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_djs_ · 10/30/2011, 08:47 am

German, lol!

It would be better to get the game in Portuguese and Spanish... Much more people speak this languages than german.

Turanoceratops · 10/31/2011, 10:33 am

Hmm yes you are right but you can't ignore the mass purchasing power of the Germans and German speaking foreigners.

Turanoceratops · 10/31/2011, 10:36 am

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Originally Posted by Bloody Eugene

This is the map of languages in the world:

....

I let Telltale understand how many potential customers they're losing.

Why is Azerbaijan Caucasian and not Turkic? And since when is Kazakhstan Slavic and not Turkic lol. Something is wrong with this map ^^

_djs_ · 10/31/2011, 06:13 pm

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Originally Posted by Turanoceratops

Why is Azerbaijan Caucasian and not Turkic? And since when is Kazakhstan Slavic and not Turkic lol. Something is wrong with this map ^^

That map isn't correct... Some countries that have Portuguese as the official language doesn't appear to speak it in that map!

JPFix · 11/01/2011, 02:04 pm

i hope that it will be possible to do "home made translations" so people can translate at least the text

TP3D · 11/01/2011, 02:11 pm

99.9% of people who A) play video games and B) like Jurassic Park would know English. I know there are exceptions, but most people fit into this category.

Bloody Eugene · 11/01/2011, 02:20 pm

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Originally Posted by TP3D

99.9% of people who A) play video games and B) like Jurassic Park would know English. I know there are exceptions, but most people fit into this category.

...So you're saying that every multilanguage release from Ubisoft, EA, Valve, etc. is just for the 0.1% of the market?????

Asian Inferno · 11/01/2011, 02:25 pm

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Originally Posted by Bloody Eugene

...So you're saying that every multilanguage release from Ubisoft, EA, Valve, etc. is just for the 0.1% of the market?????

Nope, but those companies have much more money and resources than Telltale. If Universal is wiling to compensate them for the additional effort, then these complaints really should be filed against them.

Bloody Eugene · 11/02/2011, 04:31 am

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Originally Posted by Asian Inferno

Nope, but those companies have much more money and resources than Telltale.

Companies smaller than Telltale made multilanguage games regularly. Bill Tiller's "A vampyre story" and "Voojoo Island" has Italian Subtitles. "Amnesia" has multilanguage from the day of its release. Even "Braid" has multilanguage.
Don't tell me they have no money for it, but have money for jeeps, real plants, props and stuffs to exhibit during shows...

JPFix · 11/02/2011, 04:58 am

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Originally Posted by Bloody Eugene

Companies smaller than Telltale made multilanguage games regularly. Bill Tiller's "A vampyre story" and "Voojoo Island" has Italian Subtitles. "Amnesia" has multilanguage from the day of its release. Even "Braid" has multilanguage.
Don't tell me they have no money for it, but have money for jeeps, real plants, props and stuffs to exhibit during shows...

they also could ask for an amateur translation, at least for the text

keeperxiii · 11/02/2011, 05:38 am

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Originally Posted by TP3D

99.9% of people who A) play video games and B) like Jurassic Park would know English. I know there are exceptions, but most people fit into this category.

Not quite. Outside of America things can be quite different. The problem is that most videogame "blockbusters" are distributed by companies that don't realize that there's a (big) market outside of the US.

The problem is... everyone thinks that everyplace is just like the US...

There's a reason Facebook games are kicking your asses!

crochunter · 11/02/2011, 06:11 am

just think that every country is equal to the united states, I hope they put the Italian and Spanish, or only French and German can play.
20 feet? how many meters are?

JPFix · 11/02/2011, 09:41 am

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Originally Posted by crochunter

just think that every country is equal to the united states, I hope they put the Italian and Spanish, or only French and German can play.
20 feet? how many meters are?

they will not insert italian and spanish

Bloody Eugene · 11/02/2011, 09:57 am

TT could even sell translation.
I would pay 5$ more for an Italian localization, so they could cover translation costs.

Asian Inferno · 11/02/2011, 11:11 am

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Originally Posted by Bloody Eugene

Companies smaller than Telltale made multilanguage games regularly. Bill Tiller's "A vampyre story" and "Voojoo Island" has Italian Subtitles. "Amnesia" has multilanguage from the day of its release. Even "Braid" has multilanguage.
Don't tell me they have no money for it, but have money for jeeps, real plants, props and stuffs to exhibit during shows...

What's the biggest market for Jurassic Park? That's what the money is being spent on. I'm not understating the foreign fans of the film, and would love for them to get support. But this isn't a AAA-title release, and both Telltale and Universal aren't expecting that level of buyers and profit. Therefore the level of support is only a fraction of those. Other smaller companies do what they do to attract a bigger fanbase. This game is aimed at those who liked the films, it's not for a new audience. The films were originally in English and is generally a universal language. How much money would they make from lesser known languages? Putting in that much work just to satisfy a small portion of their audience?

TT should have some sort of custom created subtitle system for those languages. English, Spanish, French, Portuguese should be officially covered. But official support for the others while nice, is just not justifiable. Time, money, effort is all at play.

titossauro · 11/02/2011, 11:23 am

Why not Portuguese!!!??? We have a lot of Jurassic Park Fans in Brazil, and a lot of clients...

Also... German translation sounds good!

p0p0 · 11/02/2011, 11:14 pm

Tank you for the subtitles in french !!!

Woodsyblue · 11/03/2011, 05:07 am

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Originally Posted by _djs_

German, lol!

It would be better to get the game in Portuguese and Spanish... Much more people speak this languages than german.

Actually German makes sense. There seems to be a real market for Adventure Games in Germany, and German developers were still making Adventure Games long after they were abandoned by LucasArts and Sierra.

More people may speak Portuguese and Spanish, but it's very likely a higher percentage of German people will be interested in this game. I don't pretend to understand it, I just accept it.

titossauro · 11/03/2011, 12:35 pm

Yeah yeah... you're right. Still I think it's going to be a big hit in Brazil... But we're used to English...

nomecopies · 11/03/2011, 10:32 pm

You can put your games on every console, iPad, PC or Mac but you can't afford SUBTITLES?

DoubleFine is also a small company and Costume Quest and Stacked have multilingual subtitles support...
If you want, you can do it. But I suppose you don't care about your fans anymore.

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10/30/2011, 08:47 am	#21
_djs_ Clever boy Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Porto, Portugal Posts: 207	German, lol! It would be better to get the game in Portuguese and Spanish... Much more people speak this languages than german.

10/31/2011, 10:33 am	#22
Turanoceratops Nom nom nom Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Germany/ Turkey Posts: 18	Hmm yes you are right but you can't ignore the mass purchasing power of the Germans and German speaking foreigners.

11/01/2011, 02:04 pm	#25
JPFix Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 18	i hope that it will be possible to do "home made translations" so people can translate at least the text

11/01/2011, 02:11 pm	#26
TP3D InGen Collateral Designer Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 240	99.9% of people who A) play video games and B) like Jurassic Park would know English. I know there are exceptions, but most people fit into this category.

11/02/2011, 06:11 am	#32
crochunter Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 35	just think that every country is equal to the united states, I hope they put the Italian and Spanish, or only French and German can play. 20 feet? how many meters are?

11/02/2011, 09:57 am	#34
Bloody Eugene Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 620	TT could even sell translation. I would pay 5$ more for an Italian localization, so they could cover translation costs.

11/02/2011, 11:23 am	#36
titossauro Caçador de Dinossauros Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Posts: 17	Why not Portuguese!!!??? We have a lot of Jurassic Park Fans in Brazil, and a lot of clients... Also... German translation sounds good!

11/02/2011, 11:14 pm	#37
p0p0 Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 11	Tank you for the subtitles in french !!!

11/03/2011, 12:35 pm	#39
titossauro Caçador de Dinossauros Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Posts: 17	Yeah yeah... you're right. Still I think it's going to be a big hit in Brazil... But we're used to English...

11/03/2011, 10:32 pm	#40
nomecopies Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cádiz, Spain Posts: 307	You can put your games on every console, iPad, PC or Mac but you can't afford SUBTITLES? DoubleFine is also a small company and Costume Quest and Stacked have multilingual subtitles support... If you want, you can do it. But I suppose you don't care about your fans anymore.