The year 2025 will officially witness the release of GTA 6, which millions of players around the world have been waiting for, and until we get more confirmed details about it, there is still a long list of wishes and demands that we hope to see in the upcoming GTA 6.
From the release of the fifth part of the GTA 5 series until the day of the official announcement, we note that it was a relatively long period of time that extended for nearly 10 years. During this period, the reality of the video game market witnessed many major changes and transformations, including the Arab market, which witnessed a qualitative boom in many aspects.
The Arabic language is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, spoken by more than 420 million people. At the same time, the video game industry is one of the largest entertainment industries in the world, with a market value of more than $150 billion. Given the importance of the Arabic language and the huge size of the market, Video games: Supporting the Arabic language in video games has become extremely important.
Supporting Arabic content in video games is a means to enhance Arabic content in this field, and will provide new opportunities for Arab creators and content makers, and will contribute to the development of the gaming industry in the Arab region.
Although there are no guarantees that GTA 6 will support the Arabic language, the general mood of the Arab player also tends towards the hypothesis that this will be difficult to achieve, but others are still wondering how likely this is and clinging to the chance, even if it is slim. However, we will highlight the factors and conditions that will play a crucial role in achieving this.
Factors affecting the possibility of GTA 6 supporting the Arabic language
- Translation cost and available time: A huge game like this will certainly need a huge crew and capabilities in order to Arabize it, whether at the level of texts or dialogues, which may cause Roscutar to reduce the number of languages that the game will support to save costs. In addition to the time period that will be available in order to add the language.
- Crowd pressure: If the pressure from the Arab fans is enough to reach the ears of Rockstar officials, the possibility of this being achieved becomes very possible.
- Nature and size of the Arab market: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is considered one of the largest video game markets in the Middle East, and this is beyond doubt. On the other hand, the year 2025, in which the game will be released, may be a period in which this fertile market will revive significantly, and become one of the most important major markets in the world, and this will make Rockstar eager to accept and achieve the requirements of the region.
- Amount of objectionable content: From what we saw in the presentation, the possibility of GTA 6 supporting the Arabic language is now in the air, so to speak, and our dear colleague Brownie said it previously, “Forget the issue of Arabization.”
There is a possibility that the regulatory bodies involved in “Saudi General Authority for Audiovisual and Audio“Filtering” or even reducing the amount of content that does not fit our region, by adding Arabic text options instead of completely translating the game.
But the reality that we will be shocked by is represented by the nature of the game in general, the gameplay mechanics, the open world, and the ethnic diversity within it, in addition to the fact that the developer has no past experiences with our mother tongue, and this makes it difficult for Rockstar to respond to the demands of official bodies to remove violating content, whether in terms of Sexual innuendos and scenes and the like, or even indecent language and the degree of violence.
You, our followers and Rockstar fans, what are your expectations regarding the possibility of GTA 6 supporting the Arabic language?
