Microsoft restricts Live Video Marketplace in Europe i.e. not in Cyprus
Ever since Microsoft announced that it would be bringing the Live video service to Europe (US only so far) i was both happy and sad.
Happy because i believed (and still do) that this is one of the most important features this generation’s consoles will have i.e. downloadable movies and series.
Sad because i knew that the service would definitely be restricted to certain countries due to licensing issues. According to Joystiq the new MS Points Cards state that the service willo only be available to Xbox Live members in the UK, Germany and France.
The service is thought to be included in next week’s (4th of December) dasboard update. I doubt that “phoney” accounts will do the trick. Most probably they will be checking the console’s IP address thus locking out other countries including countries where even the Live service is still not available like Cyprus.
I wonder if the whole Live service will ever be officially released here. If the service providers working with MS in other countries are making profits on this i don’t understand why CYTA or some other provider can’t do the same here.
Of course we are talking about a country where you are charged more than Euros50/month for a 1mbit/128kbs connection….