Language setting vs Country.

Thunrazil · May 22, 2016

Might not be the biggest problem in the world but one that's keep coming back and are really annoying.

I have a problem with the Xbox Settings that forces me to set language to the one which is spoken in the region or I cant add an credit-card / pay pal / or any other payment info.

I pref English for every system / device / game language but by doing so I have to set the country as USA/England/New Zeeland/Greece (a list of around 12 countries) etc..

The language spoken might not always be the same as the region you currently are in. So why limit your options.

For myself its that I live in Sweden and speak both Swedish and English BUT the language to select here is Swedish. nothing more, nothing less. Even in the option were you can pick "spoken language" there is only "none"..

This option limits (some) games to be force translated to Swedish and subtitles to Swedish only.. Have you ever tried playing Assassins Creed with "Swedish assassins" cursing away in the most harmless language on earth?

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Tronder 007 · May 22, 2016

Language settings and country!

Hi Fantungen..

I'm from norway to, what I found that Works for me until MS sorts this nonsense out is that I buy stuff for my Xbox 'one via the Xbox One smartglass app.. the Smartglass app has the norvegian region set, and I found that I can buy DLC frm the app and have
it automaticly downolad/install on my XB One that is set to US/English without messing about With the counrty/region setting on the console itself..I buy my games on disc, so I havent tried tu buy a whole game on digital download, but I'd be suprised if that
is any different...

I see no good reason to regionlock Languages.. I can handle the store in Norwegian, but I like my menues and games in English!

Not the Perfect solution to the issue but better than swapping the consoles locale around while we wait for a better solution..

FearedNightmare · May 22, 2016

Language settings and country!

Please don't use curse words on the forums though

FearedNightmare · May 23, 2016

This issue bothers me as well, living in a non English country. You can however vote on the Xbox feedback to possibly have this changed in the future

xbox.uservoice.com/.../6028840-don-t-region-lock-the-languages

FearedNightmare

This issue bothers me as well, living in a non English country. You can however vote on the Xbox feedback to possibly have this changed in the future

xbox.uservoice.com/.../6028840-don-t-region-lock-the-languages

Fantungen

Thanks Tronder

I'll try that out. Does anyone know if PS4 has the same non-sense?

FearedNightmare

Please don't use curse words on the forums though

Fantungen

Thanks. [Mod removed] Why try to choose for us?! What kind of incompetent numbskull thought this was a good idea and for what purpose?!? If this isn't fixed by the end of the quarter, my Xbox goes back to the store!

FearedNightmare

Hello,

I feel your pain because I'm having the same issue, as are a lot of foreign gamers. But there's a website for feedback for suggestions in upcoming updates and one of them is a request to NOT region lock the languages. You can find it right here

xbox.uservoice.com/.../6028840-don-t-region-lock-the-languages

At the moment there is no other solution unfortunately but by liking that on the feedback page it might happen in the near future

Language setting vs Country.