Guild Wars 2

Hello.
I saw in the auction sale of gems that page translated into Russian. This means that the game will be translated?

Which auction sale on gems?
Are you sure this auction was from Anet and not an unofficial 3rd party side?
With the current trade restrictions and other sanctions put on each other by the US and Russia, I doubt they plan to localize it.
They repeatedly stated that no new localizations and translations into other languages are planned.

Yes, I am sure. http://buy.guildwars2.com/store/gw2/ru_RU/html/pbPage.heartofthorns?_ga=1.246295815.2006591260.1445852060

Sanctions??? What are you talking about? Do not believe everything you see xD

Russia has banned several goods from different countries (like fruits, vegetables, meat, milk). EU has stopped exporting some energy/oil/military technologies and banned products from Crimea, etc.

I doubt videogames are a economical important enough to get banned. But yes, would be risky to invest atm into anything related to russia.

Afaik there are only english, german, french and spanish available. I doubt russia is important enough as a customer to spend the effort to translate the game.

Aleksandr.9281:

Yes, I am sure. http://buy.guildwars2.com/store/gw2/ru_RU/html/pbPage.heartofthorns?_ga=1.246295815.2006591260.1445852060

Sanctions??? What are you talking about? Do not believe everything you see xD

Yes, if i see it personally, i believe it. If soneone just tells me about it, i question it.
On that note, your link provides an english site for me.

Probably because i am not located in russia.
But i am curious?
Does it give a purchase offer in rubel or EUR/USD?

Wanze.8410:

Aleksandr.9281:

Yes, I am sure. http://buy.guildwars2.com/store/gw2/ru_RU/html/pbPage.heartofthorns?_ga=1.246295815.2006591260.1445852060

Sanctions??? What are you talking about? Do not believe everything you see xD

Yes, if i see it personally, i believe it. If soneone just tells me about it, i question it.
On that note, your link provides an english site for me.

Probably because i am not located in russia.
But i am curious?
Does it give a purchase offer in rubel or EUR/USD?

3500 Rubles. 70 R per 1$. Not cheap.

White Hunter.3416:

Wanze.8410:

Aleksandr.9281:

Yes, I am sure. http://buy.guildwars2.com/store/gw2/ru_RU/html/pbPage.heartofthorns?_ga=1.246295815.2006591260.1445852060

Sanctions??? What are you talking about? Do not believe everything you see xD

Yes, if i see it personally, i believe it. If soneone just tells me about it, i question it.
On that note, your link provides an english site for me.

Probably because i am not located in russia.
But i am curious?
Does it give a purchase offer in rubel or EUR/USD?

3500 Rubles. 70 R per 1$. Not cheap.

Ah, thanks. I dont want this to become a political discussion and I cant say that i am particularly well informed about the sanctions from both sides but I wouldnt be surprised, if US companies werent allowed to sell goods and services inside the russian federation for foreign currency anymore.
And thats why Anet decided to offer it for Rubles.

Anyways, there were plenty of posts from devs that they dont plan any new localisations for several reasons.

It doesnt only include text translation of the in game text, but also Customer Support and Official Forums in Russian. Voice Over is another expensive thing to do and you would have to translate every official blogpost and stuff into russian too.

I would not want to enter into polemics .. I just wanted to clarify this matter. Why is the Russification of the store and whether to expect further Russification or not.

Aleksandr.9281:

I would not want to enter into polemics .. I just wanted to clarify this matter. Why is the Russification of the store and whether to expect further Russification or not.

I hope you got your answer. And if any of my replies felt polemic to you, that wasnt intended.