SEGA wants to transform Yakuza into a global brand – the series shows significant potential

Publisher SEGA plans to turn a series of crime fighters Yakuza into a franchise of global importance – the company sees significant potential for growth in the brand in the global market. She shared the relevant information as part of her latest financial report.

In order to popularize Yakuza worldwide SEGA plans to take a number of consecutive steps. In particular, ensure that future releases of the series have a simultaneous global launch (what happens this year with Lost Judgment), as well as cover the maximum number of platforms, including console systems and PC

To such actions the guide SEGA could have spurred the great success of last year Yakuza: Like a Dragon – this game was released in Japan and in the rest of the world with a relatively short period of time by the standards of the series, and at the same time was available on most gaming systems, as a result, becoming the most successful franchise release

Separately SEGA allows the possibility of issuing various reprints and remakes of its intellectual property, which, of course, also applies to the franchise Yakuza… For example, English-speaking fans of the series have been asking the company for many years to release localized versions of the historical offshoots of the series in the person of Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan! and Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!

We also recall that in an interview with GameMAG.RU, senior producer of Yakuza: Like a Dragon noted SEGA’s desire to translate new parts “Yakuza“in a variety of languages, including Russian

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