JackDavies Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Dear admin/staff/people in know I just wondered if there are any plans to include Mandarin language support in future versions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackDavies Posted November 7, 2015 Author Share Posted November 7, 2015 没有回答 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackDavies Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 It has a population of 1.4 billion, an average attendance of 18,700 which is 7th in the world (higher than Brazil and only just lower than Italy and France) and the biggest video game market in the world (http://www.newzoo.com/free/rankings/top-100-countries-by-game-revenues/) 7 times bigger than that of the UK Just saying it would make sense to get it cracking the Chinese market by making it available in Mandarin!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 The Chinese market tends towards free to play games with a high rate of piracy for anything that is not free at source, if it proves to be a financial success in South Korea I imagine there is a better chance of China getting a local version of FMO than full language support in FM/FMT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackDavies Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 That may be true, but even if you capture the tiniest percent of the market its still a huge market. Equally, to the question off whether it might be a financial success I think this is missing the point considering the game is essentially a complete product. The only overheads would be the translation costs and whatever costs are associated with distribution. All this in mind, it would surely be a financial success, and one that would only grow. This is highlighted by the fact that FM Online has already been released in China (http://www.footballmanager.com/news/football-manager-online-headed-china) Heres hoping we get a full version soon! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Neil Brock Posted November 17, 2015 Administrators Share Posted November 17, 2015 Miles has spoken about this before I believe essentially saying if we sell over a certain number within a country then we'll consider language support for it. He made the same promise to Greece and Turkey and both now have their languages in game. So if you live in China, tell all your friends to buy the game! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackDavies Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 Hi Neil, Thanks for the reply, really appreciate it. Its great to hear its achievable and that its a possibility. My only thought being; is achieving is that target not a little cyclical? ie people wont buy it if its not in their language, as such it wont be considered for language support, thus people wont buy it etc... Although having said this obviously their would be some sales from expats and people proficient in English. The only thing is Chinas 2nd language english rates are nowhere near that of Europe, so the amount of people that would take a punt on it wouldn't be the same as that of Turkey or Greece. Essentially my point being, you might not achieve a small level of sales in China, but this doesn't mean there wouldn't still be huge potential for sales if it where translated. Also worse case scenario, me and my friends could chip in with some translations Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackDavies Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/01/manchester-city-265m-deal-chinese-investment-group "Manchester City owners announce £265m deal with Chinese investors" Seems like this might be a market with a lot of potential! Manchester City certainly think so Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmtw Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 They really need some more languages 拜託!! << don't forget traditional Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bababui Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 They should release a version in whatever language they are speakin up there north of Hadrians Wall Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackDavies Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Hadrians Wall, Great Wall of China, heck north of any wall. Lets get more languages for FM. Lets spread the love! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccer Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 If there's a Chinese version of FM, that'll be great - I would imagine it would look quite refreshing... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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