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<blockquote data-quote="Iosue" data-source="post: 6325618" data-attributes="member: 6680772">And what I'm saying is that Hobby Japan is unequivocally saying it's the former.&nbsp; They don't say &quot;WotC said they are not ready to license at this time,&quot; they say, &quot;WotC has decided to not license translations.&quot;&nbsp; That by itself might be enough to assume WotC is planning on doing it in-house, but HJ continues to say, &quot;WotC has decided to only sell to the English-language market.&quot;I disagree, and so does Synsuke, the Japanese OP of this thread.&nbsp; There is no mention of &quot;yet&quot;, or &quot;at this time.&quot;&nbsp; If this was simply WotC telling HJ that they haven't finalized their overseas strategy yet, HJ would not have made this announcement in this way.&nbsp; Because &quot;no licensing plans yet&quot; at least implies that long-term HJ could expect WotC to come to them with plans, so they could simply say, &quot;No news yet.&nbsp; Please wait for more information.&quot;&nbsp; This was flat out, &quot;Eigoban nomi wo hanbai shi, Honyakuban no raisensu wo hakkou shinai to iu kettei wo shimashita&quot;: WotC has decided to not issue a license and to sell only English versions.The announcement doesn't preclude the possibility of a &quot;change in policy&quot;, but it most definitely is not a &quot;let's wait and see&quot; announcement.FWIW, I did not take Morrus's post as insulting towards HJ.&nbsp; To an extent dismissive, as if this was just second-hand rumor mill news, yes.&nbsp; But insulting, no.&nbsp; Given HJ's industry status and history with WotC, I think that if an equivalent English language licensee made a similar statement it would have been put up in the news section, not just chalked up to misunderstanding.&nbsp; (That said, I fully understand a reluctance on Morrus's part not to put items in the news section that he can't personally verify.)WotC does not have a direct communication pipeline to the Japanese D&amp;D market.&nbsp; (They do have one for Magic, but not D&amp;D.)&nbsp; As their exclusive Japanese licensee, Hobby Japan is for all intents and purposes their voice in Japan.&nbsp; Japanese customers can get official D&amp;D news only through Hobby Japan.&nbsp; The chances of a misunderstanding, things lost in translation, are above nil, but extremely low.Their budget has nothing to do with this.&nbsp; Hobby Japan pays them money for the Japanese version license, then does the translation and publishes the books.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Iosue, post: 6325618, member: 6680772"] And what I'm saying is that Hobby Japan is unequivocally saying it's the former. They don't say "WotC said they are not ready to license at this time," they say, "WotC has decided to not license translations." That by itself might be enough to assume WotC is planning on doing it in-house, but HJ continues to say, "WotC has decided to only sell to the English-language market." I disagree, and so does Synsuke, the Japanese OP of this thread. There is no mention of "yet", or "at this time." If this was simply WotC telling HJ that they haven't finalized their overseas strategy yet, HJ would not have made this announcement in this way. Because "no licensing plans yet" at least implies that long-term HJ could expect WotC to come to them with plans, so they could simply say, "No news yet. Please wait for more information." This was flat out, "Eigoban nomi wo hanbai shi, Honyakuban no raisensu wo hakkou shinai to iu kettei wo shimashita": WotC has decided to not issue a license and to sell only English versions. The announcement doesn't preclude the possibility of a "change in policy", but it most definitely is not a "let's wait and see" announcement. FWIW, I did not take Morrus's post as insulting towards HJ. To an extent dismissive, as if this was just second-hand rumor mill news, yes. But insulting, no. Given HJ's industry status and history with WotC, I think that if an equivalent English language licensee made a similar statement it would have been put up in the news section, not just chalked up to misunderstanding. (That said, I fully understand a reluctance on Morrus's part not to put items in the news section that he can't personally verify.) WotC does not have a direct communication pipeline to the Japanese D&D market. (They do have one for Magic, but not D&D.) As their exclusive Japanese licensee, Hobby Japan is for all intents and purposes their voice in Japan. Japanese customers can get official D&D news only through Hobby Japan. The chances of a misunderstanding, things lost in translation, are above nil, but extremely low. Their budget has nothing to do with this. Hobby Japan pays [i]them[/i] money for the Japanese version license, then does the translation and publishes the books. [/QUOTE]

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