The
Yakuza action-adventure game series
has shipped 5 million units to date, publisher Sega said on Wednesday.
According to Japanese gaming news site Andriasang, Sega also said that the series' latest entry, the PlayStation 3 zombie spin-off
Yakuza: Of the End, has shipped 400,000 units since its launch on June 9 in Japan.
The
Yakuza series revolves around Japan's Yakuza organized crime syndicate. The series debuted on PlayStation 2 in 2005 in Japan, making its way to North America the following year. Andriasang said the original game, including its budget re-release, sold 1 million units.
Yakuza: Of the End showed that there is still a strong appetite for the series in Japan, having
sold nearly 300,000 units in its opening week at Japanese retail.
Other
Yakuza titles include
Yakuza 2 for PS2, as well as
Yakuza 3 and
4, which later released on PS3.
Black Panther Yakuza New Chapter arrived on PSP last year.
