Gale Force 9 Comments On Brazil Translatorgate

In the wake of Brazil Tanslatorgate, Dungeons & Dragons licensee Gale Force Nine has made a statement regarding the dispute between Fire on Board and FMR about the rights to translate D&D 5th Edition into Portuguese for he Brazilian audience. They have put translation plans for Brazil on hold pending an investigation. As yet, WotC has issued no comment.

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Gale Force Nine Comments on D&D Localizations

Gale Force Nine has been working for over a year on our plan to publish localized language versions of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS fifth edition products. Throughout the process, we met and considered many partners around the world based on the same criteria: a passion for the material and a commitment to deliver the complete plan. We wanted to offer every country the entire D&D fifth edition experience and the partners we have chosen to work with will be doing just that.

Currently, we are speaking with all parties involved in Brazil to sort out the situation. Our goal is to ensure fans can enjoy the products in their local language of choice and we are committed to supporting those fans and their community. As such our product release plans for this market are on hold until we ​fully investigate and ​hopefully resolve th​is issue. We apologize to D&D fans in Brazil for any delay this may cause but we’ll do our best to have a solution in place soon.

John-Paul Brisigotti
CEO Battlefront Group
GF9 is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Battlefront Group

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[MNblockhead]

You'd think so. Right now my wholesaler lists Volo's at 26.97 (my price to pay, as a store), plus some shipping, handling and COD fees, usually, call it a round up to 28. Amazon however, has them for 25.14, with free shipping and no sales tax. It is cheaper for me to order one off of amazon than to "steal" one off of my own shelf. Not really a way to realistically sell this competitively, just beg people to give me money for instant gratification or to support the local shop, might as well have a march of dice jar on the counter, at that point, it isn't a business.

Though WOTC did release a limited edition cover only available at gaming stores. Also, gaming stores can sell early release. I've paid more to get books a bit earlier. But, yes, for Yawning Portal I just pre-ordered on Amazon.

Most of my money spent at gaming stores is board games, food, and drink now--and much of the board game stuff are impulse buys made while I'm there to play. Even miniatures I buy online now.

 

[dagger]

Selling stuff makes you money; its not rocket science.

Except its not that simple.

revenue != profit

 

[Shasarak]

Except its not that simple.

revenue != profit

Yeah, look at Hollywood Block Buster movies for example. Hundreds of millions of dollars in sales and yet still can not turn a profit.

It sure is a mystery alright.

 

[Satyrn]

(yes, please tell us how you have 42 gamestores in your street!)

My street is among the longest in the world, and is the main street for several towns and one metropolis, but I don't think there are 42 . . . Hey, I wonder if the question for that answer, y'know, about Life, the Universe and other stuff is "How many game stores are on Yonge Street?"

Probably not.