Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board of Directors SEGA Shuji Utsumi in an interview Famitsu stated, what Yakuza: Like a Dragon has become the most successful part of the franchise around the world.
In addition, chapter Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Toshihiro Nagoshi was asked to work closer to game development again to help turn big titles into global hits and make the necessary profit from it.
This explains why, since April this year, Nagoshi stepped down as chief creative officer of SEGA and instead took over as creative director of the company.
SEGA announced last week Lost Judgment, the sequel to the spin-off of the Yakuza series. Then it became known that now Yakuza will have a turn-based combat system, like in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and Judgment will have an action-based one.
In the same interview, Utsumi revealed that SEGA wants to expand games globally. Atlus (Persona, Shin Megami Tensei, Catherine), releasing them simultaneously worldwide and possibly on multiple platforms.
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