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sorry, just forget that, I was actually trying to quote somebody but it didn't quite work.
Do you think that if they released localized versions translated into de/es/fr/it they'd sell more in respective markets?
Afaik they do that already, no?
At least Ger has its "own" version soon.
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Just thought of this: Had Germany won WW2, the HoI-series would probably be as mandatory as "Mein Kampf". That would have been huge for Paradox' sales!
As an italian customer/player, i doubt that translating in italian would make the difference and be a profitable operation:
- imho these history-based grand strategy games are popular mostly among educated people, who usually know at least a "basic" english. The language barrier could exist maybe for the older ones (that in Italy are usually more fluent in french than english), but i think they won't be so many;
- Language plays a little role in games like HoI3, at least from my point of view, since you have to get used more to mechanics and a few key concept/terms than to long descriptions, dialogues and so like it could be in a MMO or a RPG game;
- Localizations are often an hellish nightmare concerning tech support: i remember when in Warhammer: Age of Reckoning there was an italian client and it had unique bugs and typos that had to be dealt with. For this reason, i prefer installing and playing with english clients whenever i can.
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In France, we like to play in French, because although many speak English, many terms and abbreviations British military are not at all in French.
That's why the series has been corrected and re-translated by the French fans whenever less than a week after the release of the game or patch.
That's why the series has been corrected and re-translated by the French fans whenever less than a week after the release of the game or patch.
Take that, Finland! Dutch superiority asserts itself once more!
You've had that one coming ever since you beat us at the 'Best education system' competition (again).On a more serious note, thanks for providing this data, Johan. Is there ever any link between a sales figures breakdown like this and development time spent on each country?
I could lecture for hours on the Commonwealth Air Training Program and Canada. My city was home to "Technical Training School #1, the largest air ground trades training camp in the Commonwealth. Men came from everywhere to train here. I bet if anyone of you from a Commonwealth country talks to a few WW2 Air ground crew veterans you will find half of them know or were trained here.
I have to agree with the above comment, very strongly. The commonwealth and a few governments in exile like Poland and the Free French were equipped as well as the major power. A special share technology and joint research for commonwealth countries needs to be added somehow to make the game historically correct. As an option of course.
As for Canada being 1/10 the population of the USA and having about 1/4 of the North America sales I suggest:
1) Canada has been going through a rebirth of military pride over the last 10m years.
2) Although not up to most European standards Canada does teach WW2 in its schools. The USA for the most part does a poor history in school lesson and world knowledge in general.
3) Canada has a strong European immigrant population that are encouraged to keep routes with their past country where in the USA everyone gets melted into baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet.
4) Canada has a long history of peace but when we rally around a cause we rally well. In WW2 we had little conscription compared to most European counties,and few conscripts ever saw front line action. WW2 is remembered as a time of great nostalgia. An era where we rallied behind a cause and took action. Even French Canadians were not opposed to the war, just conscription.
Ooops, we (CZE) didn't make it not even to top 28.
And I always felt a bit alone among the players of other game genres here...
