It could have been caused by game gifting, given that you both did that iirc. I don't think Gift Cards usage has ever been an issue but who knows.Looked at the service agreement for Xbox and it’s stated there that indeed, buying outside of your region is considered a violation and may lead to account suspension. What surprises me is that considering how relatively high it’s widespread those locks don’t seem to happen often. Yeah, this whole thing made me seriously reconsider if chasing these cheapest offers is worth it all the hassle. Will stick to my regional sales and offers from now on.
It could have been caused by game gifting, given that you both did that iirc. I don't think Gift Cards usage has ever been an issue but who knows.
Makes you wonder how safe it is to get games from Eneba, which are almost guaranteed to be gifted games rather than retail keys like the CDkeys ones.
Using Gifted Games or Accounts from people you don't know is a big no no. More than likely they are done with stolen accounts or cards. They are not doing it from the goodness of their hearts but trying to make money and causing fraud at the same time. Buying on your own account with Gift Cards is fine, probably even with VPN should be fine but these 2 recent account locks have gone the gifted route and this is the consequences. Doesn't help that someone also allowed someone to access their account without checking.
I never accepted gift codes. Only bought from eneba, mtc and cdkeys to active via vpn thereafte.Using Gifted Games or Accounts from people you don't know is a big no no. More than likely they are done with stolen accounts or cards. They are not doing it from the goodness of their hearts but trying to make money and causing fraud at the same time. Buying on your own account with Gift Cards is fine, probably even with VPN should be fine but these 2 recent account locks have gone the gifted route and this is the consequences. Doesn't help that someone also allowed someone to access their account without checking.
It's possible that the eneba games are gifted codes because a lot of them are from Argentina and there's no way currently to purchase from there.I never accepted gift codes. Only bought from eneba, mtc and cdkeys to active via vpn thereafte.
Makes me think that activating codes from argentina is what could be a culprit due that apparently being some special zone with special treatment within ms store structure.It's possible that the eneba games are gifted codes because a lot of them are from Argentina and there's no way currently to purchase from there.
Is MTC Game still safe?
Yea same here, I used to be actively all over it when a new game was announced but now because I'm either using GamePass or playing on PS5 I dont tend to buy as many games. To be honest not wanting to sound salty but as we all know anyway Xbox didn't really have any decent big titles for the launch of the Series X with Halo Infinite being delayed and no Forza Motorsport/Horizon or Gears (apart from HiveBusters DLC) Even then though with all those titles being on GamePass if they had launched there'd be no desire or need to purchase, so overall the days of grabbing from abroad are gradually fading, I only tend to react to bargains I get sent via HotDeals, I wasn't aware of the Eneba ban hammer thing though @Peew971 so I'll approach with caution as I was tempted to grab Chivrally 2 off there for approx £9Can’t remember the last I bought from abroad, must be years.
With Gamepass I don’t tend to really buy many games now anyway. Certainly not on the same scale as when you could pretty much buy from a anywhere abroad for peanuts.