The Russian language was deleted. I hope this is a mistake?

[Gwynbleidd]

I seriously hope this is a mistake. And you won't mix games and politics. Russian is one of the most popular languages on Steam. I bought your first game and it had Russian. Obviously I'm willing to buy the second installment, but I need Russian.
Be above the political fray. You make good games and keep making them. And so people will just download your game from other sites and make Russian subtitles or even voiceovers themselves. As a result you will lose 100 thousand copies sold, and most likely even more. Do you need it?
I hope for understanding.

[Babaji]

I totally agree. The Russian-speaking community is very large.

[pr1mus]

Originally posted by Gwynbleidd:

And so people will just download your game from other sites and make Russian subtitles or even voiceovers themselves.

so go do that then and give the $60 to the modders instead.

[Aurelijus]

Originally posted by Babaji:

I totally agree. The Russian-speaking community is very large.

Then they can stay in their bubble, or learn English, just like many people already do especially people from countries that never has games translated to their native languages...

[Nidkriz]

Originally posted by Aurelijus:

Originally posted by Babaji:

I totally agree. The Russian-speaking community is very large.

Then they can stay in their bubble, or learn English, just like many people already do especially people from countries that never has games translated to their native languages...

We are not in 2007 when the Russian gaming market was still new. Now it's a different time, 99% of releases are translated into Russian and it's become a natural thing. Russian language is on the 3rd place in the top of Steam. So no, we're not going to learn English and we're not going to stay in our bubble, pal. We'll vote with our money, but it would be stupid of the publisher of this game to give up a market that was the 3rd biggest seller of the first game.

[𝕾𝖙𝖊7𝖋𝖆𝖓]

Guys, if there is no Russian language, do not buy the game and that's it. We need to put these publishers in their place. I personally don't buy the game if there is no Russian voice acting. The Russian language is in third place in the Steam in popularity, so every game should be translated.

[pr1mus]

Originally posted by 𝕾𝖙𝖊7𝖋𝖆𝖓:

The Russian language is in third place in the Steam in popularity, so every game should be translated.

it's less than 10% bud calm down, you don't see Chinese people demanding every game to be dubbed in their language and they're 1/3rd of the platform.

[Fredolin]

Originally posted by Gwynbleidd:

I seriously hope this is a mistake. And you won't mix games and politics.

This is beyond just politics. Fix your government maybe instead of asking for russian language. And ask your President to act normal and not delusional. Revisionist History towards Poland, Czech Rep., Baltic States will never be okay.

[LovelySchizoid]

Originally posted by 𝚎𝚇𝚘𝙳𝚞𝚂✮:

Originally posted by Gwynbleidd:

I seriously hope this is a mistake. And you won't mix games and politics.

This is beyond just politics. Fix your government maybe instead of asking for russian language. And ask your President to act normal and not delusional. Revisionist History towards Poland, Czech Rep., Baltic States will never be okay.

More comfy to have this as a Casus Beli.
Because I don't want to here any notations from the group of people, that are chimpout all around the world, but start whining when they get pushed back.

[ْSmoke™]

Originally posted by 𝚎𝚇𝚘𝙳𝚞𝚂✮:

Originally posted by Gwynbleidd:

I seriously hope this is a mistake. And you won't mix games and politics.

This is beyond just politics. Fix your government maybe instead of asking for russian language. And ask your President to act normal and not delusional. Revisionist History towards Poland, Czech Rep., Baltic States will never be okay.

please putin or else they will remove russian lang from kingdomcome !! lol

[zaza]

Totally agreed, besides not only people from russia speak russian

[Bol]

Originally posted by zaza:

Totally agreed, besides not only people from russia speak russian

Those who speak Russian outside of Russia are part of the Russian diaspora almost 100% of the time. If Russia is spoken by some other nationality, it's practically always as a second language. Besides, the Central Asian market (to which you're likely referring) is insignificant compared to others. Also you have to ask yourself what's the ROI of paying for a specific localization.

For localization you have to pay for:
-text translation, which is billed per word. Typically around 0.1 USD per word but this can easily go up for less common languages.
-voice acting. This is much harder to estimate, but consider this to be much, MUCH more expensive than text translation
-Localization QA to verify localization and correct any potential error

Is spending dozens of thousands of dollars for a language worth it? Will it attract more players? Surely. Will the absence of localization prevent the game from selling in that specific market? Absolutely not, as long as English is supported. If you think the devs will lose a significant amount of sales because of that, you're delusional.

That's why asking for your specific language to be added in is pointless if there's no clear ROI to be had. Also why even big studios never bring VA to all supported localizations.

Oh and Steam statistics are pointless in this case ; the vast majority of accounts play F2P games, MMORPGs and CS. If you sorted them by average library size and worth, Russia and China would drop down the list immediatly.

[sceaff]

There is no point in arguing with those who confuse the method of communication with politics.

The voices of “activists” and bots always sound louder than ordinary people.
It's hard not to notice that most of them have no idea about the game and are unlikely to buy it.

I am a Ukrainian living abroad and I would like to have a Russian version - and I am sure that the translation costs will pay off for the creators of the game.

[PafunaMT]

Those sanctions tho

[Flying_Leo]

Скорее всего очень быстро выпустят русик, сначала какой-нибудь перевод нейронки а потом уже и нормальный, отредактированный. Вон для того же старфилда достаточно качественный русик выкатили. Оно конечно от разрабов сразу качественную локализацию не плохо было бы, и я подозреваю что во время разработки до известных событий локализация скорее всего была ну или по крайней мере планировалась, но имеем что имеем… у меня с английским проблем нет, я понимаю, но куда приятнее играть на родном языке, меньше мозг напрягать))

[Talkie Toaster]

The game isn't even being offered for sale in Russia due to sanctions, so I don't see the point.

Play silly games, win silly prizes. Judging by the rhetoric Russia are spewing, those sanctions are only going to get worse.