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Destiny will NOT support Arabic

IGN ME , asked Destiny about the Arabic language on Destiny ,

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ZHZ903841d ago (Edited 3841d ago )

95-97% games don't support Arabic, even though I prefer English in video games would be nice for companies to support the language of my country.

shahab913841d ago

Why are people disagreeing with you. I really don't understand the hatred of some people in this site.

WarThunder3841d ago

Every Dev should support Arabic!

Its one most talked and beautiful languages!

kB03841d ago

That simply not true, the most beautiful language and most talked is Mathematics.

It's universal, it's logical and you dont need to speak an ounce of anything in order to speak it:)

WarThunder3841d ago

@ kB0 *facepalm*

If you learn how to read. i said: "its one of the most"

Not the most...

kB03841d ago

facepalm*

The joke is loose on some.

kB03841d ago

Also maybe you leave the personal attacks for another site? :)

Shake_Zula3840d ago

It's more of a technical issue than a choice really. See most of the languages supported in computing have UTF-8 compliant counterparts. Arabic does not have such counterpart, so supporting it from a programming standpoint is very difficult, because most programming languages were developed in countries where the primary language is English. In this case, Arabic"-like" language support wouldn't be just a port, but rather its own development build complete with different coding methodologies. Basically, multiply the development cost by 2... minimally. Language independent code would be nice though; whoever comes up with it will be a billionaire.

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Kuse3841d ago

Oh well...not a lot of gamers in Arabia...

SnakeCQC3841d ago

There are a ton of gamers over their.

Omran3841d ago

You live in other world !
there are many gamers in
Middle East !

maybe you live under rock

SonyNGP3841d ago

Dude. Saudi Arabia has an insane amount of gamers.

Salooh3841d ago (Edited 3841d ago )

We are gamers since the sega / nintendo times. We are simply not recognised , maybe because we don't develop games or other reasons. But middle east sales goes to europe and us . There are at least 1 million gamer here in middle east. I don't blame you for not knowing this ..

On topic : Who expected arabic in this game or any other game O.o

Golden_Mud3841d ago

DvlzGame expected it , also here in Saudi Arabia alone , there is 9 million gamers , in Qatar there is 3 Million , in UAE there is 4 million , in Bahrain there is 300K gamers , in Egypt there is 2 million and finally all the other places equal 13 million gamers , we will be given a result of over 31 million gamers separated to PC , Xbox 360 and PS3 so we should be recognized

black0o3841d ago

dude didn't u ever got t-baged by someone with ''KSA, UAE, EGY ..etc'' in his/her ID

goldwyncq3841d ago

The guy with the highest trophy count lives in the Middle East.

Golden_Mud3841d ago

You do know that if half of Arabian gamers stop gaming , PS3 and
Xbox 360 would be nearly 67 million for each console

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SnakeCQC3841d ago

I don't see why they dont just add arabic subs especially when they market this game to that region.

blackbirdi3841d ago

who cares arabic traductions are the worst and stupid ... i prefer to play in english

Campy da Camper3841d ago

You're an ignorant person. Some of the nicest people I have met online were from the middle east. I want everyone, everywhere to be able to get the best experience possible. I'm from the states and my friends list includes gamers from austraila, england, Philippines, Germany and middle east.

blackbirdi3841d ago

i m arabic so i know what i m talking about the its always the arabic traduction is joke and stupid so don 't play the hero here

sealava3841d ago

not many attractions in middle-east ,,so you'll find really crazy good gamers over there

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Destiny Made Over $160 Million In Microtransaction Revenue In Less Than 2 Years

Destiny has made over $160 million in MTX revenue, and these numbers only account the data from late 2017 to early 2019.

Sgt_Slaughter326d ago

That's extremely low for microtransactions, especially for a game that's essentially designed around it

LucasRuinedChildhood326d ago (Edited 326d ago )

This was back when the game wasn't free to play.

The figures are from November 2017 to February 2019 (1 year and 4 months).

Based on that projection, the MTX revenue for Destiny 2 likely would have been closer to ~$240m for 2 years.

Not sure if premium expansions are included in that figure either although ... I'd hope that they are though and that most of the revenue was for actual content like Forsaken.

People spend way too much money on cosmetics.

Rude-ro326d ago (Edited 326d ago )

Seasons($10 and just got bumped to $12) and dungeon keys($10 each, two a year) are through the eververse(micro transaction) store.
So for those two years, in order to play a season, you would pay through micro transactions.

Sonic1881326d ago (Edited 326d ago )

Bungie Marathon will be worse since it's designed around it as well

Kurt Russell325d ago

It makes me sad to agree... but at the same time I am looking forward to giving it a go. Destiny 2 is so far in, I find it difficult to figure out what I am meant to do first.

buffig326d ago

I think FIFA alone makes over $1bn a year from mtx

anast326d ago

FIFA promotes a worldwide sport. It should make more money than destiny.

CantThinkOfAUsername326d ago (Edited 326d ago )

Let's compare something similar. Apex Legends and its ridiculous $18/$40 skins make EA a billion each year.

z2g326d ago

For as much as ppl complain how much they hate microtransactions, they sure don’t act like it. No wonder they aren’t going anywhere.

spicelicka326d ago

By "people" you're referring to millions and millions of people. Obviously the ones complaining aren't necessarily the same as the ones spending all that money.

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Father__Merrin325d ago

There's millions that purchase MTX and there's nothing we can do about it

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Stop Trying To Make Destiny

In Episode 1 of Spot On, a new weekly news show, Gamespot talks about the dangers of chasing a trend.

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Destiny 1 Becomes Playable on PC via Emulation

Playing Destiny 1 on PC has been something fans have been requesting for years. It looks like Destiny 1 is now playable on PC via the RPCS3 emulator.

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spoonard477d ago

I've been thinking about playing through D1 again before it goes away...

CobraKai477d ago

That’s the sad reality of a game like this. I bought it, invested lots of money, and it can go away at anytime. I still think this was more fun than 2.

jeromeface476d ago

prob because 2 is a grindfest slog

spoonard473d ago

That's the bummer of 'games as a service'.