Dhruin
SasqWatch
I can sympathise with your point, Alrik. However, English is inescapably the language of the web. Communicating in German (or Chinese, or whatever) limits your audience while communicating in English will be widely understood, even by Germans and some Chinese.
I can understand it may not be their preference -- or your preference -- but it is practical. This is one (small) part of the puzzle as to why Gothic is a quaint niche German game that few outside of Germany or a rabid fanbase care about, even though it is a small thing they can address.
Have a look at Silverfall. I would hazard a guess that it outsold Gothic in this same timeframe in NA (that's just a guess - I have no data) but the Silverfall devs (and Atari, obviously) went to lengths to build bridges with the English community. It's just a mediocre action game but they built quite a big profile. Same for The Witcher. Both use (ex- BioWare) Tom Ohle for PR. I hear from Tom at least twice a month on something or other.
Who represented PB / Gothic in the English market? How often did they communicate with us (answer: I've never heard from them. I bet Gorath had, but I also bet not as often as I hear from Tom).
Simple question: do you want them to make some cultural point or sell games?
I can understand it may not be their preference -- or your preference -- but it is practical. This is one (small) part of the puzzle as to why Gothic is a quaint niche German game that few outside of Germany or a rabid fanbase care about, even though it is a small thing they can address.
Have a look at Silverfall. I would hazard a guess that it outsold Gothic in this same timeframe in NA (that's just a guess - I have no data) but the Silverfall devs (and Atari, obviously) went to lengths to build bridges with the English community. It's just a mediocre action game but they built quite a big profile. Same for The Witcher. Both use (ex- BioWare) Tom Ohle for PR. I hear from Tom at least twice a month on something or other.
Who represented PB / Gothic in the English market? How often did they communicate with us (answer: I've never heard from them. I bet Gorath had, but I also bet not as often as I hear from Tom).
Simple question: do you want them to make some cultural point or sell games?