MANDARIN

[sumark94]

I would like to suggect that "Mandarin" be added to the preferred audio language. Simplified and Traditional Chinese are written languages and NOT spoken languages. Beside Mandarin, Cantonese is also a spoken language, but Mandarin is the most commonly spoken language in Asia, one billion people speak it.

[Levi]

Is there per game or in the articles?

[Astraea Kisaragi]

Does it matters? Most games don't have here a chinese audio to begin with. Mandarin or not.
The chinese gaming market is huge only for certain games, mobile games and some online ones. Before PUBG came most people haven't even seen here any chinese.

[sumark94]

Yes, It does matter to me when it comes to chosing games to purchase. Besides a growing number of Chinese are coming to the US as well as a growing number of people want to learn a foreign language. So I am talking about the selection of games and not any game in particlular. My wife speaks Mandarin, so I would like to learn this as well. Mandarin is NOT recognized, even though 1,000,000,000 speak it. The problem is, most spoken languages follow the same rule, but "simplified" or "traditional" Chinese only describe the written language and not the spoken language. Spoken English = written English. Spoken Chinese = Mandarin or Cantonese and written Chinese is understood by all Chinese and that would most likely be written Simplified (or Traditional) Chinese. It's making way for the possibility of someone developing a game with a spoken Chinese track and an English subtitle (bilingual software!) So this is just a push towards what others are talking about. Really and truly bilingual software. How many people in Quebec would like something like I am talking about. French speaking people wanting to learn English?
Mexican or Porto Ricans wanting to learn English. Maybe some folks would like bilingual software because they were brought up in another country so maybe they would prefer spoken Italian with English subs? It a big idea and eventually it will be a high demand technology.

[999999999]

Where do you want this to be implemented?

Spoken language does not always equal written language.

[sumark94]

in STORE/Browsing, right side panels at bottom, narrow by language, missing Mandarin, Cantonese and Vietnamese. All languages from people I've bumped into in the US and abroad. I have been in Wuhan ,China and have met a few gamers there. They play on computers, but I do not know what they are limited by/too. If family size and number I know that at least 3 of 15 play on computer there. That's 20% roughly, apply that to 950,000,000, that's a lot of gamers in China alone! Usually gamers know gamers there as well. The best place to go today in any technology is use of language and bilingual is better. Most gamers would ignore this website because it may ignore what they want. Keep that in mind and good luck!

[拒绝]

do you want to learn chinese?if you want,add me

[拒绝]

Originally posted by sumark94:

Yes, It does matter to me when it comes to chosing games to purchase. Besides a growing number of Chinese are coming to the US as well as a growing number of people want to learn a foreign language. So I am talking about the selection of games and not any game in particlular. My wife speaks Mandarin, so I would like to learn this as well. Mandarin is NOT recognized, even though 1,000,000,000 speak it. The problem is, most spoken languages follow the same rule, but "simplified" or "traditional" Chinese only describe the written language and not the spoken language. Spoken English = written English. Spoken Chinese = Mandarin or Cantonese and written Chinese is understood by all Chinese and that would most likely be written Simplified (or Traditional) Chinese. It's making way for the possibility of someone developing a game with a spoken Chinese track and an English subtitle (bilingual software!) So this is just a push towards what others are talking about. Really and truly bilingual software. How many people in Quebec would like something like I am talking about. French speaking people wanting to learn English?
Mexican or Porto Ricans wanting to learn English. Maybe some folks would like bilingual software because they were brought up in another country so maybe they would prefer spoken Italian with English subs? It a big idea and eventually it will be a high demand technology.

Your wife speaks Mandarin, and she can teach you

[Bumbefly (we/All)]

Say, this discussion is as old as the Internet is......