Spanish localization, when?

[Crimen]

I get what everyone is saying about it taking way too long / too much money to record everything from the start. That's a good point. I think doing text translation to Spanish and just starting Spanish voice recordings for the story as of 7.X onwards would be a neat idea. I know text translation in itself is a behemoth of a task, but it would def be less time-consuming and more cost-effective than also doing all the voice recordings. Of course, it'll be up to SE to decide if it would ever be worth it. Spanish is usually a language option for most games, so it surprised me they've never added it.

[Cach]

I don't particularly care that much, since I usually play with english text and JP voices (or EN voices if its an american game) when given the chance.
But I can't deny that even a text-only translation in Spanish would do wonders to attract more of my friends.

If it happens, I hope is neutral spanish.

[Lauront]

All of which has nothing to do with Theodric's comments addressing a specific comment made regarding TESO. Perhaps follow the thread of discussion before simply firing off a post just for the sake of reactively defending XIV.

But good for you?

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

Dunno, it seems to fit quite well...

[Deveryn]

Does it? Oh, because I'm supposedly against the idea? I live in the real world, where it takes a little more than a notion to pop something into existence.

[Aco505]

I support this.

I am Spanish but mostly play games in English so I wouldn't be personally affected. However, many more people would play the game if at least the text was in Spanish. The audio can remain in either English or Japanese if hiring voice actors was a problem at the beginning, although it should also be translated in the medium/long term, maybe by steps.

Also it's not only Spain that speaks Spanish, but basically all of Latin America. Even Brazil has Spanish as a 2nd language over English, at least from my understanding.

[MercuryD]

I think it would be a good idea to have Spanish as an option in the future, doesn't hurt to hope, right?

As an aside, I know there are Spanish speaking communities in the game but his is anyone supposed to find them??