Disclaimer: This was a discussion we had on twitch that I thought may belong here. It opion + speculation and is not exhaustive or scripted. please comment below, I would personally really like this to be something I learn more about.
Would FFXIV Ever Add More Regions? | Central South American Data Center? | Gaming Kinda
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Spanish is the 2nd largest Language in the world, Portuguese is the 5th. While we have Speakers of both of those enjoying the game bc of its existing language support similar to many other languages world wide, I was asked on twitch why they donât have a DC and this was my initial response. It is not exhaustive and is wildly speculative and my opinion but I have been asked this question several times over the last several years, especially when we talk about OCE, Server Expansion, or Fanfests/IRL community events that often have not served this region as well as the regions that do have their own DC. I am an American who has the privilege of playing on American servers so Iâm quite aware of my bias and not really sure how to remove it on this subject beyond having a conversation with people who are affected by this to better understand their views. Please please comment below if you are reading this and canât help me better understand FFXIV in regions not all that far from me, relative to much of the world⊠that many of whom speak a language quite common in my part of the US.
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Oceanic takes some of the players off the Japanese Data center, which I would assume is their most important player-base.
So an oceanic server actually helps with the congestion the Japanese may experience. Remember, Tonberry was named specifically by the devs for the worst congestion they saw for the launch of Endwalker
Hyperion , cactuar and lamia are the ones with spanish speakers, specially hyperion.
I wonder and hope if they will also add an OCE store to go along with DC since now we are the only DC that doesnt have access to directly buy products from them online (including the ones that come with codes for ingame items), meaning we still have to use other regions stores and shipping proxies to get them.
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Honestly, before they add a Central/South American Data Center, they need to add Spanish and possibly Portuguese language support, which would mean going back from ARR all the way through END and providing text and VA in Spanish and possibly Portuguese. Oddly, the more expansions that the game has, the harder this will be to do. At the same time, they can't just release part of language support… they have to release it all at once. So maybe they're doing it behind the scenes and will release it when it's ready. Who knows.
South East Asia needs some love too
No offence, but if they have time and money to put into this, i would rather they give us more content
Its not like there is any issue with the ping when it comes to people form the south region playing on the north region as far as i can
And just as Brian said, its not another english localisation, besides less people on the data centre means longer duty q's i honestly prefer to stay on the same servers rather than having less people to play with