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While I was at PAX this past weekend I decided I would try my luck asking an official SEGA rep (who were currently promoting/demoing both a Sonic game and Project Diva) whether he knew about Yakuza 5, a game which was released in Japan in December 2012, and if it was ever coming to the US.

He said, “I know a lot” in a somewhat strained manner. After pressing him a bit more and prompting with questions about possible roadblocks, he essentially said that there were currently no plans to take it on.

Unfortunately he said that there weren’t very many fans like me, and if they did decide to localize it would be a long time before we would see the game released here in America. In addition he specifically admitted that the lengthy localization process would not help. However, the way our conversation happened and the way the rep carefully chose his words, it seems like there are bigger issues.

Considering how much I enjoyed Yakuza 3, 4, and Dead Souls (all available for PS3), this does seem like a big blow. I hope they are just hedging their bets and perhaps will revive this series soon.

Aaaaand this is why I always support my favorite game series by buying new.

Source: http://yakuzafan.com/post/60266209467/jujujuli-while-i-was-at-pax-this-past-weekend-i

 

[Kincaido]

RIP in peace ;_;7

 

[Dead Prince]

yet we got project diva

obviously going to do an HD remake for ps4.

 

[Baby Milo]

terrible come on sega

 

[giancarlo123x]

Nooooooooooooo!!!

 

[Red Blaster]

yeah well fuck you too

 

[Herla]

Nope, I still believe.

 

[Stuart444]

This news makes me sad.

 

[LiK]

Fuck

 

[Trevelyon]

Why not just kickstart a localization?

 

[The Grim Heaper]

yet we got project diva

obviously going to do an HD remake for ps4.

The Miku fanbase in NA and EU far surpass Yakuza.

 

[Dragon]

Sega VC3? Anyone?

 

[Chobel]

Fuck you SEGA!
Time to learn japanese.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Fuck you, Sega.

 

[VeryGooster]

:'(

"The dream is over."

 

[dallow_bg]

So no hope for next gen Yakuza either?

That kills me.

 

[sfedai0]

Stevecarellnoooooooo.gif

 

[Black Republican]

Fuck that shit

 

[Bojanglez]

SEGA should just run a crowd funding campaign for it. I would gladly contribute.

How much would it cost realistically if it is just text localisation?

 

[Roubjon]

What a disappointment.

 

[Mesoian]

Literally the worst publisher. I don't even...

I've never seen a publisher more uninterested in doing their jobs than Sega.

 

[Nibel]

Fuck SEGA

 

[Finalow]

RIP in pieces Yakuza.
and yeah, fuck you.

 

[Sidewinder]

Yakuza Ishin am cry, so sad, I love the Yakuza franchise ;(

Edit: yeah, fuck u SEGA!

 

[Wilsongt]

Sega gonna Sega. Shittin' all over the fans as usual.

 

[Zoc]

Japanese is not that hard, just learn it. Only took me ten years.

 

[sixteen-bit]

The awful PAX news keeps on comin'

 

[Deleted member 47027]

As much as I love Yakuza

This was expected, and they're right.

 

[AutumnAve]

What terrible news. In a just world these games would be coming here no questions. But in the real world yakuza 5, pso 2, vc3 are kept sequestered from the west.

 

[EMT0]

You guys best hope that the rumor about Sony assembling teams dedicated to localizing games is true, otherwise this game is never coming over :/

 

[darkside31337]

Well at least they're honest here instead of the garbage they pulled with PSO2.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Why not just kickstart a localization?

Fucking seriously. Say "OK, PS3/PS4 digital version, subtitles only", charge $X,000 (not even gonna guess how much a job like this is worth after the Skullgirls debacle), and if they don't meet the required funding limit then Yakuza fans will have to shut up forever.

Just bite the bullet.

 

[dugdug]

Well, great. The last Yakuza game we get is that abomination, Dead Souls. If Sega's using that as sales/interest data, then, they can get lost.

Goddamnit.

 

[Black Door]

Too busy trying to erase other companies' games to localize their own

 

[so1337]

Fuck that shit

.

Should've skipped Dead Souls and brought over Y5 instead.

 

[bender]

Disappointing but understandable. I guess it's time to learn Japanese.

 

[LiK]

So what happened to PSO2? Small fanbase as well?

 

[Shengar]

And we're done here. Another reason to learn Japanese.

Japanese is not that hard, just learn it. Only took me ten years.

Could you let me learning Japanese in peace without remind of its difficulty?

Spoiler

;__;

 

[bak4fun]

Not unexpected, but disapointing nonetheless.

 

[maquiladora]

 

[Atolm]

Not surprising at all. Just look at the NPD numbers. This series should be faaaaaaaaaaaaaar bigger than it is, but in the end, it's a niche franchise. Dead Souls was doing worse numbers than stuff like the Atelier series. They should have skipped it, the game killed Yakuza in the West.

 

[GeoramA]

Sega's officially dead to me. Yakuza was the only thing keeping them relevant IMO.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

I start a Japanese degree in 2 weeks, going to continue to ignore Sega games even once I've learnt the language. Because fuck you, Sega.

 

[AnkiRendan]

Damn it...time to import...there goes another Japanese series I can't enjoy in English.

 

[Canis lupus]

Sony should publish this in the west.

 

[pje122]

Booooooooo

 

[Wilsongt]

Because it is always apropos.

 

[Man God]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZNkBmNJphc

 

[SwiftDeath]

So how do they measure fanbase?

What metrics do they collect for it?

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Who do we Twitter bomb to make this happen?