]

Whats wrong with starting up a US account? Just make yourself a US gamertag to browse the US market.

yeah that works the only problem i had was that i couldnt enter my credit card details to buy things from the marketplace because my address is in the uk.

[dm master]

the UK marketplace isnt that bad DJ we just have it all slightly later than our US friends/enemies.

[MistersalJack]

i had no idea that microsoft provided different services at different countries/nations, thats pretty lame...

[CyanideBreathMint]

Our Canadian Video Marketplace have over 50 movies for download but the music video and television section is pretty damn sparse.

I've never d/l'ed a video movie anyways. My 20 gigger doesn't have the space and I'm not deleting anything off of it just for a single movie. I watch my movies through other means. :)

[Jdm7399]

i had no idea that microsoft provided different services at different countries/nations, thats pretty lame...

They sure do, which sucks because you'll have to create Multi-Regional accounts just to obtain certain items on the Marketplace. What sucks even more is the MS Point Cards. You'll also have to buy the specific Point Cards for that specific regional account.

Currently, I'm having the most trouble with purchasing Japanese items with my Japanese account. Creating the accounts are easy, as you can pretty much just Google any Address and Phone Number for what ever location you want. Trying to purchase items from the Marketplace is a whole different story.

[Female Ninja]

Thats not fair, what do they gain for having only some things available to people...You think they would have everything available to everybody...It would make more sense...

[Lucent Beam]

Maybe it's copyright + distribution issues or something.
Could try what people suggested and get a gamertag with a US address. If you have a payment source with the billing address in the US, I'm sure you could get to the US marketplace.. or even if you bought US MS points on ebay, you could then use those for the US marketplace. Seems like it'd be easier to get a US-working GT from Japan rather than a Japanese GT working from the US.

I'll be honest though, I've never really bought anything from the video store. Really what bugs me cross-region is different demos and stuff.

[Fighterspledge]

Thats not fair, what do they gain for having only some things available to people...You think they would have everything available to everybody...It would make more sense...

Yeah it's lame but several legal issues don't allow some things to be available in other places for whatever reason. But that's why we stay on top of the game by keeping track of whats available on this forum.

[Female Ninja]

Yeah, but still I have seen some American movies here, why can't I watch those if I get bored on live...

[MistersalJack]

They sure do, which sucks because you'll have to create Multi-Regional accounts just to obtain certain items on the Marketplace. What sucks even more is the MS Point Cards. You'll also have to buy the specific Point Cards for that specific regional account.

Currently, I'm having the most trouble with purchasing Japanese items with my Japanese account. Creating the accounts are easy, as you can pretty much just Google any Address and Phone Number for what ever location you want. Trying to purchase items from the Marketplace is a whole different story.

damn most ppl from other nations have to invest a well amount of money just for a decent service

[CyanideBreathMint]

Yeah, but still I have seen some American movies here, why can't I watch those if I get bored on live...
Bottom line is it isn't MS' fault what each country allows to be put up on their service. Sure as hell does suck but so long as you're aware it's not MS' fault on that.

[Female Ninja]

Yeah I know it just sucks...