"It is estimated that the combined total of native and non-native Spanish speakers is approximately 500 million, likely making it the third most spoken language by total number of speakers. Global internet usage statistics for 2007 show Spanish as the third most commonly used language on the internet, after English and Chinese" ([en.wikipedia.org])

ddeltemple

Koztah

latinogamer

phicaluk

And yes im spanish and i dont need to talk the 'español'. Maybe if you get rid of the 'the' in that sentence...

Other thing i bet all south-americans or center arent filthy poor. Stop watching tv please.

DoggStyle

Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see what WOW is like in Spanish.

(I'm from Venezuela btw)

jaczor

Too bad Blizzard won't do a portuguese version. There are a lot of people that wants to play WoW but can't afford to pay ridiculous prices -- importing the game and paying the subscription in dollars.

Drakulakun

Kavatar

They want tech support people. I am NOT looking forward to working for them in that capacity. If I want to get yelled at by angry nerds who can't get their sword of sorrows, I'd just get a job at Gamestop.

Kitsune Sniper

goliathvv

goliathvv

CalcioFool

QualityJeverage

There really need to be better distinctions between nations of skyscrapers and dirt huts. Look at China for a place with a fair bit of both.

@KMatt: Hilarious.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

rdewes

KMatt

Americo

Americo

Americo

Kitsune Sniper

KMatt

Ciremu

Gambare

ostartero

I'm not saying they aren't making a lot of money off of the game, of course they are, but to suggest that they are running off with massive amounts of money and not reinvesting it into the company is entirely incorrect.

darthmole12

Hell the new world's richest guy in the world who just debunked Bill Gates is (ironically) mexican! (Telecommunications gigant Carlos Slim).

Alex_Mexico

Finally! Someone's hiring translators! *applies ASAP*

Kitsune Sniper

Tei

Evilv6

clintonskneecap

As a whole, if the industry makes moves to reach more consumers at lower prices per unit, economies of scale will just continue to grow gaming as an industry...

so in some ways i completely agree, selling a game on a global scale allows you to invest more in the game because you can expect more return, which benefits developers, publishers, and gamers, all at the same time...

sadly, blizzard does not have a track record of investing the massive profit they've made off wow back into the game...

It's a simple as 70% of the player base being gold farmers.

lasttimeyouaskedme

Maybe I can score a job for localization/translation with them <_<

*submits resume*

deft0k

It's never enough.

The hunger...it never goes away.

Aethyr

And also, it's great that they're hiring LATIN-AMERICAN people for this, instead of just porting the European Spanish version.

*submits resume for localization/translation*

deft0k

TaggarT6

mp1434

psyence

lasttimeyouaskedme

Chewbenator

Americo

1. Insanely humid summer.

2.PC 'bang" all over the place. F2P MMO rampant.

Yea. Add about 2+million subscriber to the behemoth.

Fyren

excel_excel

LFG 39. 300 in Lang needed.

Lyrai

Coheed2114

Señor Vorpal Kickass'o

deathbunny

excel_excel