Why FFXIV: ARR needs spanish support (and likely other languages.)

[LadyVal]

Isn't Spanish one of the languages that is regionally vastly different? I remember in college I met three native Spanish speakers (one from Spain, one from Mexico, and one from Venezuela) and they all spoke English but could barely understand each other's Spanish.

Idk if I encountered just a rare situation, but how do you translate a game into one language with such different regional dialects?

[Crimen]

Isn't Spanish one of the languages that is regionally vastly different? I remember in college I met three native Spanish speakers (one from Spain, one from Mexico, and one from Venezuela) and they all spoke English but could barely understand each other's Spanish.

Idk if I encountered just a rare situation, but how do you translate a game into one language with such different regional dialects?

You are right. As someone who lives in Puerto Rico and has friends from Spain, Mexico, Colombia, etc., I can confirm that there is a pretty big difference. I guess that this is one of the main reasons why it would be very hard to translate into Spanish.

P.S. o.o to those who think that there aren't that many Spanish speaking players in this game, or gamers in general, you'd be surprised.