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[oneida]

We had price parity, so it hurts.

and we have to pay for healthcare SO

 

[sixteen-bit]

When's Kenzan tho?

#buildingthelist

 

[GeoramA]

Woah, cool, I was willing to pay $60 straight up.

 

[oneida]

Woah, cool, I was willing to pay $60 straight up.

Buy your best pal a copy.

 

[Kyolux]

It's one continuous story, but there's a series recap included with each game. It hits on the major plot points for each entry.

They didn't include one in this one, unfortunately.

Source : me playing it in 2013. So I may misremember this. But I doubt it.

 

[Tizoc]

Gonna be 10 $ in a future PSN sale. Still going through Yakuza 3, 5 years after starting.

Still got YDS AND Y4 in wraps.

Gonna buy full price though. El stupido me.

No you're not stupid.
You're doing the series and the Yakuza fanbase a service.
Each (early) purchase can increase the chances of a Yakuza 0rigins localization.
You're doing the right thing fam.

 

[BlackBuzzard]

Buy your best pal a copy.

You heard the man buy me a copy

 

[Jawmuncher]

Smart move. It would have had no chance at 60.

 

[LiK]

Sorry for the off-topic.
I always wanted to start playing the yakuza series.
Should I start with the first one on ps2?

the answer is always yes.

 

[Google]

and we have to pay for healthcare SO

So does everyone...

In BC you pay $720 a year for a single persons Medical Services Plan and we also have high income tax along with relatively high sales tax.

So when I'm giving 45% to income tax along with 13% on goods I purchase and a couple thousand bucks for a family for MSP it's not exactly free.

 

[Zach]

Huzzah!

 

[Skelter]

Not going to happen, srry

I feel like this would hurt the game but then again if anyone is really waiting for Yakuza might just buy it.

As for me, I don't have a PS3.

 

[oneida]

So does everyone...

In BC you pay $720 a year for a single persons Medical Services Plan and we also have high income tax along with relatively high sales tax.

So when I'm giving 45% to income tax along with 13% on goods I purchase and a couple thousand bucks for a family for MSP it's not exactly free.

in 2012 US workers paid on average $4,316 (that's $5,757.11 CAN) towards health care services.

 

[SpikedGunner]

Finally, looking forward to the English release, and it's not a bad asking price either. Time to finally use that $50 code I bought for $40 a while back.

BUY IT PEOPLE, I WANT YAKUZA 0 LOCALIZED.

Thank you Gio and Sony for making this possible!

 

[The Yo Tornado]

I'm so glad with the preorder we're getting it for only $34. I thought it was going to be at least $50 and then I would've bought it when I couldn't really afford it since I'm such a sucker. The current price is much more palatable for me atm.

Now to convince all of my friends to grab the game and have them never play it. Again. >_>

 

[JetSetRadio]

Day 1 offcourse but how hard can it be to give a date lol.

 

[Zach]

Never in my life i've pre-ordered a digital game. Until now.

^

 

[smokeyp]

Awesome! Let me at that pre-order buttan, dammit.

 

[Data West]

When's Kenzan tho?

Never. Put all hope for 0 at this point.

 

[chrominance]

I got so excited by the pre-order discount that I threw my wallet at my monitor and now I need a new monitor, THANKS SONY.

 

[Netherscourge]

Discount for digital only!

Why the heck don't other games do this for digital only? There's no packaging involved!

 

[IronicSonic]

My money. Take it. All of it

 

[Koshiro]

My money is ready and waiting, but where's the release date? It must be close now.

 

[zakujanai]

Bet this is still £40 in the UK. Pre-ordering on my US account when this is up.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

As much as I like Yakuza, my distaste for bringing over games that were physically available in Japan as digital only in the US is stronger. Pass.

 

[oneida]

As much as I like Yakuza, my distaste for bringing over games that were physically available in Japan as digital only in the US is stronger. Pass.

I will never understand this.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Never. Put all hope for 0 at this point.

"Trade one hopeless cause for another."
You're a mean person.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

As much as I like Yakuza, my distaste for bringing over games that were physically available in Japan as digital only in the US is stronger. Pass.

This is why we don't have nice things.

 

[Google]

in 2012 US workers paid on average $4,316 (that's $5,757.11 CAN) towards health care services.

So? The average Canadian family pays 41% of their income back to the government in taxes. Compare that to the average of 22% in the US.

The average Canadian family's income is $71k compared to $63k in the US (which comes out in the wash right now with the exchange rate).

So the average American family is paying $13,860 in taxes compared to the $29,110 Canadians pay. Add to that the additional $2000k in MSP as well as the higher sales tax then I'm not sure what your point is...

 

[Koshiro]

I will never understand this.

Same. We were never going to get this. It's a miracle we're getting it now, and as digital-only drastically reduces the cost of publication, it's surely a large factor in making this happen at all.

 

[IronicSonic]

As much as I like Yakuza, my distaste for bringing over games that were physically available in Japan as digital only in the US is stronger. Pass.

I'll never understand this kind of statement.

As much as I like mi physical collection, I'll play only digital games if is the only way I'll be able to play it.

 

[coredecepts]

It's digital or nothing. If you really want a box on the shelf, buy the Japanese one too.

 

[Data West]

"Trade one hopeless cause for another."
You're a mean person.

Well one had child prostitution in it and the other doesn't

 

[GobFather]

Is this only for PS3?

 

[Tizoc]

As much as I like Yakuza, my distaste for bringing over games that were physically available in Japan as digital only in the US is stronger. Pass.

No offense but fuck this mentality.
Retail or digital makes no difference, the game is the same. If you really like the Yakuza series, like you claim in your post, you'll look past how it's being offered for English consumers, buy it, spend 2 days to have it downloaded on your PS3 and entertain yourself with one of the most badass video game series of the past 20 years.
Because just so you know: Ths game wouldn't have been released because the Yakuza series doesn't sell well outside Japan

 

[delSai]

Is this only for PS3?

Yes.

ENGLISH RETAIL RELEASE
PLEEEEEAAAAASSSSSEEEE

Wont happen. Let's be happy that we are getting the chance to play and understand it at all.

 

[Sakujou]

ENGLISH RETAIL RELEASE
PLEEEEEAAAAASSSSSEEEE

would there be a problem for sega... lets say offer this game for 40 dollars on psn and 60-70 dollars as a retail physical copy?
i would buy that. i dont see why this seems to be a problem. if the game is already localized, what makes the game a flop? if they dont sell enough? they sold bucket tons of the game already in japan, why not in us/eu?

i mean localization, ONLY IN ENGLISH and the packaging maybe in different languages cant be this expensive.

there are shit tons of other crap games which make it to the shelves, why not y5?
i have every game(except dead souls(and all the japan only titles))

 

[GobFather]

Yes.

Noooo

 

[Nowhere Man]

Awesome! I was hoping it would be $50 or less. I'll preorder ASAP.

Thanks for not making us pay retail for a DD game Sony, but I would have gladly paid $60 or even more for a physical copy.

 

[LiK]

As much as I like Yakuza, my distaste for bringing over games that were physically available in Japan as digital only in the US is stronger. Pass.

this thinking is part of the problem and why getting niche games localized outside Japan is a fucking pain for publishers.

 

[ChryZ]

That price point makes it pretty much an impulse purchase for me.

The Yakuza games got so much content, bang for buck is insane.

 

[Pie and Beans]

Is this going to be US only? Or is it getting an EU release too?

 

[Aki-at]

Damn good price. The amount of content in Yakuza 5 is ridiculous, it's like double the length of Yakuza 4.

I'm really glad to hear the idol stuff is still going to be left in, between that and the hunting, I couldn't get really deep with the meat of the mini-games and they were the ones I was most interested in (Along with Crazy Taxi.)

Also excuse to fight everyone on Virtua Fighter 2 again.

 

[delSai]

Is this going to be US only? Or is it getting an EU release too?

It's getting an EU release as well

 

[Karl_Dilkington7]

Yakuza fan here! Day zero for me!

As a matter of fact, I'm selling my import copy of Yakuza 5 right now to help pay for the localized version...

 

[oneida]

Also excuse to fight everyone on Virtua Fighter 2 again.

"there's no way you can stop me!"

god i'm so excited

 

[drtomoe123]

It's digital or nothing. If you really want a box on the shelf, buy the Japanese one too.

Yep. Best of both worlds.

 

[Data West]

This is the first US release of a Taiko game since 2004

 

[Takuan]

Tempted to show support in hopes of getting Yakuza 0 localized for PS4, where I'm far more likely to actually play. I don't even want to bother hooking up my PS3.

 

[zerokoolpsx]

So this is digital only huh?