According to our information, Yakuza 0 noticed over 30,200 TrueAchievements members bounce into the sport throughout its launch week, beginning on February 26, 2020, and pop an achievement. In second place, and with lower than half of the participant depend in the identical time, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name has tracked simply over 14,900 gamers since launching on November 9, 2023. Following in third place is Yakuza Kiwami with over 7,600 gamers in its first week, beginning on April 22, 2020.
Looking on the graph above, the tracked TrueAchievements members enjoying Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4, and Yakuza 5 remasters throughout their launch week drop with every sequel, which we assume is because of all of them launching on Xbox and Game Pass on the identical day — who needs to play a collection out of order? Surprisingly, although, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life did not observe go well with, because it drew in over 3,200 TrueAchievements members in its first week, though it did arrive a few months after Yakuza 3-5.
It’s all the time attention-grabbing to see how video games fare when launching into the extremely accessible Xbox Game Pass service, particularly when it comes right down to well-established franchises — one thing we explored in our latest Forza Motorsport evaluation. Interestingly, we have now had all ten Yakuza / Like a Dragon video games launch on Xbox. Eight of those hopped straight into Xbox Game Pass, with the one exceptions being Like a Dragon: Ishin! earlier this 12 months and Yakuza: Like a Dragon, which arrived as an Xbox Series X|S launch title in 2020. That launch opened the floodgates for the franchise, and within the 12 months or so following its launch, Sega rolled the remainder of the collection onto Xbox.
Now, it should not shock anybody that whereas Yakuza: Like a Dragon was the primary brand-new Yakuza recreation to make it onto the platform, it trailed behind the opposite entries for participant numbers in its first week because it did not have the benefit of Xbox Game Pass. Similarly, Ishin! doubtless did not see as many gamers in its first week in Game Pass because it had already launched on Xbox eight months prior. Our information, which exhibits us what number of tracked TrueAchievements members popped an achievement in a recreation’s launch week, reveals that Yakuza 0 takes the crown because the most-played title of the collection throughout its first seven days.
We can solely assume that Yakuza 0’s success in comparison with the remainder of the franchise is because of it being the primary recreation within the collection, in addition to it being the primary collection entry to hitch Xbox Game Pass. It’s solely pure that gamers would flock to it after not having it on Xbox for thus lengthy. As for The Man Who Erased His Name, whereas it is carried out a lot better than the remainder of the collection’ Game Pass launches, it is set between the occasions of Yakuza 6 and subsequent 12 months’s Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, so many gamers who have not pushed by way of the collection to this point won’t be inclined to leap in.
If studying this has acquired you within the temper for some enjoyable in Ryu Ga Gotoku’s video games, a number of Yakuza and Like a Dragon video games can be found alongside a number of the greatest video games on Game Pass!
