A few days earlier than what I predicted (I was expecting the announcement at E3), Sega announced that Yakuza 4 will be released in the west in spring 2011.
They also specified that the hostesses that were missing in the western release of the third game will indeed be present in the fourth chapter, thing that makes us hope that, this time, the game will be completely uncut.
Besides that, unfortunately, Sega seems unable to learn from their errors, as they are again releasing an installment of the Ryu Ga Gotoku series more than one year after it's original Japanese release.
There's no game on the market that should require one whole year to be localized. It's that simple. Again they will release the game when it'll be already old, giving up a sizable amount of sales in the process.
Again Sega demonstrates that they really aren't interested in turning the Yakuza franchise in a worldwide success.
But in the end, let's be happy with the good news. At least we're getting the game, even if unbelievably late, and hopefully we'll get it uncut.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
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One excuse is that Sega rather put their efforts on another crappy sonic game rather than this. Not believing what a community manager says since back in the day Aaron said no cuts and then what were we given? lol
ReplyDeleteHoping they can expedite this... plz let us know if you hear anything... agreed a whole year is a looooooong time to "localize" (doesn't that just mean translating some Japanese? If it were Spanish, I could do it in 24 hours).
ReplyDeleteI hope they get their act together and release the Yakuza psp one within a good time span of the Japanese September release rather than a year after its. Who knows what will happen to the psp popularity if its released 18 months from now.
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