South America comunnity is getting bigger, specially in Brazil, the country which represents the 4th bigger gamer community of the world. Big streamers are trying to play the game too, but unfortunately the majority part of the SA public have problem with the actual language. FFXIV is a big MMO, new data centers and specially new subtitles would be fantastic for the game.
PT-BR Subtitles and South America servers
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10-16-2021, 01:17 AMZackLeonhartPT-BR Subtitles and South America servers
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10-16-2021, 01:34 AMMira_Phoebe
As a player who tries to raid (emphasis on trying, since we have to turn on VPN and hope for the delay not killing us), it's very frustraring to pay the subscription to play with very high ms. I mean, c'mon Square, we know you guys don't want to invest big money on us, third world country and all, but at least we wanted a NA server on the East Coast of the US, we would play with at least 120ms, and this would be a big improvement.
I'm from the South of Brazil, and with VPN I can't play with less than 180ms, I almost cried trying to clear E9S, since this fights are very punitive. Please, really. You guys did an Oceania Server, why can't you do the same to us? Are we less important? And I'm not even talking about translating the game, just giving us some "Quality of Life", as you guys always say. I completely agree with OP. -
10-16-2021, 01:53 AMSotarisI see this argument being thrown around alot but how many SA actually play the game and have interest in playing FFXIV? Cause that's very relevant since it likely cost millions in investment for SE to translate the game, hire VA's, establish new DC, contract DC etc etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZackLeonhart
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10-16-2021, 02:40 AMIDontPetLalas
I would be so happy to have an East coast server. I find it hard enough to imagine that a game developer that's been around this long in an industry this mature doesn't appreciate yet just how large North America is and how many issues many people can have accessing the servers just within NA, let alone people outside NA.
That doesn't apply to SE, I've seen it in other games, but at least in one other publisher they moved the servers to a central location in one case, making everyone fairly happy. Another had servers on both East and West coasts - which was the best experience and the only time I didn't need a VPN. -
10-16-2021, 05:32 AMTakamorisan
I'm not that needy, just a server in Florida or Texas would make things much better regarding Ping (of course I would love a BR server) and we still would keep in touch with NA community.
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10-16-2021, 07:15 AMMelorie
Even though my native language is portuguese, I don't agree that if we gained a new localization it should be in portuguese. I would rather have it turn into spanish since it would reach way more people (most of latin america, spain and a good deal of USA citizens). To be honest, I never understood why this game has a localization for german/french and not spanish. I mean, the more, the merrier, however it's an odd decision to exclude this language from the list.
Now, at least an east coast server would be heaven, really, and even USA players could benefit from it. -
10-16-2021, 10:00 AMKaworu
Not gonna happen, sadly... As a brazilian I can say that there are many players here, but just not enough to make a regional server and localization for the game's language a deal here...
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10-16-2021, 11:03 AMkaynide
It’s a big step. Should SE build server infrastructure, they would take on huge financial burdens, in addition to responsibility for any issues that arise whether it be maintenance or hiccups in connection.
It boils down to how much the return of investment would be, and how well their investment can be maintained at a quality level they find acceptable. -
10-16-2021, 11:13 PMCatwhoBlame EU laws. From what I understand, to sell the game in the EU, German and French are the two required languages. Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and anything else is not required.Quote:
Originally Posted by Melorie
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10-16-2021, 11:20 PM_Pigzig
My sympathy from New Zealand. Brazil seems like a beautiful country with beautiful people.
Really stupid law. This is the reason games come out later there or used to isn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Catwho
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10-17-2021, 05:43 AMlezard21
The other company we don't talk about has servers in Brasil for most of their games. How come a bigger company like SE be lagging behind that other company?
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10-17-2021, 07:38 AMMelorieMhmmm that makes sense, since I reckon that GW2 also has these localizations as well. That's interesting to know! Thank you. :) It always seemed like a weird marketing decision for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catwho
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10-17-2021, 10:59 AMFellgonI'm Brazilian too and my opinion is: what for? look wow, they created 2 or 3 servers for brazil, increased subscription and them boom! Everybody quit wow cause of sub, big investment loss. unfortunately mmo its a niche game, just like souls game are not for everyone. I lost how many times i invited friends to play this game, and they said "no" cause must pay sub. I bought heavenward for a friend, after 3 months, he decided quit, said sub its expensive, but he like street fighter, so used his money to buy every skin in that game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaworu
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10-17-2021, 11:18 AMrewdThere is, obviously, no such law.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catwho
It's a matter of money, as always, and SE is notoriously greedy. For costly projects like MMOs, it makes sense to prioritize your biggest markets first.
That's why, 99% of the time, non-MMOs games are either only in English (when they are very niche games) or in FIGS (French, Italian, German, Spanish). Less frequently you might get localisations in smaller languages like Dutch, Portuguese or Polish etc. -
10-17-2021, 11:19 AMArakachi-Jiro
Yes, please! 200+ ping is really unpleasant. I endorse this idea!
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10-17-2021, 12:51 PMStarshower
I'm brazilian and I must say, if there is a new language being added it would be better for it to be spanish. I think there are more paying customers that speak spanish then there are customers that speak portuguese. The sub price can be more than a lot of people can afford in brazil and they'd profit more from adding spanish. Brazilian people can also understand spanish a bit if they try just because the languages are so similar, so if any brazilian player can't read english they'd be able to play the game if they chose spanish. Maybe they wouldn't understand everything because some words are different but most are close enough. But I agree with the sentiment that the best choices would be spanish or portuguese.