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outlawauron on 16 October 2015
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spemanig said:
outlawauron said:

What about Yakuza tells you that it's target market wouldn't be a fan of Japanese voices?

It's target market not being wide enough is exactly why it'll be DOA. Its target market is why the games get localized two years later, and only digitally.

Be proud of those alienating japanese voices though. Most people just LOVE reading subtitles.

Well, the target  market isn't going to suddenly expand because they add an English dub. People buy games for gameplay, not because it has English voice acting. Someone who will not buy Yakuza 5 at all because it has a JP dub only really wasn't interested in a game so engrossed in Japanese culture. Otherwise, Yakuza 1 wouldn't have flopped as bad as it did.



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