A localization costs a lot more than just a translation team's salary, you have directors and quality managers and in - house testing and all kinds of work that has to be done on the localization side.
At the very end of the development process we also found a publishing partner who took over the sales and distribution of eventual box sets and
localization costs.
The low install base, strict regulations and
localization costs have turned many away from bringing their games to China.
I can't imagine Nintendo would have paid half
the localization costs for anything less than a six - month exclusive window, so I wouldn't expect to see DQ7 iOS in English until at least March or so.
Common Sense Advisory has done a lot of research into just how much
localization costs — and benefits — companies.
According to him, the RPG genre carries a «very high»
localization cost, much more than fighting games:
But,
the localization cost of X zone is very high than «Fighting Game genre»).
According to him, the RPG genre carries a «very high»
localization cost, much more than fighting games:
But,
the localization cost of X zone is very high than «Fighting Game genre»).
Not exact matches
Part of the issue may be that companies don't know where to start or what a
localization project will
cost.
A typical investment in
localization generally represents less than 1 percent of total investment in marketing or R&D, even including staffing and technology
costs.
The only
costs would be
localization....
Many believe that the translation and
localization of courses
costs a fortune.
The company is considering high
localization on the Rio to keep a check on the
costs.
he was right about fans grossly underestimating the
cost of
localization but was wrong to mock them.
Difficult to say, I'm not going to name drop the person who most recently did this, but what I will say is they've adopted the word censorship openly over
localization, at the
cost of scorn from the comment section.
MoGi Group provides accurate,
cost - effective solutions to your game
localization needs.
Not a major change, and not one I will mourn, but Sign gave players the choice between JP and EN voice overs — the fact that Revelator lacks this clearly implies that the
cost and hassle involved with full voiced
localization doesn't make sense for this admittedly niche series.
Assuming that Nintendo of America got a clue and kept the
localizations as they were in Europe,
costs could be kept to pretty much replication; distribution; and viral marketing.
Localization will help solve required transitions from high fossil fuel and nuclear energy
costs and global problems created by Peak Oil.This will be done by moving quickly to mass public and commercial use of economic and greener energy supplies from solar, wind, hydro and geothermal energy sources.