Judgment Cracks 1 Million Sales

I hear this is a good game and I intend to give it a shot should I play Yakuza first?

Also the low price point definitely helps, for PS5 it retails around £30 -£35 in the UK.

Big congrats to one of the best and hardest working studios out there!

@Mostik There is no need at all to play the Yakuza games first.

However, I highly recommend them. Start with Yakuza 0 first, then the Kiwami remakes. Kiwami 2 is outstanding.

@Mostik Nope, you're good to play this without playing any of the Yakuza games. The only things that are shared is the city and the major clan that controls it. All the story and characters are unrelated.

@Mostik This was my personal game of the year for 2019. The acting and storytelling are top notch, and the fighting is also well done. The only real connection to the Yakuza series is the setting, so you’re just fine hopping in without any prior experience.

I wonder how much money Sega spent producing and marketing the game. A million sales can only generate $60M at most if each copy is sold at full price, which we know doesn't happen. We also know Sega would only get 70% of the revenue generated or less. They must have made a lot of money with DLC.

@BigBoom3ai3 @MS7000 @Amnesiac thanks for the responses, great news, I might jump to this after I finish off R&C 👍

@TheCollector316 Bear in mind the game was built on the Yakuza engine, using many similar assets - they didnt need to build a new city etc for example.

It's why i wasnt at all surprised to see lost judgment being set in Yokohama, as they will be able to use what they already built for Like a Dragon.

That at least helps to keep the cost if development down somewhat!

It deserves a lot more sales than that. I'm looking forward to playing the drone racing at 60fps when i buy the upgrade.

With only 3 months left until Lost Judgement hits the shelves, i'd recommend any ps5 owner to slam £35 down for this. It is a genuine bargain.

@TheCollector316 game has tons of reused assets from yakuza games plus low marketing cost besides japanese games cost less to produce, selling half a million alone is very profitable, just look how proud japanese devs/publishers when posting their games selling hundreds of thousands copies unlike those greedy western counterpart

@Rob_230
A very good point.

Nice, Good game. Lost Judgement is Day 1

Hopefully it comes to PC soon too, the rest of the series is on there now after all!

It's... something!

Alot of AAA games nowdays cant break even with 5 million sales so where does 1 million sales get you now days ?

Still playing through this. To be honest, it’s a bit boring. Maybe I just much prefer the melodrama of the Yakuza series, but I couldn’t really get in to the characters or story. The combat was also inferior to that in Yakuza - to much delay and animation compared to the immediacy in Yakuza.
Still, a sold 8/10 game, just had high standards to match.

@Mostik
Get Yakuza 0 in the PSN sale. 10 times better and only £3.99 at the moment!

Played it on ps4 really good game, ordered the Japanese PS5 version (judge eyes) from playasia.com for around £15 plus postage and tax still ended up being cheaper than the UK version and it also includes the English language, can't wait for Lost Judgement, also enjoying yakuza like a dragon at the moment

Picked up a PS5 copy for $30 a few weeks ago. Started playing it yesterday after I got the Platinum Trophy for Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart. Loving the game so far! I can't wait for Lost Judgment!

@DTfeartheBEARD Same, picked it up and thoroughly enjoying it. Great value for the price as well.

this game is very good i love the quirky characters in it, im hoping for more

I had so much fun with this game. It was my introduction to the Yakuza series which I have yet to get on to. Awesome game!