Thanks! But its not like we tried "cheating" the system or something i mean i bought it in UK just as a coincidence, so Bethesda gets money from me for buying skyrim over there, and microsoft gets money for my microsoft points... so i dont see why is it so problematic (if i did this to save money from taxes or something i would just buy the game used here)

Cool! The problem is, for us customers in Austria and in Germany who have bought the english (UK-version) of Skyrim - which is nothing illegal, by the way - there is no way we can download the english version of Dawnguard, as it automatically downloads the german version. If you could find a way to get the english versions of Dawnguard as an optional download to the austrian and german Marketplaces, that would be awesome!

For your information - I think the austrian and the german marketplace are actually two different marketplaces, but I'm not entirely sure. It would probably mean you'd have to put the english version of Dawnguard into both the austrian AND german Marketplaces.

Italy here, same problem. I bought The English version of Skyrim from England.
Actually, I don't think anybody here is asking for the English version to work with the German/Italian download.
What we're begging for is the chance to get the proper, original, English Dawnguard download...

Exactly! That's what we'd like if that's in any way possible.

WELL, I feel <...no need to censor this...but you know what i mean > because i have the UK Skyrim, i bought the < u know > german Dawnguard....and i deleted the German Dawnguard from my System to make sure i get a clean download from Dawnguard now that its up and running. I even swallowed that I have to suffer German dubbing....and now THIS......my Dawnguard is still a nvdeGUARD.....because I have a british Skyrim and the German addon..."§$%&/()=.......... I play rpgs since 1992 and this is by far the most hillarious and disgusting case of customer support and attendance I have EVER encountered.


I am not sure what i am going to do...but now i am ..... a n g r y.

S. Scorbal

I wonder if the fatest way to make it work is not re-sell the game and buy proper version...

Well, it's clearly a conflict of versions. The patch for the german DLC probably doesn't download because the main game is the UK-version. The UK-version didn't get the patch, because it doesn't need it. Therefore the patch doesn't register for our version. We've (legally!!) tricked the system, so to speak, by buying the UK-version of Skyrim and playing it with our german/austrian XBox-Live accounts. That's what screws everything up.

Solution to the problem:
Put the english version of Dawnguard on every european Marketplace as an optional download and everything's fine for those people who imported their version of Skyrim from the UK.

Nope. As a customer I want to be able to choose if I want to play the english or the german version of the game. I don't want to be forced into buying the german version just because I happen to live in a german-speaking country.

I doubt they will do it because of those age restrictions in my country. Maybe in Austria, your country is a bit more leniant in that matter.
I am 47 and i can §$%&/()= proof it if demanded.

I dont know how to proceed from here....but there must be some kind of way.


S. Scorbal

This.
It's a good thing to have the option to get a dubbed version, but if someone prefers to buy the original -and better- version of a game, he shouldn't be penalized.
Also, this problem doesn't occur with the English version of any other games i have.
Sad thing it had to happen with my favourite series...

This mean Bethesda MUST DO a patch specially for players in your case ?
You sign the EULA xbox live who if i remember right you can't download games not set up for your market place.

I noticed. While the Austrian version of Skyrim is the PEGI18 version, the one that is sold in Germany is USK16. Same with the DLC. I think the only thing I am missing is the english speech pack - the rest of the Austrian Dawnguard version is probably much the same like the UK version.

Bethesda MUST not do anything. It'd be nice of them if they'd offer the english DLC as an optional download in the Austrian Marketplace. But of course I cannot and will not demand that they do so.

Also, my version of Skyrim was not downloaded, but bought in the UK. With box, DVD, etc.

Mine too.
There'd be no need for a patch if we could just download the English version DLC. It works straight away.

you're right, you've chosen the english version and now you've to face the consequences

bethesda's choice of dubbing the international version is a market strategy to sell more copies,in fact in some country the majority of people don't speak english nor want subtitles

you prefer the original language ? i understand it,but you've even to respect someone else's choices and preferences - other than read the microsoft license agreements before downloading/buying anything of course

create an english account,download the original version and play it with a new character,isn't too difficult after all

hurry,impatience and laziness are man's most dangerous enemies remember - you can't pretend nothing,kindly asking and wait for a solution perhaps would be more appropriate

We would do that but that is also no option...
the download checks the billing adress and if it is not UK, you dont get MS Points, If you fake a britsh adress..you might get MS points but the download checks the IP adress....wrong country...no download

I also tried buying MS Points in a shop.....they still demand a billing adress and if it is not UK...u r ....§$%&/()


That option does not work either

S.Scorbal

This would be cool, the problem is that we've already bought the german version, so we would pbly have to buy the UK version as well lol, and im sure as hell i wont give microsoft another free 20 euros... i mean wtf Dead island wasnt even sold in germany, i bought it from Austria and the DLC and patches run smooth, not to mention i get to play in the language i want (english) since dubbs are usuarly poorly and hilariously done (i know since i bought mass effect 2 and fallout: new vegas in germany... the dubbs simply svck lol)

In case you haven't noticed, we ARE kindly asking. Begging, maybe.
Nobody is demanding anything (I assume with "pretending" you really mean "demanding", because in italian "pretending" has a different meaning).

Asking, like we've been doing for weeks.
So, as you can see, there's no impatience here. Just quietly asking and talking about it.

And... laziness?
If we were lazy we'd just go for the "easy" way, playing a local version instead of struggling to play the original one, don't you think?

About the English account: I don't know if it really works, I've been reading different opinions around.
I don't wanna waste 1600 MP unless I'm 100% sure it will work, nor I want to risk my xbox to be banned from Xbox Live for creating a fake English account...

Isn't that exactly what I am doing? I am very much aware of the fact that I am not in a position to demand anything from Bethesda. If they'd decide to put make the english DLC available as an optional download - great! If not (or if for home reason they can't), well lesson learned. No problem.

Good luck in legally creating an English XBL account in any non-english country. XBox Live accounts are IP locked. And unless you venture into grey areas, there's no way around it. You'd also have to buy a MS Points card from an import seller. And afaik, MS isn't really fond of such practices.

As mentioned before, practically no other game nowadays has this kind of compatibility issues 'cause most DLCs are in multiple languages.

I wonder if it costs additional fees to upload multiple versions of the same DLC to the XBL marketplace. If not, what would Bethesda loose? In fact, they'd gain additional buyers thus more money. And everyone likes money, right? ;D

well, Austria is PEGI 18 ....Germany USK 16....Spain and Italy...i dont know.....even if they upload the English DLC...I fear we Germans are ....$%&/()=?

S. Scorbal

So much for European Community or what ever......

I mean the German version is toned down, different...less blood....we Germans could otherwise become violent.

WELL, I am close to becoming violent over this mess.....


S. Scorbal

"i want" still sounds pretending to me,if that wasn't the case my apologies to you

to the other guys: nothing illegal,insted of sitting on your butt and post here search for a possible solution on your own on the net,it would be more constructive perhaps - this is what i intended with "laziness"

otherwise you've only to wait considering that at bethesda and ms they're aware of the situation

I reckon it must be something like that. That or some kind of data limit I've heard mentioned before. I mean, why else would you limit yourself and your customers like that?

I, for example, would not buy the game at all if I would have no legal option to get an english version of a game. If the english version of a game would not work on my console, I wouldn't buy it at all. It's not like I'd say - oh, the english version doesn't work, so I'll take the german version instead.

DEAR ADMIN/MOD IF SOMETHING IN THIS POST IS CONSIDERED ILLEGAL OR ANYTHING LIKE IT, DELETE IT PLEASE.

But anyway, maybe we would be able to install the patch ourselves if somone with the german dawnguard version who has the patch, copied it into a USB drive and then uploaded it somewhere so that we could download it and manualy install it with a USB?... dunno if this is possible lol... only rumors ive seen