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Originally Posted by Shake N' Bake Happened with Ghostbusters Sanctum of Slime earlier this year too. Why is it that only the crappy games are free? Speaking of Slime, I'm having problems redownloading Slime on my asian account. Is it because I switched hard drives?

i need to re-download it also but I can't even find the link for it.


thx basis for the daggerdale info.

Originally Posted by Papa Neorev i need to re-download it also but I can't even find the link for it. thx basis for the daggerdale info.

Go to the download history. You can redownload there. You have to do that for games removed from the marketplace like the old yards game.

I got a message saying Xbox live account creation isn't available at this time. Wtf?

Originally Posted by Blaster man Go to the download history. You can redownload there. You have to do that for games removed from the marketplace like the old yards game.

yeah did that and when you try to add it to queue it says.

"Sorry, this item no longer available"

THanks for hte heads up on D&D as well.

Originally Posted by Papa Neorev yeah did that and when you try to add it to queue it says. "Sorry, this item no longer available"

You'll need to contact XBL support because according to them you always have access to anything you've purchased. They only remove it from their Store after a certain amount of time but that's only for new purchases.

Originally Posted by Papa Neorev yeah did that and when you try to add it to queue it says. "Sorry, this item no longer available"

Did you add it from the website or console? It generally works from the site but not the console.

Yowza, is daggerdale that bad? You've all convinced me that I shouldn't even bother looking up my Taiwanese account info for a free game. Quite a feat.

Thanks for the Daggerdale tip. Got it earlier this morning with no problems. Good thing I didn't buy it at 600 MSP back when it was on sale

Hmm, "free Daggerdale" is about as appetizing as Daggerdale gets, but my obsession with ownership rights and achievements being tied to the account I already have is pushing the brakes for me.

Originally Posted by dark_inchworm Hmm, "free Daggerdale" is about as appetizing as Daggerdale gets, but my obsession with ownership rights and achievements being tied to the account I already have is pushing the brakes for me.

Ownership is actually tied to the console it's downloaded to. Any account can play the full version and earn achievements. It'd only be a problem if your console dies.

Originally Posted by Surreal_Sunshine Ownership is actually tied to the console it's downloaded to. Any account can play the full version and earn achievements. It'd only be a problem if your console dies.

You can still transfer your content license to a new console once per year. It'd only be a problem if your console dies often.

Hmm... fair enough, I'll investigate this process. That info and any other tidbits you may share are appreciated; obviously, I know little-to-nothing about this.

Originally Posted by Surreal_Sunshine Ownership is actually tied to the console it's downloaded to. Any account can play the full version and earn achievements. It'd only be a problem if your console dies.

that's not a complete or fully correct answer.

the account that makes a purchase (whether it's paid for or "free" purchase) owns it. the first console that downloads it with that account does not have to be connected to Xbox Live to use that content. so person A buys something on console A. anybody can play that content on console A offline or online with no restrictions.

any time person A downloads that content to other consoles, on those other consoles, the person that owns the content has to be logged into Xbox Live to use it. so if person A logs onto console B and downloads it to console B, only when person A is logged into Xbox Live can the content be played on console B. no other person can use that software unless person A is logged in.

if person A wanted the content to be freely playable on console B, he has to transfer the license from console A to console B. you're allowed 1 transfer per year. this is to prevent someone from freely playing the content everywhere. and it also protects you in case your console dies (redownload the stuff to your new xbox and then do the license transfer). but if the person has done this, if he wants to play it on console A, he has to be logged into console A for it to work.

Forgive me, but I'm totally new to this...I create a Japanese account, download Daggerdale from there, then I can play it on my Xbox in English and the achievements etc all still work? If anyone has a step-by-step, or a link it'd be a great help. Thanks guys.

Originally Posted by Rodster You'll need to contact XBL support because according to them you always have access to anything you've purchased. They only remove it from their Store after a certain amount of time but that's only for new purchases.

if you own something, you'll always own it. no matter if the item was removed from the marketplace. just go to your download history to redownload it.

so if you bought something like Joust. well, Midway went bye-bye and Joust was removed from the marketplace. I can erase Joust from my system and redownload anytime I want at my leisure. It doesn't matter how many times I erase it, I can always redownload it.

same thing happened to me for Doom. It was removed from XBLA and my second 360 didn't have a downloaded copy so I redownloaded it.

Originally Posted by louiedog You can still transfer your content license to a new console once per year. It'd only be a problem if your console dies often.

I consider having to do the license transfer "a problem." I guess I could have explained that, but it didn't directly relate to answering his question.

Originally Posted by dirtyvu that's not a complete or fully correct answer. the account that makes a purchase (whether it's paid for or "free" purchase) owns it. the first console that downloads it with that account does not have to be connected to Xbox Live to use that content. so person A buys something on console A. anybody can play that content on console A offline or online with no restrictions. any time person A downloads that content to other consoles, on those other consoles, the person that owns the content has to be logged into Xbox Live to use it. so if person A logs onto console B and downloads it to console B, only when person A is logged into Xbox Live can the content be played on console B. no other person can use that software unless person A is logged in. if person A wanted the content to be freely playable on console B, he has to transfer the license from console A to console B. you're allowed 1 transfer per year. this is to prevent someone from freely playing the content everywhere. and it also protects you in case your console dies (redownload the stuff to your new xbox and then do the license transfer). but if the person has done this, if he wants to play it on console A, he has to be logged into console A for it to work.

I used the singular "console." I don't think it's necessary to explain that a single console is different than multiple consoles.

Originally Posted by Fear No Darkness Forgive me, but I'm totally new to this...I create a Japanese account, download Daggerdale from there, then I can play it on my Xbox in English and the achievements etc all still work? If anyone has a step-by-step, or a link it'd be a great help. Thanks guys.

Step 1: Download Daggerdale
Step 2: Log out of the Japanese account
Step 3: Log in to your main account and play Daggerdale
Step 4: Get bored of Daggerdale and don't think about it again

Seriously, there's nothing you need to do. Just play it on your account once it's downloaded. I like to create accounts in other regions using Chrome because it has a built in translator.

Originally Posted by louiedog You can still transfer your content license to a new console once per year. It'd only be a problem if your console dies often.

You can now do a license transfer every 4 months. Got Daggerdale free, glad I waited and saved me 600 msp which can go towards a different game now.