Language region problems!

TheWhyse · Nov 12, 2017

I'm from Belgium and i speak Dutch (Flemish) and i keep getting achievements in French. It does not matter what i choose for preferred language. As long as i have Belgium as region, they automatticaly assume i speak French. In Belgium people speak Dutch,
French or German. I can change my region to UK or Ireland to get all English but then i can not purchase games etc with the money on my account. Not everyone in Belgium speaks French! This has been a problem for years. Please fix this. it's 2017!

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SpikiestSpade · Nov 12, 2017

xbox one language. english in austria/germany?

Sadly, there's no way to set the system language to English if you don't live in an English speaking country. I have the same problem, I absolutely hate the Brazilian Portuguese dubbed games and keep my settings as English/Canada (because Canada is more awesome, sorry US), but can't use credit card or Xbox Movies without resetting the system.
For now, the best we can do is vote in one of the several Xbox Feedback demands to dissociate languages from region on Xbox or let you download games on a language different from the system language.

http://xbox.uservoice.com/forums/25...tions/6028840-don-t-region-lock-the-languages
http://xbox.uservoice.com/forums/25...67-change-game-and-system-language-separately
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CrankLeaf · Nov 12, 2017

Language selection locked to regions - put pressure on MicroSoft to fix!

We live in a multilingual world with millions of people moving between countries, and also native people preferring to use another language than their main language.

For some strange reason this is very difficult for Microsoft to understand.

After setting region the selection of languages is limited to the native languages from that spesific region, denying the user to select language freely.

This is making lots of problems with menu languages, game languages, and also kinect voice commands for people living in non-english speaking countries.

Sony have understood this, and no such language to region lock on the PS4.

As of today it looks like Microsoft is simply ignoring this problem.

There is a thread in the feedback forum regarding this with more than 5000 upvotes.

Please upvote that thread to make MS solve this "bug" that makes problems for 10 000's of Xbone users!

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ngocphi · Nov 12, 2017

if it is on the 360.then no it is based on your supporters regions and what the publishers allow.in that region

ngocphi · Nov 12, 2017

Language independwnce us only a Xbox one feature

ruadrim · Nov 1, 2018

I have the same issue. if a Dutch option is not available it should default back to English (for achievements for example - but also for the store which often shows the transaction dialogs in French).

ngocphi

if it is on the 360.then no it is based on your supporters regions and what the publishers allow.in that region

onyxishere

Sorry to hear it. However, seeing as you've already opened a ticket with support I would recommend contacting them again to see what's been going on with that.

ruadrim

I have the same issue. if a Dutch option is not available it should default back to English (for achievements for example - but also for the store which often shows the transaction dialogs in French).

ngocphi

Language independwnce us only a Xbox one feature

XBF Brad A

Hello Guilhermelori,

Thanks for coming to the forums. Unfortunately, when trying to redeem codes or buy games from different regions wont work. They are region specific for a reason as regions have different laws, restrictions and such. If you did do a region change, you will
be unable to do one for another three months. As this is also against the Microsoft service agreement I will be locking this thread.

Thanks,

Brad

Language region problems!