Bad news for Italian speakers in Switzerland with Xbox One

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Pessime notizie davvero quelle per i possessori di Xbox One o futuri tali. L’ultimo aggiornamento di sistema beta, versione 140801, ha aggiunto il supporto test per i nuovi mercati di lancio della console, Svizzera compresa.

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Temendo il peggio, ci siamo precipitati a controllare se l’italiano fosse supportato e, come avete intuito, siamo rimasti delusi. Al momento la Svizzera è selezionabile solo per le lingue francesi e tedesco. Fin qui nulla di nuovo, visto che gli utenti della Svizzera italiana sono da tempo immemore abituati a questa situazione. Il problema su Xbox One è che non possiamo selezionare la lingua della console (per i contenuti offline dunque) e lo store adatto al nostro paese. In poche parole: usate la vostra Xbox One in italiano e non potrete usare lo Store, dal momento che sarà quello per l’Italia. La soluzione momentanea è quella di andare nelle impostazioni, selezionare “francese, Svizzera”, riavviare la console, fare i vostri acquisti, tornare nelle impostazioni e selezionare “italiano, Italia” e riavviare di nuovo. Decisamente un passo indietro rispetto a Xbox 360.

Essendo una beta, le cose possono ancora cambiare e abbiamo già inviato il nostro feedback a Microsoft per tentare (ma ci crediamo pochissimo) di risolvere la questione prima di settembre.

Nel frattempo segnaliamo anche che Xbox One ha ricevuto il supporto al playback di Bluray 3D. Almeno qualcosa di positivo c’è…

 

13 Comments

    • I didn't check today, I just updated to play Metro Redux. You're in the beta and Switzerland isn't listed anymore? Weird!

      • No, I'm not in the beta :)….I thought the beta was for everyone…so that's why I don't see :)….bye

        • The update is supposedly coming to us next week, right? If the One comes out on Friday, I hope everything will be ready a little earlier. Will all the games already released be updated too? Because usually, from a game's menu you can access the store, for purchases, now they are in euros... As far as I know, will Kinet recognize the region's language or the one I set on the console? Because it would be weird for me to give voice commands in French :D...bye

          • The update should be available now, and if the live stream isn't already active, it will be soon. However, you won't be able to have the console in Swiss Italian. So, either set it to Swiss French (or German) or Italian Italian. If you want to make purchases, however, you'll need to go to the Swiss store and set your console to Swiss French (or German). Voice commands will depend on the language you've selected. Games won't be updated just because the live stream is released here, but only if they need updates.

          • "Live," you mean the store with various purchases? Why, in the System settings, if I set it to French, only France appears... Is Switzerland not there yet, or am I missing something? I updated yesterday. Sorry, I'm not a fool with these things... But with the 360, the dashboard menu was in Italian (if I'm not mistaken), while for purchases it switched to French (or German). So, will I have to do the voice commands for the Kinet in French? Bye.

          • The live stream in Switzerland will be in French or German, not Italian. If you want to make purchases, you'll have to use the console in either French or German. The Swiss live stream will arrive in the next few days, but it's not yet active. Voice commands depend on the console's language.

          • The console language is independent of the live stream, so I can set it to Italian. It's basically the same as it was on the 360, right? Thanks Dave, sorry if I'm a bit stubborn :) Anyway, I've written and called Microsoft (even though I know it's totally useless), but I've learned that SOMETIMES, the right amount of persistence (not invasive) pays off :)

          • No. I'll make it simple for you: Italy or Switzerland. Italian = Italy. French, German = Switzerland.

          • I checked now, there's Switzerland (French)... so as you rightly say, everything is in French. Naturally, even the game I had on the console started in French, GARDEN WARFARE, which I've always played in Italian... this didn't happen with the 360, because you could set the games and the dashboard menu to Italian. Then, as for the game descriptions in the store, they were in French (or German). With the ONE, everything, absolutely everything is in French, and what's more, in the game descriptions, it doesn't appear (in many cases) which language it supports (see Metro Redux), so if I wanted to buy it, I'd probably get it in French. If they don't change something, I won't buy a thing... Board games and nothing digital. The DLC, even if I buy them in our store and the game I have is in Italian, once it's REMOVED (ridiculous!!!!), Italy (Italian) should be in Italian, right?

          • Yes, indeed, sorry…… :). Anyway, I think it's temporary, because this is too much of a step backwards….TOO MUCH FOR THEM TOO….Bye bye and thank you.

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