Comments on: New Yakuza 3 shots show Don Quijote shop

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:42:25 +0000

Well I think if it were going to sell in the West the original would have sold on the massive PS2 userbase, or Yakuza 2 even….

Unless that was a joke too.. I can’t tell anymore.

But yeah, BC on my PS3 is awesome. Shadow of the Colossus minus framerate issues is awesome, should have got Yakuza 2 really.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:35:31 +0000

Perhaps they should’ve done a 360 version too this time if they wanted it to sell better in the West?

By: Retroid

Retroid — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:32:45 +0000

Might’ve done well if there were new BC machines around. Looks quite reasonable on my 60gb.

But anyway, new Yakuza: DO WANT

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:14:20 +0000

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:59:15 +0000

Well, you can’t blame me.

/polishes copy of Yakuza 2
/metaphorically

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:40:51 +0000

Yeah.

You can all blame me aswell.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:36:21 +0000

I do agree that the Western Yakuza 2 release was a test – they obviously saw the ‘cult’ buzz that the original generated after its initial release and decided to take a gamble on the sequel being more popular based on word of mouth.

Unfortunately I think we failed again. Dismally.

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:33:46 +0000

I think the point is, it’s a much more active user-base, and the reason they brought over Y2, was to pave the way for Y3 over here.

But… As Blerk said, sales of Y2 hardly will have persuaded them. But I am sure that’s why it was decided.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:14:13 +0000

The reason why Y2 was so late was because the original sold like crap and they weren’t actually going to bother with the sequel. Then the PS3 didn’t take off like they expected and there weren’t many PS2 games about and the fans were asking for it, so they relented and released it. And it sold like crap.

You can certainly see why they might hesitate at releasing another sequel on a machine with a much, much smaller user base.

By: ruckus

ruckus — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:09:37 +0000

I hope it doesn’t turn out to be another case of a very detailed environment wrapped up in a very non-interactive world. Games have got the vehicle interaction done. They just need to extend it to mundane things like chairs.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:08:26 +0000

Why was that?

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:56:21 +0000

It looks pretty high budget, like they can’t afford not bringing it out over here.

Especially on one platform.

And there is only one reason Y2 came over so late.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:08:43 +0000

Yeah, I’m looking forward to this one (hopefully it’ll get released anyway). The vids I’ve seen are excellent.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:49:08 +0000

It looks smashing. I loves Yakuza. Shame Sega don’t seem to know what they’re doing with the franchise outside of Japan.