Yakuza 4 Ships 500,000, Franchise Tops 4 Million
See Full ImageYakuza 3 launched in the US earlier this month and Yakuza 4 is already burning up the sales charts in Japan.
According to Classy Gamer citing Sega's most recent sales figures, the latest Yakuza entry has already shipped over 500,000 copies in Japan. This means it has already outsold Yakuza 3, which apparently sold just under 500,000 (499,436) before the end of 2009. Considering all this, the series as a whole has sold over 4 million copies worldwide, which is a fantastic accomplishment; it averages out to around 1 million per title. Yakuza 3 has been pulling down great review scores here in the US and although it had to compete against Final Fantasy XIII and God of War III launched a week later, it's still a quality PS3 exclusive for March. And remember, if you want Sega to deliver Yakuza 4 at some point, you should support the franchise by purchasing Yakuza 3...even if you have to wait until finishing FFXIII and GoWIII. For those looking for a relatively unique, open-world brawler that seems like a cross between a limited GTA and an advanced Sreets of Rage, look no further.
American gamers may never have the same enthusiasm for this series but then again, a title centering on the Japanese mafia (and always in Japanese without an English voiceover option) will logically be more popular in the Land of the Rising Sun.
3/25/2010 10:24:43 AM Ben Dutka
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kraygen
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 10:59:49 AM
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just wish we could have some world wide releases for once.
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LegendaryWolfeh
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 1:59:38 PM
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shadowpal2
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 7:10:36 PM
Have you guys seen the Mega64 video making a parody out of the US Yakuza 3 - it's so hilarious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5EW6fq07_c
I mean of course it's exaggerated - but hey it's sort of true in a sense. I mean hell SEGA...just give us the game...with English subtitles! Don't worry too much about cultural differences - unless there's something like a heavy all about Japanese history/pop culture quiz to actually pass the game. If it's a side kind of game...who cares? Where's the harm?
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BTNwarrior
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 11:06:21 AM
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SympoziumPawa
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 11:45:14 AM
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Lotusflow3r
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 11:47:03 AM
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I absolutely adored the character development scenes at the beginning on the Island....i MISS that stuff! I had fun seeing a sensitive side to Kazuma.
Its by far the best in the series and 4 is now one of my most wanted.
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Oxvial
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 11:53:54 AM
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great value for your bucks but damn...I miss the hostess bars.
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Jawknee
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 12:07:46 PM
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Oxvial
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 12:39:58 PM
Yakuza is just very niche .
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Alienange
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 1:26:08 PM
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Lotusflow3r
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 3:02:05 PM
Awful american dubbing in Tokyo or Japanese acting that has effort in Tokyo (located in Japan)?
Yakuza 1 had awful dubbing and helped make it the worst in the series.
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Alienange
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 3:11:51 PM
SEGA's stance has been "we're not giving it to you because you don't support it."
It has nothing to do with keeping the game authentic. It's lazy ass SEGA who is expecting American money but aren't willing to dub the thing in the American language.
They're not filling the Blu Ray with those subtitles, they can have both if they're so concerned about authenticity.
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Oxvial
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 3:37:54 PM
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Oxvial
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 3:38:48 PM
so yeah more both.
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BeezleDrop
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 4:24:57 PM
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Kai200X
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 6:23:43 PM
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Mavfan321
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 5:05:05 PM
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Roach721
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 1:55:23 AM
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___________
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 2:58:45 AM
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remove the babysitting, the wondering around town looking for poor miki because she looked so upset and it buy yakuza 4 in a instant!
i mean honestly, again im back at the i thought the whole point of games was to have fun thing.
again i ask what part of walking around shops looking for a little girl sounds like fun?
if i wanted to spend 3 hours walking around shops looking for someone id take my cuz andrew to the markets and that would not cost me 100 bucks!
o, and how could i forget get rid of the text based dialogue this is 2010 not freaking 1956!
everything about that game screams built on a budget.
o, and the weapons your surprisingly very restricted with what weapons you can use.
wheres the famous japanese katana sword?
in my 20+ hours playing the game the only weapons i have been able to buy are the extendable staff, nunchucks, and tonfu.
where are all the other weapons?
you walk into that guys van and see all these cool weapons up on the wall but you cant buy any of them.
WTF?
nothing worse than buying something that feels cheap and rushed!
Last edited by ___________ on 3/26/2010 3:01:48 AM
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rell
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 8:05:43 AM
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Minishmaru
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 7:47:16 PM
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Jian2069
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Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 10:42:16 AM