http://www.famitsu.com/news/201605/25104646.html
According to Toshihiro Nagoshi
Think of all wasted money on classics on Jet Set Radio, NiGHTS, Skies of Arcadia etc. only for Sega to say. Well they didn't sell, so obviosuly people didn't like it...without thinking that might have been released under wrong circumstances.
I think it says alot about Sega of Japan's nationalistic and egoistitical mindset.
>When yakuza gives le succeroony
>console games sell
>maybe we should continue making them
>console games stop selling
>maybe we should stop
>they start selling again
>maybe we should continue after all
Japs are fucking insane, what the fuck?
I wonder what actual members of Japanese crime organizations think of the Yakuza series
>>345264012
Man I remember getting this bundled game for Xbox hueg that had jsrf and Sega gt2000 on it. Best 30 bucks I ever spent.
>>345264462
There's a writeup somewhere about it. The one that played it seemed to like it and think it was surprisingly accurate minus the ridiculousness.
>>345264462
http://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/yakuza-3-review.html
>>345265121
>What's with all the fucking gaijin (foreigners) in the area anyway? It used to be just Japanese, Koreans and Chinese.
>M: Don't say gaijin. Say Gaikokujin. It's more polite. Jake's a gaijin.
>S: Yeah, I forget sometimes. What's with all the fucking gaikokujin in Kabukicho anyway?
These guys are great.
>>345265121
>>345265815
>>345264927
The part about IRL Kiryu-like leading an actual orphanage (as a tax haven, but still running it properly) really is the cherry on top with this.
Any chance of the Yakuza games coming to non-Playstation systems any time soon? I'd prefer not to fork down a bunch of money on a system just to play one series of games.
>>345266296
The best part is that they also complain about niggers being out of control.
>>345266521
Nobody likes niggers.
>>345266482
Emulate the first two and decide if thats enough to push to to fork out the dosh
>>345266482
Probably not. It's an extremely Japanese series and Japan really only plays on Sony and Nintendo (which would probably never want a Yakuza game on their system) consoles. We're lucky enough that we even get localizations.
>>345264012
Alright, where is the unshopped image
>>345266789
Shit. Really hoped that Valkyria Chronicles performing well on its port would convince them.
Oh well. Onto emulation, and hoping my computer can actually run PS2-level games.
>>345265121
>>345265815
>(Translation: I feel sorry for the people who bought the American version. SEGA USA sucks.)
>ywn hang out with crime bosses and bitch about video games
>>345266789
>and Nintendo (which would probably never want a Yakuza game on their system)
Didn't really sell, but it happened.
>>345264012
what the fuck is wrong with that white guys face?
>>345266789
Don't forget its literally licensing hell since we're even lucky to have some of the actors agree to bring the game to the West since some of them are xenophobic as fuck.
>>345264012
Yakuza is the only series Sega has left that they haven't completely ruined despite needing to shit out at least one a year. There are some things about 6 that have me worried though.
>>345264012
Here's what he actually says.
「コンシューマー事業をやめるか」などという声が上がったこともありましたが、やめていたら、たいへんなことになっていたと思います。
"There was some people questioning whether we should get out of the games business, but I think if we did that it would've been terrible."
>>345268523
cool, you can read japanese. could you translate the entire quote
