The days following the release of the acclaimed Psychonauts 2 have been very fruitful for Double Fine, as the title has garnered rave reviews from the press and players globally. Nevertheless, not all countries have been able to enjoy it, since the title lacks the support of several languages, within which are Russian and Chinese.
Through its official Twitter account, Jez Corden from Windows Central has shared a photo of the official Double Fine forum, where the Community Manager of the study James Spafford, has explained quite clearly why Psychonauts 2 does not have support for more languages. The main reason for this inconvenience is purely a budget issue, where the study hopes to have more support from Microsoft.
Double Fine currently has no budget to add more languages to Psychonauts 2
It’s normal if you consider that prior to launch a budget was assigned and the developer itself wanted to focus on the core experience of the game and to deliver before asking the budget for more languages. will follow.
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Regarding this whole topic, James Spafford has detailed the following (translated): “We would love to add more languages to Psychonauts 2, and we are investigating to see if that might be possible in the future. Script-wise, this is the biggest game we’ve ever made and adding even an additional language would take a lot of work and a lot of extra budget that we currently don’t have. Adding languages that use completely different alphabets and have other considerations is an even bigger job. We may have that opportunity, and we really hope we do, but we can’t make any promises, and we couldn’t make it in time for launch either. “
This message has been shared by a large number of fans on social media, tagging Xbox mogul Phil Spencer and Xbox Game Studios director Matt Booty, calling for a budget increase for the studio. It is very likely that Microsoft will consider the idea and make the request effective, Because thanks to the incredible ratings that Psychonauts 2 has had, it is not difficult to think that the company wants to take it to more markets.
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