Game localization
into French
Interesting facts about French
- One of most widely spoken languages in the world.
- French is spoken by 12% of the European Union
- 2nd most spoken language in Canada with about 7 million speakers
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French users around the world
French is one of most widely spoken languages in the world. It is spoken by 12% of the European Union and the third most widely known language of the Union after English and German. It is also the second most spoken language in Canada with about 7 million speakers.
French in game localization
French is one of the top ten most popular languages for game translation and localization. It is also important to consider that both France and Canada are among the top ten countries with the most gaming revenue, 7th and 8th respectively. This list has been consistent for a long time, and it is usual that developers try to at least localize their games to what is called FIGSE (French, Italian, German, Spanish and English) and then add Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Revenue and number of players
in the biggest French-speaking countries
As mentioned before, both Canada and France are among the top ten countries with the most revenue produced by games .French speakers spent around 4 billion in games in 2022 and they amounted to 38.8 million players. What is more France also locating 6th among the countries with most total downloads in the appstore. This makes French one of the go to languages in game localization. In the famous platform Steam as of February of 2023 it ranks as the seventh main language of their users, with a 2.38% of the users choosing French as their main language.
Some interesting facts
about the French game market
- French is one of the top ten most popular languages for game translation and localization
- France and Canada are among the top ten countries with the most gaming revenue
- French speakers spent around 4 billion in games in 2022
- There is around 38.8 million french speaking players in the world
- In Steam as of February of 2023 French ranks as the seventh main language of their users
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