Originally posted by stayontarget

Originally posted by Gameloading

The only reason it is taking so long is because the translation staff is clearly understaffed.

There is no valid excuse to release the game a full year after release. What about patches, are those going to be delayed a full year too? Not that I'd expect NCsoft actually answers that one, NCsoft's CM's has been surprisingly absent from this forum since the planned release schedule was revealed.

There have been many games from different companies oversea's that take a year or more to hit the shores of the western countries. I see nothing clearly in your statement only gessing on your part and not based on fact.

Just because the CM's are absent on this forum does not mean they are silent on other forums:  www.aionsource.com/forum/devtrack.php

 

That's because a lot of eastern companies have understaffed translation services.

Take World of Warcraft, for instance. the Chinese version was released a little over 6 months after the US version. I really doubt Aion has so much more content than WoW that it requires 6 months longer.

Take the Chinese version. While the Chinese Version has a Q3 release, the game is already in beta phase for quite some time now, so I assume the translation for that version is already complete or nearly complete, Why can't NCsoft do the same thing for NA/EU? 

The only logical conclussion i can draw is that NCsoft's US/EU division translation team is much smaller than it's chinese counterpart.

We're not talking about a game that has decided on a western release at the last minute, this game was planned for a western release for years now.

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That's because a lot of eastern companies have understaffed translation services.

Take World of Warcraft, for instance. the Chinese version was released a little over 6 months after the US version. I really doubt Aion has so much more content than WoW that it requires 6 months longer.[/b][/quote]

I do not want to argue with you but Chinese its a real problem to lunch game over there :p so your exemple is not bad since we understand your meaning, but kinda worthless lol Chinesse refused to lunch WoW I heard in some of their country, and they are going to do that with many mmo.

I wouldnt want to be a chinesse player :( poor them, behind wiped out the map world :p

this games gonna suck in all languages.

its WoW with wings.

Originally posted by Kullision

this games gonna suck in all languages.

its WoW with wings.

Damn, with all those supporting facts, and all that knowledge backing your post, I'm almost tempted to agree with you!!!

Grow up you troll.

Originally posted by Kullision

this games gonna suck in all languages.

its WoW with wings.

Yea I know man.  Totally.  Wow with wings...and massive open world pvp, and attack animations that actually look, you know, animated.  Oh and a graphical upgrade.

Totally wow with wings.

Originally posted by Gameloading

That's because a lot of eastern companies have understaffed translation services.

Take World of Warcraft, for instance. the Chinese version was released a little over 6 months after the US version. I really doubt Aion has so much more content than WoW that it requires 6 months longer.

Take the Chinese version. While the Chinese Version has a Q3 release, the game is already in beta phase for quite some time now, so I assume the translation for that version is already complete or nearly complete, Why can't NCsoft do the same thing for NA/EU? 

The only logical conclussion i can draw is that NCsoft's US/EU division translation team is much smaller than it's chinese counterpart.

We're not talking about a game that has decided on a western release at the last minute, this game was planned for a western release for years now.

Ok, first lets understand something. The Chinese client for Aion is coming out before NA/EU. Probably the Japanese one as well. That isn't so bad, but it does cut into man-hours; unless you hire people specifically to do it. However, in case you haven't heard, not many companies world-wide are hiring for high paying jobs (unless you are a nurse) such as these right now, NCSoft included. That would lead to probably a delay of about a quarter or so. No biggy from their original intent of having it out by next month (think that date was from almost a year ago, not sure).

Then they DO hire a few of the american english teachers that are in Korea (only a few that haven't been kidnapped and shipped north, I suspect) to do voice overs. In their interaction with the "yanks/ euros", some on the dev team realize that more than just quests might need to be "westernized", because you see... these teachers would be their first western focus group. That causes a few more months. Before you know it, marketing starts scheming and looking for the most profitable release date, which might have it pushed back just a little more. This happens more often than you think.

Finally, there is a release. And believe it or not, it just happens to have more content than WoW at launch. I was there for WoW's launch... it was, pardon the pun, pretty "Barren". Not to mention broke. I say give NCSoft credit where it is due, and delaying Aion enough to "get it right" for each of their markets, shows a certain commitment rarely shown elsewhere.

Now their CS department is a whole other story....

Originally posted by neosurfeur

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That's because a lot of eastern companies have understaffed translation services.

Take World of Warcraft, for instance. the Chinese version was released a little over 6 months after the US version. I really doubt Aion has so much more content than WoW that it requires 6 months longer.[/b][/quote]

I do not want to argue with you but Chinese its a real problem to lunch game over there :p so your exemple is not bad since we understand your meaning, but kinda worthless lol Chinesse refused to lunch WoW I heard in some of their country, and they are going to do that with many mmo.

I wouldnt want to be a chinesse player :( poor them, behind wiped out the map world :p
 

...huh?