One of the fan reactions during the Playstation conference last night during the Playstation Experience Keynote Conference came after the announcement that Yakuza 5 would finally be coming to the West. While this announcement was well received by many of the fans in attendence but Playstation gamers watching in Europe where a little hesitant to be happy of this announcement as it was unclear if Europeans would also have access to the title.
Playstation Blog EU confirmed that Yakuza 5 would also come to Europe as well as North America. During the conference the words ‘North America’ were used a lot during the announcements of Yakuza 5, Yakuza: Dead Souls and Yakuza 4, but it is official that these three classics will all appear on the European Playstation Store.
Toshihiro Nagoshi, Executive Director and General Producer, confirmed told Playstation Blog that Yakuza 5 will be heading to the US as well as Europe:
“After receiving so many requests from fans of the series, we have decided to bring Yakuza 5 to the US and Europe. This title was enjoyed by over one million gamers in Japan. I’m looking forward to seeing how Yakuza 5 will be received by the gamers in the US and Europe.”
Yakuza 5 will be made available sometime in 2015, the other two Yakuza titles, Yakuza: Dead Souls and Yakuza 4, will be coming to the European Playstation Store on December 7th. Yakuza 5 was originally released in Japan back in 2012.
[Source: Playstation Blog]