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Why Don't They Have Original (Japanese) Audio With Subtiles For Game Like With Anime?
Category: Question Of The Day Game: Default Posted on Nov 30, 2008 10:14 pm
I have always been boggle by this, why can't games have an option where you can pick original Japanese audio with english subs like we have with animes? I always think about this when I watch a game trailer that is in Japanese and it sounds so so much better. Better voice acting, better synchonization -- to get to the point, better in EVERYTHING! I might have a slight idea why they don't do it, but if it is correct then it shouldn't that of a big deal, unless they are just plain lazy. >__< One idea is the size of the game? With 2 different audio tracks it can make the game very large and they can't put it all into one dvd? ...If that is the case, then make 2 dvds? Look at PS one games, they had 4, sometime 5 discs per game. (keke I used to love that concept in the PS one days, I would always buy RPG's with extra discs because I knew it's going to be a long game, with lots of graphics and extra gameplay =3) My second guess is that may be some kind of copyright issue? But I doubt that is the reason, they are already exporting the actual game, what's purpose of keeping the audio? My final guess is American players not wanting it (or not wanting it badly enough)? -- WRONG! This definitely cannot be the reason, just look at the Anime enterpise, they started putting Japanese audio with US release due to customer's demand caused by the "not so good" english dubbing. So why is this any different? (But i do have to admit, english dubbing for gaming is better than anime) I'm sure there are many gamers out there, like myself, who wants this option for their role playing games experience.
So, I am clueless to why this issue has not risen amongst gamers everywhere (maybe it has and I don't know about it)... If you have some insight on this issue or know the answer to my question, please elaborate, thank you. ^^
Tags: Japanese Audio
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