Thu, Mar 25, 2010 | 08:30 GMT

Yakuza 4 sells 384k in week one in Japan

Yakuza 4

Yakuza 4 has entered the Japanese software chart at number one, selling 384k in its first week.

Its predecessor released in the west earlier this month.

PSP title Gandamusarutosavaibu came second in Japan last week, while Pokemon Ranger: Miracle of Light was third with sales of 91,000 and 49,000 respectively.

Get the full list over at GoNintendo.

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#1

ninjanutta2
25/03/10, 8:44 am

yakuza 4??? part 3 has only just been released here hasnt it?they are chucking these out the door,lol.Cant see this being much different from part 3 seeing as they must of made it at the same time almost

#2

Blerk
25/03/10, 8:52 am

Boom! Yakuza kicks arse again! Celebratory tiger-punches all round! :-)

#3

Gekidami
25/03/10, 9:02 am

@1
And the fifth has already been announced…

#4

NGCes26294BIV
25/03/10, 9:33 am

Don’t expect 4 to come out in the west – 3 is flopping in a big, big way.

#5

Blerk
25/03/10, 9:34 am

It made the UK chart! First ever Yakuza to do so!

#6

Herlock
25/03/10, 9:41 am

2013 in Occident, thanks Sega…

@NGCes26294BIV
Sega sucks in marketing, they dont give a shit about selling this game properly in West, that make me sick, otherwise the 3 sell very well in France :)

#7

Erthazus
25/03/10, 9:42 am

We will see Yakuza games multiplatform.

#8

Blerk
25/03/10, 9:45 am

PSP Yakuza would be good, actually. I’d buy that.

#9

Hero of Canton
25/03/10, 10:09 am

@Blerk – Did the first not even make the Top 40?

#10

Blerk
25/03/10, 10:14 am

You’re right, I fibbed!

The original went into the chart at number 20, dropped to 24 the next week and then vanished completely. Gawd bless Wikipedia and the ChartTrack archive.

#11

Bulk Slash
25/03/10, 10:55 am

I’m really enjoying Yakuza 3 at the moment, even though it’s apparently been cut-down to save time. It would be a shame if they don’t release more of them over here.

#12

NGCes26294BIV
25/03/10, 10:56 am

The problem with Yakuza is that its not called Shenmue.

Ha. No. Seriously though, the problem is that gamers love to bang on about how good it is, and how desperate they are to have it released in the west, and then when it finally arrives no fucker buys it.

Fo’ shame.

#13

Blerk
25/03/10, 11:01 am

I absolutely would have bought it if they’d made it for a platform that I owned. :-D

#14

Hunam
25/03/10, 11:11 am

I keep buying Yakuza games in the hope that one day we’ll get our much deserved Shenmue 3.

#15

NGCes26294BIV
25/03/10, 11:16 am

I loved Shenmue. The first one, especially, was immensely brilliant.

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