# French on console boxes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-on-console-boxes/726561>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 30, 2015, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-on-console-boxes/726561 "2015-07-30T05:36:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-on-console-boxes/726561/1 "2015-07-30T05:36:12Z")

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Dunno why I took so long to ask this, but here goes…

Why is it that since the PS3/XBox 360 generation, most of the game boxes on the back have a separate French translation? (I’ve seen Spanish on occasion as well.)

I understand that with networking, console gaming has spread worldwide, but why not just make the cover in two separate languages?

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-on-console-boxes/726561/2 "2015-07-30T06:23:32Z")

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I don’t know about consoles specifically, but the reason is often because the product is sold in North America (or at least US/CA) as a whole, and they don’t want to print a separate box for the Quebec market/can’t legally.