Bhaal025: Hello, this is anything at all I see a lot of games that have only the English language, where the thesis of May and the other language options and GOG does not. many games in the Polish language, and there does not have this choice, for example, Dungeon Keeper 2 and Heroes of Might and Magic or too Etherlords, and many other games, I do not understand for why team gog not add more languages.
In the past, localizations of games were often outsourced to local publishers, who retained the rights to the localized versions. As such, the original publisher of the game is not actually allowed to sell the localized versions on their own. They need a deal with whoever owns the localization, which can be a nightmare to figure out.
Let's say a game was originally made in English, and the publisher made deals with three different local publishers in Spain, France and Germany, to make localizations and sell them in those markets. Now fast-forward 20 years, and the original publisher wants to sell the game on GOG. How exactly are they going to make a business deal with those three local publishers, so that everyone gets the money they are supposed to? On GOG, you don't buy a game in Spanish or French or German. You buy a game, and then you have access to as many localizations as GOG has. So if the game sells 20,000 copies on GOG, how much money should the French publisher get?
Apart from that, the original local publishers may not exist anymore, and it may be impossible to find out exactly who owns the rights to the localization these days.