Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth has seen nice success since launching this previous January, promoting over a million items in its first week. That is regardless of different big-name video games like Tekken 8 and Persona 3 Reload arriving across the similar time. Nevertheless, in response to studio director and collection producer Masayoshi Yokoyama, it’s a velocity that the developer has “by no means skilled earlier than.”
Chatting with 4Gamer (translation by way of Automaton-Media), “We gave a press launch about how (Infinite Wealth) bought over a million copies worldwide in a single week following its launch, but it surely’s actually a velocity we have now by no means skilled earlier than. Like a Dragon video games promote in the long term quite than proper off the bat. This has been the case ever because the collection’ early days.
“It has an grownup participant base, in any case, so there’s no rush, ? Individuals hear in regards to the video games from their associates, they occur to return throughout them, and that’s how the titles develop. That’s why the way in which (Infinite Wealth) began was fairly shocking to me.”
It additionally appears that gross sales in Japan and Asia are robust. “The sport is extremely robust in Japan. Gross sales in (the remainder of) Asia are additionally fairly robust, however the momentum in Japan is even higher than prior to now.” In its debut week, the RPG bought over 180,000 bodily items in Japan, surpassing Yakuza: Like a Dragon (+156,000 gross sales) and Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Identify (+123,000 items bought).
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is offered on Xbox One, Xbox Collection X/S, PS4, PS5 and PC for $70. It’s a direct follow-up to Yakuza: Like a Dragon, that includes Ichiban Kasuga as he ventures to Honolulu Metropolis on a private mission. He runs into Kazuma Kiryu, who has his personal enterprise (and devoted facet content material) to type by way of.
RGG Studio considers Infinite Wealth the longest sport within the collection up to now. Take a look at our evaluate for extra particulars, or watch its accolades trailer right here.
