Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Broke the Series’ Pre-Order Records

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth saw the highest ever pre-orders for any Like a Dragon/Yakuza game to date.

Posted By | On 28th, Jan. 2024

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In the lead-up to Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth’s launch, developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio made it abundantly clear that the RPG was going to be its biggest, most ambitious game to date, and in the immediate aftermath of its release, it looks like the game is enjoying the sort of success the developer would have hoped for. In addition to receiving widespread acclaim from critics, Infinite Wealth also broke the series’ peak concurrent user count record on Steam upon launch, and as per Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, was generating similar interest in leading up to its release as well.

Speaking in an interview with 4Gamer (translation via Noisy Pixel), studio head Masayoshi Yokoyama revealed that Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth saw higher pre-order sales than any other Like a Dragon / Yakuza game to date.

“Especially in Japan, we are doing well,” Yokoyama said. “Nowadays, there are both physical and digital versions, so it is difficult to compare the numbers with past titles, but in terms of the number of pre-orders for the physical copy, it is the highest in the series’ history.”

In our review of the game, we awarded it a score of 9/10, saying, “Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is a staggeringly massive RPG featuring the culmination of all that RGG Studio, and the Yakuza/Like a Dragon franchise, have worked towards over the last two decades. An incredibly high-quality experience that doubles down on everything that was beloved about the previous entry, Infinite Wealth completes the series’ transformation into a genre-leading JRPG franchise.” Read the full review through here.

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, and PC.


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