WotC today released the following statement, as Portugese-language sales have not been enough to warrant their continuation. Some products will continue to be available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.
On D&D Beyond they provided a little more detail.
We are making the difficult decision to halt Portuguese product later this year.
We will continue to release D&D products in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.
We will continue to release D&D products in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.
On D&D Beyond they provided a little more detail.
Dungeons & Dragons is a global game that we strive to make as accessible as possible to our wide and varied audience. However, we’ve also had to confront rising costs and shifts in global demand, even as D&D continues to grow.
Portuguese language product sales have not kept pace with rising costs across the board, which means that we are making the difficult decision to halt Portuguese product later this year, after the following three planned books:
Portuguese language product sales have not kept pace with rising costs across the board, which means that we are making the difficult decision to halt Portuguese product later this year, after the following three planned books:
- Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons
- Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel
- Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
). We tend to watch TV in the original language with subs. And for those of us that speak/understand a different language, we abhor the Dutch subs. For me it's even as bad as I prefer the English subs for series/movies I don't understand the language of. Dubbed anime in English I find a horror!
