Quote Originally Posted by Hallarem View Post
Reality check: If they cant even allocate staff to make hats for Hroth and Viera. I dont think they can "afford" (read: SE wont give money to ffxiv) to make a whole new Spanish language team.

The money is clearly not flowing to this game nor is personnel / staff. Honestly French and German as a base choice made no sense to begin with. Unless they purposefully cut out South America from the original marketing. Because how many people reeeaaally speak French and German in the world compared to Spanish?
Actually it does make sense why there's French and German versions of the game from launch, and it's nothing to do with how many people speak those languages - Germany and France are the two largest economies in Europe, dwarfing even the UK and Spain, and so it made perfect business sense to spend the money on those localized versions, because there was a greater chance of making a profit on them (or at least recouping the cost of localization and promotion). Unfortunately, with many Latin American countries having economic and political issues, SE from a purely business perspective must have believed that the cost of a Spanish language version of the game just wouldn't be recouped.

As usual, it all comes down to money I'm afraid (and yes, it sucks).