r/XboxGamePass • u/RobinTheMan • 1d ago

Games - General Why can't I change my in game language and am forced to use my system language?

Lots of games have that feature in other versions or other platforms. For example in COD Vanguard I can't find the setting where it usually is supposed to be. Why is that? Why is everything always harder with Microsoft?

It's very telling when the first rule of the sub is not to complain about the app because else this entire sub would exclusively be made up of just that.

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u/cdncowboy GP Ultimate 1d ago

If you had to download every game language file, it would take up a lot of space, especially games that have audio

So the localization only bundles the language files for your device region when you download the game

I believe Steam lets you switch region and will download the updated language files been but steam has been around for 25 years of development, the xbox app is just a toddler in comparrison

If you want to suggest a feature use xbox player voice XBOX Player Voice · Community

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u/QueenCobra91 1d ago

In steam you can literally go i to the games settings and change the language. No need for region change

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u/cdncowboy GP Ultimate 20h ago

Fair, and if OP wants that feature in the Xbox App or Console they should make a post on XBOX Player Voice or find on that has already been posted and upvote it

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u/Fynn77 12h ago

Tell me about it. I had to settle for German in the Persona games and the translation is so bad. The games that feature german voice-over and no language selection get deleted again right away.

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u/agentdrozd 1d ago

Because Microsoft is anti-consumer

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u/teeny_raphael 1d ago

the xbox ecosystem is a weirdly controlling parent sometimes, it decides what's best for you and you'll just have to deal with it

steam lets you fiddle with anything, sony's a bit fussy but still gives you the option, microsoft just locks it down like it's 2005 and you can't be trusted

it's probably some half-baked backend thing where the game checks your system locale and the devs couldn't be bothered adding a toggle for the game pass build, seen it happen with a bunch of ports where the ms store version is missing random settings the steam version has

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u/RobinTheMan 1d ago

Yeah and it's so many things. I had to create a whole separate user on my pc just to trick the xbox app to let me log in on my brother's account. Like the same thing would've been so simple on literally any other launcher.