Yakuza 0 Nintendo Switch 2 vs PS5 (PS4 BC) Early Graphics and JP vs EN Dubbing Comparison

It's the fact that the series has a sorta realistic look to it, and the characters are Japanese, and most of the games take place in Japan that just make the series feel like it needs to spoken in Japanese. It seems so off seeing these characters speaking with English voices, especially when some of the characters have faces based off their voice actors.
 
If Squid Game had not gotten a dub on Netflix, I would not have bothered with it. Dealt with subs way back when I was in my late teens and early twenties watching newly released episodes of One Piece, Bleach, and Naruto. In my forties now and I'm over it. Not playing a game in Japanese, nor did I play the Witcher 3 in Polish. I do not hold any reverence to the Japanese language. It does not sound cooler or any of that bullshit people obsessed with their culture spout on about.
I don't have any preference towards Japanese over any other language, I just always prefer to hear the language in which they would logically be speaking, just feels retarded for me otherwise, not calling anyone retarded, it's a me problem. I can't disconnect from it ya know? Like when I played Ass Creed Origins, the dub was actually excellent, but I still had that thing nagging me to change the language in my head simply because my brain is screaming, "Why would they be speaking in English?!?", and I can't enjoy it as a result. Good on you for not being bothered by it I suppose, but then again it sounds like you find reading to be laborious which is, you have to admit, a bit concerning, but to each their own.
 
It's the fact that the series has a sorta realistic look to it, and the characters are Japanese, and most of the games take place in Japan that just make the series feel like it needs to spoken in Japanese. It seems so off seeing these characters speaking with English voices, especially when some of the characters have faces based off their voice actors.

Yeah, but it is optional. Some folks don't want to read subtitles. I don't see the problem with that.
 
Yakuza 0 is a "light" game that runs great on a wide variety of hardware. So it should run great on Switch 2.

It's the fact that the series has a sorta realistic look to it, and the characters are Japanese, and most of the games take place in Japan that just make the series feel like it needs to spoken in Japanese. It seems so off seeing these characters speaking with English voices, especially when some of the characters have faces based off their voice actors.
I played Like a Dragon with English voices and it was fine. I didnt want to read subtitles for 60 hours.
 
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Yongyea still sucks ass as a voice actor, but at least Sega realized they should cast someone else for the singing voice. One step closer to just outright replacing his bum ass.

Really down for more Mercer Majima though. Also down for more Kaiji Tang in this game as well. Love to see David Hayter too.
 
Yakuza 0 is a "light" game that runs great on a wide variety of hardware. So it should run great on Switch 2.


I played Like a Dragon with English voices and it was fine. I didnt want to read subtitles for 60 hours.
Honestly, this holds me back. An English dub might push this to a day 1 purchase.
 
If I wasn't already conditioned by the subs from Yakuza 1-6, which didn't come with a dub, I'd probably do the dub as well. I can't imagine anyone else in these roles now.

I did play the Judgment games dubbed, since it was an entirely new cast. Yakuza cutscenes sometimes go on for so long that just watching them can be boring as fuck though. I didn't realize how active my brain was while reading subs.
 
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What's your proposal then? Ban PS5 vs Switch 2 comparisons to avoid hurt some feelings… Almost everybody with a brain knows that the PS5 is going to win every single time.

When it's the PS4 version of a game "running" on the PS5, don't you think it's just plain lying to position it like this?
 
Yeah, but it is optional. Some folks don't want to read subtitles. I don't see the problem with that.
There's no problem necessarily, but I suppose I just find it odd when someone would take umbrage with....reading.....just seems like a fundamental skill to me, and I always find it odd when someone's argument for dub boils down to, "I can't enjoy this piece of media if I have to read it." Like how do they handle novels? It's also a distinctly American issue, (never came across a European who had an issue with having to read subs), probably because we just have far less cause to learn multiple languages here, so people just inundate themselves with nothing but their native tongue and many Americans refuse to partake of something that isn't their first language. It's indicative of a larger issue with Americans being very nationalist, which just kind of belies a lack of cultural exploration being encouraged amongst the populace. It points to a bigger issue with American culture that can and probably should be explored in another topic, but as for this one? Yeah, the dub is garbage but if that's what it takes for you to play a great game then so be it I guess, but I'll just personally never understand why people enjoy some media less when they're reading it, but again, that's just a personal thing, and to each their own ultimately. I think the community is mainly just speaking in jest and that most of us are just happy to welcome new fans to the fold regardless, we're just poking fun at the dub for being pretty over the top and anime, just doesn't seem to fit the series to a lot of us older fans, but it's not as big a deal as many of us make it out to be, we're mainly just having fun.
 
When it's the PS4 version of a game "running" on the PS5, don't you think it's just plain lying to position it like this?
Ok, the purpose of titles is call the attention of posible viewers and PS5 vs Switch 2 is more eye catching… Still, what's your proposal? Switch 2 vs PS4 only comparisons? 🤔
 
If Squid Game had not gotten a dub on Netflix, I would not have bothered with it. Dealt with subs way back when I was in my late teens and early twenties watching newly released episodes of One Piece, Bleach, and Naruto. In my forties now and I'm over it. Not playing a game in Japanese, nor did I play the Witcher 3 in Polish. I do not hold any reverence to the Japanese language. It does not sound cooler or any of that bullshit people obsessed with their culture spout on about.
I CANNOT watch One Piece dub.....the Japanese voices for that show its too iconic.
 
I'm curious to what's the point of this comparison when it looks the same as if it was running on a PlayStation 4 itself. Why PS5 backwards compatible comparison? 👀
cause they want to click bait ppl into the video, no one wants to see an already obsolete system ( SW2 ) been compared with another obsolete system ( PS4 ) so they make SW2 look like high end tech when compared with a PS5.

Remember that ps4 was a 2013 console using tech from 2010/2011, SW2 is a 2025 console using tech from 2018/2019, see, it would be bad to compare a 2025 console that cost U$500 with a 2013 console, so they compare with the 2020 console instead.
 
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cause they want to click bait ppl into the video, no one wants to see an already obsolete system ( SW2 ) been compared with another obsolete system ( PS4 ) so they make SW2 look like high end tech when compared with a PS5.
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Oof that English dub. Most of the actors replacing the old guard sound way too young for their roles. They sound like young people doing a deep growly voice compared to… that just being how those Japanese actors sound.

It's further made weird because many of those actors' characters are modeled after them.
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Many of these actors have decades of experience, some of them, like Hitoshi Ozawa (Kuze)
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and Riki Takeuchi (Awano)
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even Shingo Tsurumi (Sagawa)
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have a ton of film acting history AS yakuza or yankees or gangsters, lending to why they were specifically chosen for this role. In fact, the three that I mentioned all starred together in the film: Dead or Alive.
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That's why their faces were used as the models. Their casting was a celebration of the genre, and a nod to their history in it.

These people weren't simply chosen because they were good voice actors, or they were diversity hires, or they were popular on youtube, or whatever the case might or might not have been. They were chosen because they embody the role that they are playing - that is their history. They represented a perfect storm of talent, history, and star power to portray these characters.

I can't bring myself to disregard that, for the minor convenience of ... being able to play without subtitles?
 
if a U$ 500 console using tech from 2018/2019 ( and i m been really optimistic about how old the tech behind SW2 is ) isnt obsolete to you, i dont know what obsolete is, this U$500 piece of high end tech dosnt even have a OLED screen XD
 
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if a U$ 500 console using tech from 2018/2019 ( and i m been really optimistic about how old the tech behind SW2 is ) isnt obsolete to you, i dont know what obsolete is, this U$500 piece of high end tech dosnt even have a OLED screen XD
What you expected a $400 PS5 handheld? Not even Sony is capable to do that for $600 in 2026…
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What you expected a $400 PS5 handheld? Not even Sony is capable to do that at $600 in 2026…
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400$ ?? the base price is 450$ even here you want to mislead ppl, its just pathetic , but answering your question, i want nothing, i just saying what consoles usually are, old piece of tech put together to be sold at profit, this isnt a Nintendo problem, every console do this, the problem is that Nintendo is one gen behind selling with the price of current gen.
 
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400$ ?? the base price is 450$ even here you want to mislead ppl, its just pathetic , but answering your question, i want nothing, i just saying what consoles usually are, old piece of tech put together to be sold at high prices, this isnt a Nintendo problem, every console do this, the problem is that Nintendo is one gen behind selling with the price of current gen.
But answer my question please? What power/performance and what price did you expected? 🤣
 
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Ok, the purpose of titles is call the attention of posible viewers and PS5 vs Switch 2 is more eye catching… Still, what's your proposal? Switch 2 vs PS4 only comparisons? 🤔

Just honesty! If you are comparing a Switch 2 game to a PS4 game, just say so. When Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth hits the Switch 2, then we are gonna see the real S2 to PS5 comparisons.
 
But answer my question please? What power/performance and what price did you expected for that price? 🤣
if you want sell me a console that cost more than a digital PS5, i ll be looking for at least similar performance, i could give two shits about the portability, i don't buy handhelds.
 
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That's not how mobile tech works.
I mean, if it was, why isn't PS5 the size of a slice of bread runnig on a battery?
Thank you… Too many people here are having problems to understand is a fucking handheld with the size of an DVD Case..
 
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Or maybe the comparisons triggered you 😂
Oh no, my PC can run Yakuza 0 at 4K@60 without breaking a sweat, and it handles every SW1 games at 4K too ( better the SW2 bc i guess ). I just think it's funny how some of you are hyping this up like it's the most cutting-edge thing ever. I mean, Yakuza 0 came out in 2017, and you're acting like the system's running Black Myth Wukong :messenger_tears_of_joy:
 
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cause they want to click bait ppl into the video, no one wants to see an already obsolete system ( SW2 ) been compared with another obsolete system ( PS4 ) so they make SW2 look like high end tech when compared with a PS5.

Remember that ps4 was a 2013 console using tech from 2010/2011, SW2 is a 2025 console using tech from 2018/2019, see, it would be bad to compare a 2025 console that cost U$500 with a 2013 console, so they compare with the 2020 console instead.

AMD is 4~5 years behind Nvidia. this easily makes up for this difference btw.

RDNA1, which launched with RTX20 series, lacked mesh shaders, RT acceleration, ML acceleration, hardware VRS and more, while Nvidia had all this.

took them till 2020 to get at least RT, VRS and mesh shader support with RDNA2, and until literally this year to catch up with DLSS with RDNA4.

the PS5 btw isn't even full RDNA2. it lacks VRS and lacks mesh shaders. so it's not even on par with their 2020 tech and by extension is also not on par with Nvidia's 2019 tech.
 
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Oh no, my PC can run Yakuza 0 at 4K@60 without breaking a sweat, and it handles every SW1 games at 4K too ( better the SW2 bc i guess ). I just think it's funny how some of you are hyping this up like it's the most cutting-edge thing ever. I mean, Yakuza 0 came out in 2017, and you're acting like the system's running Black Myth Wukong :messenger_tears_of_joy:
So you have a super PC and you suffering with things that others people are going to enjoy… Thats weird LOL.
 
There's no problem necessarily, but I suppose I just find it odd when someone would take umbrage with....reading.....just seems like a fundamental skill to me, and I always find it odd when someone's argument for dub boils down to, "I can't enjoy this piece of media if I have to read it." Like how do they handle novels? It's also a distinctly American issue, (never came across a European who had an issue with having to read subs), probably because we just have far less cause to learn multiple languages here, so people just inundate themselves with nothing but their native tongue and many Americans refuse to partake of something that isn't their first language. It's indicative of a larger issue with Americans being very nationalist, which just kind of belies a lack of cultural exploration being encouraged amongst the populace. It points to a bigger issue with American culture that can and probably should be explored in another topic, but as for this one? Yeah, the dub is garbage but if that's what it takes for you to play a great game then so be it I guess, but I'll just personally never understand why people enjoy some media less when they're reading it, but again, that's just a personal thing, and to each their own ultimately. I think the community is mainly just speaking in jest and that most of us are just happy to welcome new fans to the fold regardless, we're just poking fun at the dub for being pretty over the top and anime, just doesn't seem to fit the series to a lot of us older fans, but it's not as big a deal as many of us make it out to be, we're mainly just having fun.
in video game and movies the subs go by too fast to read and pay attention to the action on screen all at once so a dub helps wit that.
 
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in video game and movies the subs go by too fast to read a pay attention to the action on screen all at once so a dub helps wit that.
Hmm, ya know my wife has mentioned that to me before too. I suppose that is a legitimate issue. I've never personally experienced it or had trouble keeping up with what's on screen while reading the subs, but for those who do, like my beloved and absolutely incredible wife, then yeah....I suppose in that case dubs are convenient for those people. More than a few times I've had to rewind foreign films for her or tell her what they said as she missed it, so I can sympathize with that issue.
 
Hmm, ya know my wife has mentioned that to me before too. I suppose that is a legitimate issue. I've never personally experienced it or had trouble keeping up with what's on screen while reading the subs, but for those who do, like my beloved and absolutely incredible wife, then yeah....I suppose in that case dubs are convenient for those people. More than a few times I've had to rewind foreign films for her or tell her what they said as she missed it, so I can sympathize with that issue.
i still subs on even if i have a dub in video games but rarely for movies
 
Thank you… Too many people here are having problems to understand is a fucking handheld with the size of an DVD Case..
This isn't handheld footage, it's docked. And this guys videos are dog shit.
Price of the hardware is fine, $80 games not so much.
 
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i still subs on even if i have a dub in video games but rarely for movies
I put subs on everything, as I just feel like I mishear stuff all the time too, English or not. I also feel like general dialogue clarity in modern films just isn't as good as it was in the 40's through the 80's, sometimes around the 90's dialogue in film starting doing the more subdued, subtle thing, and I just often can't hear what these fuckers are saying. How about trying to enjoy a Nolan film without the subtitles? I don't know if it's even possible without the most ridiculous speakers imaginable, and considering how wide his ranges tend to be in his films, the next loud scene will likely hurt your ears pretty badly if you can hear the actors clearly. I have a pretty respectable sound set up in the game room, 7.1 surround and all, atmos, but damn if I still have to have subs on everything just to understand what's being said. Such is why I suppose I prefer watching films at home now rather than going to the theatre; I leave theatrical showings often not understanding about a third of the dialogue lol.
 
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