Petition for Spanish Translation of Final Fantasy XIV

[NeV3rKilL]

+1 to the cause

[gansita]

Real issue is there probably ARE enough players. Enough as to make a translation not worth it. If there where no players I bet they'd translate to try get some. Wouldnt be the first game I see do that. This is a corpo after all. Money is all that matters.

Personally I don't believe there is close to enough latino/hispanic players in game (those whose their first/main language is spanish). If you would allow me, I think your argument makes sense from the point of view that current latino/hispanic players that are already playing the game are, of course, playing it using one of the current supported languages. But I believe that, in terms of demographics, the latino/hispanic presence in the community is rather small, and I think the main reason for this is due to the language barrier.

I believe that the idea that Latinamerica is a "low spender" region doesn't stand true anymore. There is a reason why so many games nowadays invest resources into translating their games into spanish, not only for in-game assets (UI, dialogs, voicelines) but also promotional media and I don't believe that they would do this just for, lets say, inclusivity or cultural representation purposes, but rather because these companies know that there is a market in the hispanic/latino community that is worth to explore and invest in. Hispanic/latinos do spend money on videogames at an increased rate, they buy games, pay for sub-based services, spend a lot of money on store/cosmetic stuff, etc. And as with most places around the world, Latinoamerica is filled with people that back in the day played videogames as kids, and nowadays are grown adults with purchase power that are still consuming videogame products.

This is why I believe that you should at least give credit or consider the idea that the reason these players haven't showed interest in FF14 isn't due to economic reasons, but rather due to the language barrier.

In my experience, the main factor that drives a purchase decision for these players is if the game is in spanish. Most of the time these players don't even care too much if the game is expensive or not, as long as the game supports the spanish language, it inmediately enters their radar.

I think SE stands to gain from this but they're too slow to adapt. As I said previously, I think the main reason other companies translate their games into spanish is because they already know there is a market ready to be explored and invested in, but I fear that SE is taking too long to think about it, when other companies have already been making their move, competing over the market in this region and I agree that, the reason they do this, is because money is the main driving factor.

[Kiwiiny]

Thanks for the iniciative ♥

Mucha gente desea jugar a este juego y por la barrera del idioma no puede, esperemos que llegue a algo <3

[4lways]

+1

I hope this goes forward

Muchas personas tristemente no juegan a este hermoso juego por la barrera del idioma, que es una pena increible, ojalá esto salga hacia adelante para que al menos los ajustes, habilidades, etc... puedan llegar a estar en español <3

[PineconeKing]

+1! This has been something I've thought for a while, and I'm surprised that after over 10 years we still don't have it.

[ChocoFeru]

+1! This has been something I've thought for a while, and I'm surprised that after over 10 years we still don't have it.

I don't understand either! I think that so many people would join that it would be worth the investment D:

[Psipsistar]

As a native Spanish speaker who just plays in English because I am fluent... I would love to be able to point to this game as yet another good option for my friends who aren't fluent / not as fluent.

[ThorelisAsgardian]

It would be wonderful if they gave the option of knowing and enjoying this game to many people who do not know or do not speak well in another language.

[Shinryu90]

Que no decaiga! SE! Listen to the FFXIV Spanish Community!!! Read us!!

[ChocoFeru]

Que no decaiga! SE! Listen to the FFXIV Spanish Community!!! Read us!!

¡Que el ritmo no pare! XD