You can buy the games at any time. As for the membership, I personally think it's best to wait until you get the console.

Oh, okay. Free games and discounts makes it more worth it then.

Hi,
Should be getting the xbox at some point next week, so we'll see what happens.
Hoping that I get an up to date model with narrator, but again, we'll see.
Thanks for all the help so far. I do have another question, and of course with it being so late I totally forget what it was. Argh.

Hi,
Can't you just buy games from the denmark store on the computer and they'll transfer over to the xbox regardless of what region it's set to? Logically, that would make the most sense, as it's tied to your microsoft account and it shouldn't matter what region the game is bought in.
I'm not talking about on the console itself, by the way - but my computer automatically brings me to the Canadian xbox site on the computer, so I'm assuming even if I buy the games in Canada, even if the region is set to US, I should still get the games in my ready to install tab, right?
Also, one more question. What are all these different editions of games? What do they add and generally what's the best one to go for for value of money etc? I'm not sure what it all entails - with my ps2, one game usually fit all but now I'm seeing special edition, certain games with different packs attached, certain games that I have no idea what's different about them etc but the prices all vary greatly. So that got me wondering.
Finally, not sure if I've missed it yet but can someoen give me a little rundown on the controller and where everything is? Also curious how to go about pairing for the first time since from what I'm hearing the xbox controllers can't be plugged into it directly for wired play?
Greatly appreciated!

Apologies for the double post but this is a different side of the topic.  For those asking about independent setting up of the system, if your console has the latest update, I.E. probably most Xbox One S consoles (though I can't be sure of this as when I got mine, it was running a build before non-US narrator).  Basically, just get sighted help to make sure your all updated.  Once you've got that, you should be fine once Narrator's up and running.

@timberwolf, the Canadian and US stores share the same region, collectively known as North America, so it actually doesn't matter in our cases. And I may be wrong on this, but Narrator isn't so much region dependent as language dependent... there are different options for english in the system language area, and so long as it's set to US English it should work. Region shouldn't have anything to do with it... unless I just got lucky when I tried. With region set to Europe and language set to one of the english options, it should work, but I theoretically state this... because I can't test it, not having a console.

Thanks Aaron. Now I don't remember if it was the region or the location I tried to change, which said Narrator would stop working if I restarted the XBox. I'm currently on a trip outside the country, but will be home again in one week, and then i'll take a look at it.
@Sightless kombat: Where do I change the currency on the XBox store website and how do I add my credit card?

Hi,
Don't mean to bring this up again (Maybe I asked it in my original thread and not here), but what does the xbox controller look like and how is it laid out? Do the original one and one s controllers look different from each other?
thanks!

Hey all,
first and foremost, I wish to thank Sightless Kombat for creating this topic. thank you so much!
I read through 90 percent of your topic which ultimetly led to my decision to purchasing my all new xbox 1 s.
At arron, that's spot on for the description of the controler. the xbox 1/xbox 1 s controler is almost identical to the xbox360 controler, but the only thing different about the 2 is the xbox button. Thanks for the layout, now I know that the lb, rb, lt and rt buttons haven't changed from the 360, as well as now knowing what the name of the center button is. I always just called it the controler on button. Lol.
As for my experience with xbox, I just got an xbox 1 s and am loving it, upgrading from my handy 360 which I'll never part with
My experiences were pretty good from the moment that I powered it for the first time.
When it came to the factory OS version, my unit came with something that reminded me of a version which was very outdated. Which it probably was.
The voice that I got when using narrator for the first time was vaguely similar to the serie mail voice. If Serie mail had a brother, that's what it sounded like. But after the update, the normal david voice is what I have now.
But anyhow,
As for setting up the xbox, it was hit and miss for me after a certain point.
For example, I could sign into my wi-fi and update the unit. I could then set my languidge and timezone. However, when I got to the account screens, I couldn't understand what the xbox was asking for until I actually mannidged to finish the setup, as narrator wasn't reading the piece of the screen which told me what to type into the edit feeld.
I could sign in with my microsoft account, but then it asked for some key info, which was what I couldn't read.
In the end I ended up unknowingly entering my phone number as my full name, and my email as my username which everyone could see, which turned into the username of Uncaged Branch97, which I unfortunately can't change haha.
But I was able to delete my phone number and change it to my name in the xbox settings section.
So, you can definitely set up your xbox without assistants, however, you may encounter some unlabled stuff in the account piece of the setup process. You can change your name after you're finished, but it's still good to have someone standing by. Especially if you wish to create your screen name correctly.
In terms of narrator,
It works as expected, very related to how windows narrator works, especially if you're using a keyboard. But there is 1 major bug that I'm currently experiencing though.
In the narrator options screen, when I wish to change the voice speed, narrator crashes, and I can't get it to speak until I do a full reboot of the xbox. Apart from the bug, I also notice that there's no other options. for example, turning off the speaking of every keystroke, along with some of the other options that are found in windows narrator. I think that the option to disable the speaking of keystrokes would be very useful, as it would definitely speed up performance of narrator and the xbox, and it would be less verbose, especially when hitting tab or the d pad while navigating.
When it comes to apps, I have noticed that narrator doesn't work with most apps, at least the apps that I've tryed out and wish to use daily. For example, Netflix, Hulu, Youtube and crackle tv. These are quite basic apps and should be able to work with narrator, but for the time being, no Netflix, Hulu, youtube or crackle tv, at least until microsoft adds support for apps other than the ones that are built into the xbox. However, interestingly, the vlc media player app seams to work relatively good. Interesting, but awesome, as I can hook into my external harddrive and watch movies or tv shows. But you do need an external keyboard to get to the vlc picker hoast screen to choose your content. I haven't figured out how to get there with the xbox controller yet.
Other than that, from the store to microsoft edge, narrator works well enough to get by, especially in microsoft edge. You can't read every element of the websight, for example, forum/plog posts, but you can read most links, along with the menues in edge.
The store seams accessible, as I've gone ahead and purchased my first game, grand theft auto5. And when I get enough cash together, I'm going to purchase the hary potter film 8pack, which looks like it contains all extended versions of the movies, as well as the bonus content. Loving it!
But as they say, I'll never look back, and I'm definitely looking forward to what microsoft has in store for the next xbox OS update.
Well, think I'll go blow up some stuff on GTA5.
Happy xboxing times!

Hi,
@djrockmasterrob: Thanks so much for that post. That answered a lot of questions - and I'm probably going to create my account here within the next little while before I get the actual xbox.
Thanks Aaron for the controller description, too. I'm guessing the xbox button is what so many talk about to turn your console on and off once paired etc?
Now for the fun stuff. Can we get a list of accessible (if not partially accessible) games for both the one and 360? I'd gladly help with menu guides if I can (assuming people would want to do that). I know I'd greatly appreciate it, considering I'll probably be using a pretty small computer as my main 'tv screen' at least for a while.
Looking forward to this!

Hey all,
At Timberwolf1991,
I'm glad that I was able to assist. Definitely let us know when you get your unit. I'm sure you'll love it. I know that I do because my dj gear actually collected dust and I had to brush it off this morning. Lol!
Yes, the xbox button is the famous button. Also known as the halfmoon button when it comes to the xbox1/1 s controlers.
Also, once paired, you can turn on the unit with the controler. I usually just use the power button on the xbox as I know for sure that the unit is booting, but I do like using the controler at times, especially when I'm across the room haha.
But, I'll definitely buy and check out killer instinct and mortal combat x when I get the chance, but in the meantime i'll read up on the games. I always loved mortal combat for the n64, but that was many years ago, and I'm sure that mortal combat x is much more cooler in this mottern day in age. But killer instinct is new to me.
As for changing my gamer tag, I actually don't know what it might be. It's either payback, or uncaged branch97. But if my tag is payback or uncaged branch97, I just left it, as that's what I may have used for the 1time change. Lol it's perfectly fine with me, I'll just be known as either payback, or uncaged branch97 haha. I should have created one before setting up the xbox but I didn't know that creating one using a computer was possible.

hmmm. That could be trick because the colours change per song but it's kind of the same too. A bit hard to explain. I could try though but I don't really know the best way of doing this, especially with the new game because I won't be able to use many songs as examples at the moment.