Add language options for console

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I’m originally a Chinese player if my name didn’t give it away. I’ve played Overwatch on PC and was given the option to change the language to 中文. However, when I bought the game on console, it wasn’t supported. I know I speak English, but it’s all about comfort. It comes natural to read Chinese. Even the characters sound weird because I am so used to the Chinese voices.

I know I should’ve wrote something like “Add Chinese Language Support”, but because of region lock, I realized many languages aren’t supported depending on where you got your copy.

Edit: Since many seem to have a hard time reading my post, I’ll make this extremely clear…

the American copy only supports 5 voice dubs: English, French, Spanish (LatAm), Spanish (Spain), and Japanese.

The game does NOT support Polish, Russian, Korean, Mandarin (Mainland), and Mandarin (Taiwan Prov.)

I’m asking if in the sequel, the UI and voiceover language can be modified so that players like myself can have a more comfortable experience.

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You can change the language if you change the language of your entire console (though not every language is available, some region locked) but I would love to have the text and audio languages be manually selectable. I also think it would be a fun touch if they had an ‘international’ audio option where each character would use the VA that speaks their native language.

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Something something PC maser race.

Maybe OW2 will solve that.

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This. Just change the language/location of your console in the console’s settings, then when you launch the game, it should be in the language you selected.

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I just told you the game is region locked. My console is in Chinese if that wasn’t clear. The game, however, always displays in English.

Is not the solution

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I guess maybe it only works for NA consoles? Idk, but I know it works on mine. I’ve played with Spanish, Japanese, etc.

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I tried changing my Xbox to Korean once, and it worked for Apex but not Overwatch. I guess the same applies to Chinese.

Maybe the reason is that next to nobody in Korea or China plays OW on console, so they didn’t bother putting in the effort to implement the languages?

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Have you also played Polish, Russian, Korean, and both dubs of Chinese from Taiwan Province and the Mainland?

Turns out they’re not available in NA copies.

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Just tried to help and agree with you lol

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I just made it clear that the games are region locked. Did you or anyone here not read the whole post?

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Nope, we’re all just here to post useless walls of text I guess. Sorry I dared to destroy your holy space.

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All you really said was “region lock.”

Multiple people, myself included, aren’t having the problem you’re having. People here aren’t intimately familiar with what languages are or are not supported. I’ve listened to multiple languages on console and would expect Chinese to be there. Many people would, too.

They agreed with you here and then tried to offer a suggestion because they don’t know the details of your situation.

If you’re saying “wow did none of you read my post?” you may not have been clear enough.

Also, I don’t know if it’s a language barrier thing or if you’re rude, but you’re coming across as talking down to people.

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Refer to my edit

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