This is very sad news. The Yakuza games were awesome, they had great stories and lots to do. Let's hope Sega finds a way to localise these games. Now with digital they don't even need to bring it to retail. They should do what Capcom is going to do with Phoenix Wright 5.

I'm shocked

Sony should have bought Atlus as Sony usually localizes everything they make. Even crazy games like Tokyo Jungle, Kung Fu Rider, and Toro's friend network. These are very Japanese and have had horrible sales but at least they get localized.

why won't they just release every game at least as digital download on next gen in the west? i mean, every future next gen game will be available as download right? even if the whole game would be in japanese i'm sure some people would buy some japanese games like yakuza in the west. they just have to tell people that it's only in japanese before they click the buy button.

Oh well, less money for them from me.

Well Sega you can use Atlus localization team now or should we wait for Sony to do it. Im guessing Yakuza 5 should be at the top of the list of most requested game for their new third party team. Im also guessing that Shenmue 3 is also at the top of their list so yeah

With Sega's acquisition of the Atlus they have a good localization team that they can have working on it. Damn you Sega. Damn you all to hell. You don't release games like Phantasy Star Online 2, Yakuza 5, Black Panther Yakuza 1 and 2, Valkyria Chronicles 3, etc, in the west, but you release constant Sonic the Hedgehog bs and a piece of shit like Yakuza Dead Souls.

R.I.P Persona 5, SMT V, Catherine 2, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Suplex Hold Localization.

To be fair to the Yakuza team, this isn't comparable at all.

An Atlus developed game up for localization wouldn't be getting passed back and forth between Atlus USA and the Yakuza dev team, it would be getting passed between Atlus USA and the actual Atlus Japanese developers.

If you read OP, you'd see a localization team isn't the problem, it's the original developer that needs to reprogram everything they get from the localization team.

Link for reference: http://hatsuu.tumblr.com/post/55401774233/why-video-games-take-so-long-to-publish