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Originally Posted by balok
As I said, French must not be an official language of Canada outside of Quebec. Canadians are bilingual, as long as their first language is French.
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I think what happened here is that Sony didn't want to make the investment necessary to support a French release at this time. With that being the case, it's understandable that they wouldn't put up a French page for the reader at the same time (they may not choose to support a French release at all, so they don't want to make promises or invite disappointment).
This sort of thing can be frustrating, but if Sony were required to make a simultaneous French release in order to enter the Canadian market, then they may choose to overlook Canada entirely or the price of Canadian releases of products could be more significantly increased. This is some of the frustration and reality of living in a domestic market (considering the US and Canada together here) dominated by English speakers, but I think this is more business and personal convenience than any disrespect to French speakers (though I think it's safe to say that people at Sony and many companies are aware that to make an English-only release in Canada results in some bad PR).