Why Yakuza 0 is Not Just a “Japanese Grand Theft Auto”

Jenilee Dunson
Feb 24, 2017 · 1 min read

Last Updated: about 12 hours ago

source : http://yakuza.sega.com/yakuza0 Official Sega Yakuza 0 Site

Why Yakuza 0 is Not Just a “Japanese Grand Theft Auto” Sega’s Yakuza Game series is often misunderstood and misrepresented as a “Japanese Grand Theft Auto”. Sega themselves tried to market the game in the west as such, which actually hurt their sales more than helped them. The problem is, aside from both games being open world action adventures about crime, they have very few other similarities.

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