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Wednesday Feb 10, 2010
Yakuza 3 Pre-order bonusesHey there Yakuza fans, It’s been a little while, but we’re back with more news on Yakuza 3 – today, we’d like to show you guys what we’ve got set up as a pre-order bonus for all of the fans who support the game by throwing in their reserve ahead of time!
What’s in store for those of us here in the US? A fair bit, actually – here’s what you score when you pre-order the game:
Besides the pre-order content, are there any specific parts of the game you guys out there are interested in? Let us know here in the comments, and we’ll see what we can do to get some spotlights out there on the things you all would most like to see. With just over a month until Yakuza releases, the wait is almost over. Until next time!
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Comment # 1
I’d like to know if there are any plans to localize Yakuza: Kenzan. I love the Yakuza series and plan on getting 3, but I feel like I’m missing out on part of the series without Kenzan. I know it takes place in a separate time period but it looks so very good indeed.
Posted by Alex on February 10th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Comment # 2
Show them some boss battle rage moves or the weapon functionality and upgrades which can be acquired in game.
Posted by Mokuu on February 10th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Comment # 3
You missed the Haruka’s request DLC
thank you for updating the blog!
Posted by Vincenzo on February 10th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Comment # 4
Can’t wait. I guess I’ll preorder it tomorrow.
As for what am I most interested in : FISHING!
Posted by James on February 10th, 2010 at 1:11 pm
Comment # 5
Only the States? Not North America?
Posted by DJ Fob Fresh on February 10th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Comment # 6
Is the pre-order content online multiplayer?
Posted by Kogen on February 10th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Comment # 7
Will the US version also get the soundtrack CD that is being released in the UK/EU version of Yakuza3?
Posted by Rhodes on February 11th, 2010 at 12:12 am
Comment # 8
You deleted my comment asking if multiplayer was online?
Great to know you are trying to lie to everyone.
Posted by Kogen on February 11th, 2010 at 1:58 am
Comment # 9
… what? That above comment was not by me.
Posted by Kogen on February 11th, 2010 at 2:01 am
Comment # 10
In the last joystiq article I read it said that the DLC pre-order bonus is available for North America…does that include Canada?
Posted by DJ Fob Fresh on February 11th, 2010 at 10:34 am
Comment # 11
I’m totally psyched for this! However, I do have to ask, will there be a reversible cover more along the lines of the Japanese one? The current cover seems very garish.
But as for what I’m most excited about, I want to know more about the combat refinements! It seems to be a lot more weapons based than Y1 or 2. is that due to the Kenzan influence?
Also, a bit more story info wouldn’t hurt.
Posted by TheCleaningGuy on February 11th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Comment # 12
I’m going to buy this game day one but preorder bonus are often snubbed from the island where I live…
Will it be possible to get the extra content as DLC at any point?
Posted by Sharky/Ryan on February 11th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Comment # 13
Definetly the cover needs an overhaul…. please
And haven’t seen any commercials yet for this game
Posted by JRL on February 11th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Comment # 14
DJ Fob – this should apply to all of North America, thanks for asking! I’ll check into it just to make sure, and will let you know if that’s not the case.
Posted by RubyEclipse on February 12th, 2010 at 6:40 am
Comment # 15
Is it true that Sega has taken out the part where you can run a hostess club just to speed up the translation process? It was really fun in Yakuza 2. You should at least put it in as DLC later if it is true.
Posted by brandon on February 13th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Comment # 16
Fishing and the the other mini games are what I’m interested in!
Posted by Squilla on February 13th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Comment # 17
Can we please have the Japanese cover on the other side? The american cover looks so terrible and the Japanese one fits so well with my Yakuza 1 and 2.
Posted by Ryo on February 20th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Comment # 18
There is rumor going around that the hostess part of the game is missing Please Sega Keep the Hostess bar Management game in as this HUGE part of the story and one things I was looking forward to in the Game after spending time in Japan. I was looking forward to a new fresh game close to full Japanese experience please don’t dumb it down to just a violent beat up to please North American audience. If the hostess part IS missing you leave me no other choice but to cancel my pre order.
Thank You,
Posted by Demonic on February 21st, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Comment # 19
Care to comment on the rampant rumors of the host clubs being cut out of the US/EU versions? A lot of people are worried about this.
Posted by ThulsaDoooom on February 21st, 2010 at 11:14 pm
Comment # 20
How about a confirmation YES or NO on whether or not the hostess club has been cut? You (sega) have been good at ignoring the fans on your forums. Don’t pull this silent treatment crap just to drum up more sales if you HAVE cut it.
You owe your fans at least a proper YES or NO response. We do not ask much.
Posted by Shirakani on February 22nd, 2010 at 12:37 am
Comment # 21
-WARNING TO ALL YAKUZA 3 PURCHASERS-
Compelling evidence has come to light that sega may have cut a significant amount of minigames from the game despite assuring us the release would be uncut.
It would be nice if someone at Sega could please comment on this.
Posted by noxxa on February 22nd, 2010 at 2:21 am
Comment # 22
I’ll chime in on the latest post aswell. Please put my mind at ease Sega, say you didn’t!
Posted by SimonM7 on February 22nd, 2010 at 4:34 am
Comment # 23
What is with the rumors that the hostess portions have been cut?
Posted by Tajomaru on February 22nd, 2010 at 9:45 am
Comment # 24
Well, I had a preorder in… With Amazon but since that money isn’t good enough to get the full game… (aka the exclusive crap that GameStop gets) you lost my business.
Have a nice day.
Posted by INMATEofARKHAM on February 22nd, 2010 at 11:42 am
Comment # 25
Please please please do not cut the hostess mini games from the US release!!
Please!
Posted by Joe on February 22nd, 2010 at 11:43 am
Comment # 26
Please Sega Keep the Hostess bar Management game in as this HUGE part of the story and one things I was looking forward to in the Game after spending time in Japan. I was looking forward to a new fresh game close to full Japanese experience please don’t dumb it down to just a violent beat up to please North American audience.
Thank You,
Posted by Demonic on February 22nd, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Comment # 27
canceled my preorder for now, this rumor better turn out to be wrong.
Posted by kbx on February 22nd, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Comment # 28
Hey.
Any chance of some conformation if the Hostess content is cut or not in the full version of the game.
Posted by Crimson on February 22nd, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Comment # 29
preorder canceled if hostess clubs are cut
Posted by sonic on February 23rd, 2010 at 3:53 am
Comment # 30
Is it true that the hostess part of the game has been cut from the US release?
I pre-ordered this game to support SEGA and the Yakuza 3 developers, but if this rumor is true, I will cancel my pre-order.
You lost my business, too, if you really cut the hostess part away.
Posted by Tom Kaf. on February 23rd, 2010 at 10:58 am
Comment # 31
Since Sega are apparently not inclined to fully localising their games, instead opting to cut content and not inform eager fans.
Here’s a thought Sega – maybe Yakuza fans actually like, and daresay have an interest in and enjoy immersing themselves japanese culture in this ficticious world (psst, Sega – its own of the games biggest draws) – in what part of this equation does removing the hostess clubs seem like a good idea.
You’ve lost my business Sega, I’ll be sure to pick up a copy second hand to ensure you don’t benefit from cutting corners and content and telling fans its for their own good.
Posted by Terra_EX on February 23rd, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Comment # 32
The cuts are confirmed
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/107/1071367p1.html
I won’t be buying this or any other sega game ever!
Posted by noxxa on February 23rd, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Comment # 33
damn it sega, now i can’t buy any of your games to teach you a lesson!
Posted by Kino1337 on February 23rd, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Comment # 34
Wow what kick in the nuts to the fans, First you say you are “bringing out for the fans” then you make changes to dumb it down for the North America audience. When the so called Fans know about the Japanese version and what is in the game. These are the people that would pay top dollar for your game and anything else realted to it.
This game will fail with this mind set, you are not going to sell a Japanese GTA clone to the GTA Crowd. Really whats next bling, hip hop music and guns? Oh well there are pleny of games coming out but what shame. I am not going to pay $64.99 CND for half a game or some wannabe Japanese GTA clone.
Posted by Demonic on February 23rd, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Comment # 35
Good grief Sega, we’re not stupid or desparate enough to rush out and buy an incomplete game YEAR OLD game at full price. There’s this little title called God of War 3 and other bigger and better games coming out in March and April. The Yakuza series, Sega (is “complete moron” one of the job requirements for working at Sega?) and everyone involved can **** off. I won’t be buying anything Sega related ever again, sorry Alpha Protocol. I’ll dance with joy the day you finally go out of business.
Posted by Inarborat on February 23rd, 2010 at 7:06 pm
Comment # 36
full game or half game…preorder canceled if hostess clubs are cut…it fulll game i buy it..
Posted by navin on February 23rd, 2010 at 7:56 pm
Comment # 37
sega: get your think tank together, release a statement saying you will patch us the full game. You are looking at some upset yakuza fans!
Posted by Matt on February 23rd, 2010 at 8:31 pm
Comment # 38
I have to say I love Yakuza, in all its greatest glory and I made a decision to rock this game till time ends. The only thing I find quite stupid is to the fact of cutting this game down. I dont know why everyone decided to have cuts all of the sudden, I understand the quiz x quiz because it deals with a lot of japanese content, in which people overseas may and probably will not know. But the other is the hostess club, being one of the most immersed part of the game in there, I have played yakuza 2 which was good, pretty short, but good. This part is something most people look forward to and wont mind waiting, I am for sure keeping my pre-order, but I hope to see that part of the game as a downloadable in the future, DONT FAIL ME SEGA!!
Posted by Ray on February 23rd, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Comment # 39
Does Sega get any money when I buy this game used? No? Oh well.
Posted by Fsho on February 23rd, 2010 at 9:59 pm
Comment # 40
Cutting the hostess club was not a smart move. But I understand why it was cut.
We know it is to try to match western cultures for greater casual appeal or perhaps censorship to prevent any backlashes. Maybe time constraints were the real reason, but I doubt it. I do not believe this was a wise financial decision. It also degrades the company image. When you release a title later, you are not suppose to remove content. Most titles released later will add content.
Many fans will be upset over this. I do not even enjoy the hostess portions much, but it is the principle of removing content and giving us less content than the japanese version which makes me angry.
I really hope Sega listens to the yakuza fans and offers FREE DLC for the hostess club at a later time.
Posted by Jeff on February 23rd, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Comment # 41
If there is not an announcement by the release date stating that the cut content will be available as DLC or in a future update, I will cancel my pre-order. I pre-ordered both Yakuza 1 and 2. I am a loyal fan of the series. You will lose me as a loyal fan if this is not rectified. Don’t make statements claiming this is for the fans and choose to do Japanese language only, only to turn around and say you cut the hostess club and Japanese quiz show for cultural reasons. If you were concerned with the cultural differences, why do Japanese language only? This is lame, your excuse is lame, and you’re in serious danger of losing a loyal customer.
Posted by Patrick Hockenson on February 23rd, 2010 at 10:29 pm
Comment # 42
it would feel funny without hostess club in yakuza. missing one piece can ruin the game…western only care about shoot game…. give them what they want….
Posted by navin on February 23rd, 2010 at 11:13 pm
Comment # 43
altering the game content for western audiences kind of misses the point as to why the yakuza series was/is so great. the beauty of yakuza is that it allowed us to glimpse into a culture/world we wouldn’t otherwise have access to. hostess bars are part of that world. you are seriously underestimating your audience by cutting them from the north american release. if you read the comments on the ign, kotaku posts or even these contents, you’ll see that the majority of the fans who supported this series here in the west are at an uproar. there are a lot of people who have decided to drop their pre-orders because of this. please reconsider this. it’s a really bad move on your part to water the game down. the reason why it took so long, you say, for it to come to the west is due to poor sales of the first two installments. just imagine what this will do to the series at a whole; when all of the hardcore fans of the series start to walk away.
Posted by Justin Woo on February 24th, 2010 at 6:57 am
Comment # 44
SEGA, please hear what all the fans are saying. If the content is cut, at least rectify this by announcing a DLC patch to fix this. I was really looking forward to the game (loved 1 and 2) but now not so much.
Posted by J.T. on February 24th, 2010 at 7:18 am
Comment # 45
I will be cancelling my pre-order for Yakuza 3 and will instead import a copy because of the cut hostess club content. I’ve been wanting to play this for a while and only held off on shipping a JP copy in because I heard it was being localized.
My Japanese isn’t great but I don’t mind slogging it out with my DS Kanji Dictionary software if it means I’ll actually be able to see 100% of the game content.
Posted by Channing on February 24th, 2010 at 7:34 am
Comment # 46
Cut content means canceled preorder. Maybe you guys at Sega will learn that cutting content just isn’t acceptable under any circumstance.
Posted by Syvere on February 24th, 2010 at 9:45 am
Comment # 47
To The Executive Board of Sega Corporation and Sammy Corporation,
I’ve been a fan of Sega for decades having purchased most major releases (including imports), and every console Sega has released in North America. The “Yakuza” series (Ryu ga Gotoku) is easily one of the best in existence.
Unfortunately, the recently announced cuts have made me severely question whether Sega/Sammy truly respects its customers or its developers. To remove so much content is both a slap in the face to the artists, programmers, and engineers that poured their hearts into creating such a masterpiece, and the consumers that simply wanted the same game that Japan received a year ago only with subtitles.
Simply put, I’m finding it harder to justify paying full price for a “partial” game. Please do what can be done to get this content back into the game. You will notice that you’ve already created a large backlash from the fans by announcing this a mere 2 weeks before it is to be release.
Thank you for your time and years of wonderful entertainment.
Posted by Minh Nguyen on February 24th, 2010 at 10:45 am
Comment # 48
I will am going to cancel my pre-order as well. I did not do the hostess parts very much in Yakuza 1 and 2. I did visit a hostess club when I lived in Japan. Regardless I will not be paying full price for a game that has content cut and no promise of downloadable content. I will buy it used so that Sega doesn’t get my money. Big companies like EA are trying to avoid people buying used so that they don’t lose money. Not Sega, cut content of a game that diehard fans really want and expect them to pay full price? I have seen at least a 100 people already complain and say they will not buy or they will buy used. Pathetic and weak.
Posted by Justin on February 24th, 2010 at 10:46 am
Comment # 49
I’m still pre-ordering this, and I’m glad Sega found a way to bring it over.
Have fun torching the internet, whiners. You won’t be missed.
Posted by plaznos on February 24th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Comment # 50
I will not be getting this game now. I would never buy a incomplete game.
Posted by James Earl Cash on February 24th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Comment # 51
“Besides the pre-order content, are there any specific parts of the game you guys out there are interested in?”
How about a full game? Besides this DLC, I am interested to get the full game without content left out.
Posted by Tequilazen on February 25th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
Comment # 52
You guys are the biggest bunch of complainers I have ever seen. It is just 1 small part of the game and it is not like they are taking out an entire chapter. Jesus shut up you babies. I doubt half of you would play this part anyways. Be glad with all the pre-order bonus content we get. To all you people saying you will never buy a Sega game again you are the biggest bunch of lying idiots and you very well know you will too buy a Sega game again. They are the best game company out there and will continue to be.
Posted by Myshtuff on March 1st, 2010 at 9:55 am
Comment # 53
I lived in Japan and also played the title while I was there. If they cut the hostess club part its not my main interest in the game BUT it cuts out a huge part of Japanese culture and leaves a noticable GAP in game play. Kazuma is a Yakuza (ya-san) and hostess clubs are part of that world. Most people who enjoy this type of game typically have some form of interest in Japanese culture and those of us who played RyugaGotoku2 enjoyed the hostess club parts as well and it added to the realizm that the titles strive for. I may also have to cancel my pre-order and just buy the Japanese one instead and will not purchase another Sega product again state side
Posted by Kensan on March 1st, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Comment # 54
“You guys are the biggest bunch of complainers I have ever seen…. *rant* *rant* *whine*” – Myshtuff
It’s better to complain (specifically about something justifiable as cut content from an old game) than to bend over at a game company’s every whim. Improvements and innovation aren’t made with leniency. Sega needs to learn that there are consequences to their laziness. Game companies in general need to learn that consumer loyalty is their greatest asset. Capcom has learned this; head over to their site and see. yes, Sega is doing pretty well an Japan, but there’s a reason they’re failing in America. They just don’t care here.
The “complainers” you speak of atleast have a reason for their outrage. You don’t (atleast not a good one). Also, don’t underestimate a fan’s resolve, or make unsubstantiated assumptions like “half of you would [not] play [the hostess club]“. In the age of piracy and used games, we can get what we want without supporting the developers.
Good thing I still have Sakura Taisen to look forward to. Thank god it’s localized by a reputable company, NIS America. Atlus would have been fine, too.
Posted by Anon on March 2nd, 2010 at 9:54 am
Comment # 55
Hey you ppl who are going to not buy the game. That’s not a good ideal because if they don’t make enough money on this game what makes you think they are going to spend the time and energy to bring another one if they only made a little bit of money. STUPID!
Posted by King Kumo on March 4th, 2010 at 7:25 am
Comment # 56
I just brought yakuza 3. The cut content is a big dissappointment to gamers, its like a blow to the nuts.
SEGA you need to add a DLC to this problem, or its going to ruin your reputation. This is reminding me like the TOYOTA’s crisis and look what happened to them. If you dont care about consumters, then way should we care about you.
ill still keep my Yakuza, hopefully there will be a DLC!
Posted by To Sega on March 15th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Comment # 57
I bought Yakuza 3, US version (i think), about 2 month ago. I have completed the game but when i check the customes, i only got 3 for every character. I bought it through local game shop, but not from pre-order. Do I have a change to get some bonuses? Through PSN? or must i wait a few months to get? i really want that bonuses. Hopefully it’s free…..
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Comment # 58
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