Quote Originally Posted by Kayden1010 View Post
Yeah but there are Japanese games that do have an English lip sync when they made the english audio, so it is possible three games off the top of my head would be FFX, Mario series (whenever there is talking), and Dark Chronicle (one of my favorites)
These are a bit different, as they either match the dialogue to the lip flaps, which are much more simplistic than XIV's (usually just bobbing up and down so you only have to match the "rhythm," which is also easier to alter, or they completely redo the game for each version.
However you simply CAN'T redo the scenes for each and every region, since this is an MMO. A dialogue heavy one, no less. Each version is accessing the same game files, just with a different text overlay. Changing it would involve releasing, at a minimum, 4 different versions of each patch and require each scene to be worked on 4 different times. It's like reshooting a movie each time except the actors have to be physically controlled by the director. It's incredibly tedious.
On a single-player game, this is feasible because you have the time to do so. For an MMO, you have very strict time tables and must keep a constant stream of content to remain competitive.