The Yakuza / Like a Dragon franchise certain took its candy time making its approach over to the Nintendo Swap, however that lastly occurred with the current Swap launch of Yakuza Kiwami– and on the again off extended and constant demand, the sport has received off to a fast begin by way of gross sales, as per developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio.
Talking throughout a current dwell broadcast (through My Nintendo Information), studio director Masayoshi Yokoyama revealed that Yakuza Kiwami is “promoting like hotcakes” on the Nintendo Swap, and that the corporate’s inner gross sales expectations for the port ended up falling wanting precise gross sales “by a protracted shot”.
“I believe I checked out it a bit too conservatively,” he added.
Demand for Yakuza to return to Swap has been excessive for years at this level, so it doesn’t come as a shock to see the franchise doing effectively on the platform now that it’s lastly obtainable. How effectively the sport sells going ahead and whether or not it will result in extra Yakuza / Like a Dragon video games coming to Swap is, after all, the true question- although Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and Sega will certainly be inspired by the early numbers.
