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Xbox One will NOT support Dutch Language for Kinect upon Dutch Xbox One launch
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son of a Sven
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I totally see a pattern here. Danes speak like they have a giant potato stuck in their mouth!
BrokenSymmetry
Member
The bad news here isn't the lack of Dutch Kinect support (couldn't care less), but the fact that you can not set the Xbox One to English, while still being able to access the Dutch store.
miDnIghtEr20C
Banned
Everyone thinks Dutch is weird to hear.. not just Kinect 2.0
Yes, this is the real problem in Nordic countries and the Netherlands. If you could set your language independent of tthe store, it would be fine. As it stands, you may have problems adding funds to wallet or at least have to do currency conversion. You possibly cannot access all of the video services either (is HBO Nordic available?), if you fake your country/address.
You might kid, but anecdotally, I have not heard ANY hype for the Xbox One at all, I know a few people that already own one (and when I say a few, I think it's two out of a large group of gamers), but normally when a console is launched I get approached by real life friends/acquaintances about it, because they know I'm into gaming and can advise to buy stuff or not, but this time nothing.
I see some advertising around, Media Markt had it in their advertisement leaflet this week, Bart Smit had it in theirs since last week, but that's about all I've seen of it (note that I don't watch regular TV anymore, so I'm not exposes to TV commercials, anyone seen anything on there?).
I've never seen a console launch with this little hype around it, not sure if it's due to lack of interest from retailers, consumers, or Microsoft... But it's weird. Even the Wii U had buzz when it launched, and that didn't do well at all.
hydrophilic attack
Member
Maybe localisation costs would outweigh their potential total generational revenue from that market.
True, plus with Cortana coming soon, perhaps they'll just skip basic Kinect voice recognition?
Either way, I think they would have generated way more revenue if they'd just launched last year, what with the PS4 shortages here.
The worst thing about this all is that this news does not come from Microsoft directly and it only comes out at the last minute, when many people have already preordered and paid for their console.
Solaire of Astora
Death by black JPN
And people from the uk, usa, canada, australia, nz etc don't?
Now hold on. That's a massive, massive exaggeration. I will agree that I've seen some supposedly "native English speakers" with shockingly bad spelling/grammar etc and I have also met people from non English speaking countries that have near native levels of English, but those are extreme cases.
Source? I've lived/worked on three continents, have met people from all over the world and have been teaching English for the last two years now.
Dat 40% marketshare.
The same could be said about the kinect and, to a lesser extent, the Xbox one itself. I really hope someone who worked at ms and was involved in the xbone project eventually releases a book/writes an anonymous blog detailing the discussions/meetings that went on behind closed doors during the design process. Don Mattrick fucked up, real good.
Out_Of_Ammo
Member
Everyone thinks Dutch is weird to hear.. not just Kinect 2.0
That image doesn't even make sense since Dr. Evil was raised in Flanders, where they speak Dutch
ShinMaruku
Member
The Dutch have a saying for you: Dove Kut.
Lana Del Rey
Banned
Is Kinect even worth getting? I'm still deciding between the Kinect bundle and the normal one.
son of a Sven
Banned
Wow they can't even swear properly. That seems so friendly!
Quadraphonic
Member
Do you like shouting at your TV instead of using a controller to navigate menus?
If so, then the $100 camera that's only used as a microphone is for you.
Elvin Atombender
Member
Quick question: Are any of the eight countries where the release was delayed until this week getting voice commands now?
Belgium and Switzerland can choose French (France) or German (Germany) as spoken language. Similar to how it works for those Ireland and Austria.
Alx
Member
I think it's worth getting if you're interested in at least two of the features below :
- plugging your TV in the HDMI in and use your Xbox as a "nexus" for all content displayed on your TV
- going digital, and switching a lot between different games/activities (switching by voice is so much better than browsing a menu)
- fitness (Xbox fitness, great software !)
- music/dancing games (Just Dance, Dance Central, Fantasia)
- Skype videoconferencing ot Twitch broadcasting
I would have added motions games in general, but apart from Kinect Sports (and Fighter Within, but people don't take me seriously when I talk about it) there isn't a great choice right now. There will be more smaller games coming though (like Fruit Ninja for example).
Other specific ingame features or generic commands are good too, but aren't enough to make it a must have on their own.
Lana Del Rey
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Scorpion Soldier
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What a bunch of nonsense that we can't even set our speaking language as English. What's even worse is that some games actually have non-optional Dutch voice overs. Started up Dead Rising 3 and the guy started talking Dutch, and I couldn't even get English voice overs without changing my location and setting the system language to English.
I may be Dutch, but keep this horrible language as far away from my media as possible. (I don't mind speaking it, but it just sounds horrible in media to me. )
I may be Dutch, but keep this horrible language as far away from my media as possible. (I don't mind speaking it, but it just sounds horrible in media to me. )
Everyone thinks Dutch is weird to hear.. not just Kinect 2.0
Ik moet me eens zo'n haaien aanschaffen met verdomde laserstralen gehecht aan hun verdomde hoofden.
I only use English in games and my OS' are in English too.
I'm still counting this as a fail on Microsoft's part though, incredibly dumb.
Graphics Horse
Member
So how many languages have they added, is it just Japanese?
There probably was a plan to have some of these languages integrated but Microsoft found out that people are in fact not all that impressed that they can talk to their devices. And figured that it was a waste of time.
Kinects inclusion in the first place was so that you could talk to your console and navigate it using your "arms" rather than your fingers, the reception to this was cold, so they yanked the Kinect and came to realization that mainstream is not impressed or gives a shit.
Kinects inclusion in the first place was so that you could talk to your console and navigate it using your "arms" rather than your fingers, the reception to this was cold, so they yanked the Kinect and came to realization that mainstream is not impressed or gives a shit.
I'm Romanian and I've just graduated from university in the UK. Although I love my British friends, their English is rubbish. Not just in terms of spelling and grammar (you're, your, there,their, they're being the most common offenders), but also referring to you (plural form) as yous, adding that s to be able to differentiate between the two you. That baffled me, I could not believe it. Just butchering the language in the most horrible ways, I swear Shakespeare must be twisting in his grave.
As a Transilvanian I've had English and German shoved down my throat (well I'm grateful for it really) for 10 years and 8 years respectively, while in education.
My point is, this is a common thing with languages. Native speakers always butcher their language with colloquialisms and slang, while foreigners always learn the pure form.