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... if games would just remain in the original language, without being dubbed. And if you are a company that's making a game that will have cross-over appeal, you should already start including subtitles etc in the first version of the game.
I dont buy games that only have the dubbed voices. Cant stand dubs. They usually (there are exceptions) dont hold up.