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UK Home but advertisements in German?

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Old 21-05-2009, 11:23 AM   #1
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UK Home but advertisements in German?

Hi all,

I've only just started using Home, but I've noticed that all the advertisements (eg the posters in Home Square) are in German. I'm using a UK-bought PS3, UK PSN account, haven't changed any language settings - is this typical or have I messed up a setting somewhere?

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Old 21-05-2009, 11:29 AM   #2
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Re: UK Home but advertisements in German?

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Hi all,

I've only just started using Home, but I've noticed that all the advertisements (eg the posters in Home Square) are in German. I'm using a UK-bought PS3, UK PSN account, haven't changed any language settings - is this typical or have I messed up a setting somewhere?

Thanks!
If you have then I have too.

UK PS3, Aus PSN account, German ads.
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Old 21-05-2009, 11:38 AM   #3
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Re: UK Home but advertisements in German?

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Hi all,

I've only just started using Home, but I've noticed that all the advertisements (eg the posters in Home Square) are in German. I'm using a UK-bought PS3, UK PSN account, haven't changed any language settings - is this typical or have I messed up a setting somewhere?

Thanks!
It's not UK Home, it's EU Home. They're probs trying to not leave our German mates feeling left out.

Quite a mystery why the german adverts appear in the Aus Home though, unless there isn't specifically a version of home for Australia & you connect to the EU version.
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Old 21-05-2009, 11:56 AM   #4
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Re: UK Home but advertisements in German?

Yeah I thought maybe they were just cycling through various European languages, but seems to have been German for a while.

As for the Aus Home, yep, it is the same one. Seems to be a PAL Home rather than an EU one.
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Re: UK Home but advertisements in German?

The adverts cycle through various EU languages. I think maybe as they are loading it will stick on the first language in the loop (and unfortunately for us this doesn't appear to be English!). First time I saw this I thought it was a bit odd too.
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