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What is the game called, actually?

This series originates in Japan where it is called 龍が如く or Ryū ga Gotoku in anglicised form. This translates to "Like a Dragon". The American arm of the publishers SEGA decided to go for the title Yakuza instead, despite the games' main character's attempts to not be a yakuza.

Sales Statistics

Courtesy of VGChartz dotcom.

Yakuza: http://www.vgchartz.com/game/2779/yakuza/
Yakuza 2: http://www.vgchartz.com/game/4762/yakuza-2/
Ryuu Ga Gotoku Kenzan!: http://www.vgchartz.com/game/13543/ryu-ga-gotoku-kenzan
Yakuza 3: http://www.vgchartz.com/game/26680/yakuza-3/
Yakuza 4: http://www.vgchartz.com/game/36796/yakuza-4/
Yakuza: Dead Souls: http://www.vgchartz.com/game/47206/yakuza-dead-souls/

These figures should not be taken as being 100% accurate.

Yakuza: Dead Souls

Total Units

North America:	0.04m	7.3%
+ Europe:	0.03m	5.1%
+ Japan:	0.42m	85.3%
+ Rest of the World:	0.01m	2.3%
= Global	0.50m

Global First Ten Weeks (Units)

Week Ending	Week	Weekly	Change	Total
11th June 2011	1	309,058	N/A	309,058
18th June 2011	2	53,826	-82.6%	362,884
25th June 2011	3	23,500	-56.3%	386,384
02nd July 2011	4	11,787	-49.8%	398,171
09th July 2011	5	6,213	-47.3%	404,384
16th July 2011	6	3,921	-36.9%	408,305
23rd July 2011	7	3,255	-17.0%	411,560
30th July 2011	8	2,855	-12.3%	414,415
06th August 2011	9	1,131	-60.4%	415,546
13th August 2011	10	729	-35.5%	416,275

Global Annual Summary (Units)

Year	Yearly	Change	Total
2011	420,995	N/A	420,995
2012	75,099	-82.2%	496,094

USA First Ten Weeks (Units)

Week Ending	Week	Weekly	Change	Total
17th March 2012	1	16,248	N/A	16,248
24th March 2012	2	3,440	-78.8%	19,688
31st March 2012	3	2,253	-34.5%	21,941
07th April 2012	4	1,411	-37.4%	23,352
14th April 2012	5	1,041	-26.2%	24,393
21st April 2012	6	1,025	-1.5%	25,418
28th April 2012	7	811	-20.9%	26,229
05th May 2012	8	508	-37.4%	26,737
12th May 2012	9	460	-9.4%	27,197
19th May 2012	10	464	0.9%	27,661

USA Annual Summary (Units)

Year	Yearly	Change	Total
2012	33,462	N/A	33,462

Europe First Ten Weeks (Units)

Week Ending	Week	Weekly	Change	Total
17th March 2012	1	3,398	N/A	3,398
24th March 2012	2	1,840	-45.9%	5,238
31st March 2012	3	1,010	-45.1%	6,248
07th April 2012	4	808	-20.0%	7,056
14th April 2012	5	613	-24.1%	7,669
21st April 2012	6	464	-24.3%	8,133
28th April 2012	7	1,841	296.8%	9,974
05th May 2012	8	2,711	47.3%	12,685
12th May 2012	9	2,514	-7.3%	15,199
19th May 2012	10	1,924	-23.5%	17,123

Europe Annual Summary (Units)

Year	Yearly	Change	Total
2012	25,295	N/A	25,295

Japan First Ten Weeks (Units)

Week Ending	Week	Weekly	Change	Total
11th June 2011	1	309,058	N/A	309,058
18th June 2011	2	53,826	-82.6%	362,884
25th June 2011	3	23,500	-56.3%	386,384
02nd July 2011	4	11,787	-49.8%	398,171
09th July 2011	5	6,213	-47.3%	404,384
16th July 2011	6	3,921	-36.9%	408,305
23rd July 2011	7	3,255	-17.0%	411,560
30th July 2011	8	2,855	-12.3%	414,415
06th August 2011	9	1,131	-60.4%	415,546
13th August 2011	10	729	-35.5%	416,275

Japan Annual Summary (Units)

Year	Yearly	Change	Total
2011	420,995	N/A	420,995
2012	2,004	-99.5%	422,999

Yakuza 4

Total Units

North America:	0.12m	13.4%
+ Europe:	0.08m	9.7%
+ Japan:	0.63m	72.6%
+ Rest of the World:	0.04m	4.3%
= Global	0.86m

Global First Ten Weeks (Units)

Week Ending	Week	Weekly	Change	Total
20th March 2010	1	381,324	N/A	381,324
27th March 2010	2	80,354	-78.9%	461,678
03rd April 2010	3	32,756	-59.2%	494,434
10th April 2010	4	17,573	-46.4%	512,007
17th April 2010	5	9,548	-45.7%	521,555
24th April 2010	6	7,208	-24.5%	528,763
01st May 2010	7	6,630	-8.0%	535,393
08th May 2010	8	5,918	-10.7%	541,311
15th May 2010	9	3,685	-37.7%	544,996
22nd May 2010	10	1,913	-48.1%	546,909

Global Annual Summary (Units)

Year	Yearly	Change	Total
2010	570,180	N/A	570,180
2011	237,164	-58.4%	807,344
2012	53,992	-77.2%	861,336

USA First Ten Weeks (Units)

Week Ending	Week	Weekly	Change	Total
19th March 2011	1	14,001	N/A	14,001
26th March 2011	2	7,686	-45.1%	21,687
02nd April 2011	3	4,591	-40.3%	26,278
09th April 2011	4	2,667	-41.9%	28,945
16th April 2011	5	3,135	17.5%	32,080
23rd April 2011	6	2,199	-29.9%	34,279
30th April 2011	7	1,592	-27.6%	35,871
07th May 2011	8	920	-42.2%	36,791
14th May 2011	9	824	-10.4%	37,615
21st May 2011	10	1,058	28.4%	38,673

USA Annual Summary (Units)

Year	Yearly	Change	Total
2011	82,009	N/A	82,009
2012	24,007	-70.7%	106,016

Europe First Ten Weeks (Units)

Week Ending	Week	Weekly	Change	Total
19th March 2011	1	11,256	N/A	11,256
26th March 2011	2	7,685	-31.7%	18,941
02nd April 2011	3	6,379	-17.0%	25,320
09th April 2011	4	4,296	-32.7%	29,616
16th April 2011	5	4,015	-6.5%	33,631
23rd April 2011	6	4,075	1.5%	37,706
30th April 2011	7	2,643	-35.1%	40,349
07th May 2011	8	1,443	-45.4%	41,792
14th May 2011	9	1,146	-20.6%	42,938
21st May 2011	10	931	-18.8%	43,869

Europe Annual Summary (Units)

Year	Yearly	Change	Total
2011	65,661	N/A	65,661
2012	17,808	-72.9%	83,469

Japan First Ten Weeks (Units)

Week Ending	Week	Weekly	Change	Total
20th March 2010	1	381,324	N/A	381,324
27th March 2010	2	80,354	-78.9%	461,678
03rd April 2010	3	32,756	-59.2%	494,434
10th April 2010	4	17,573	-46.4%	512,007
17th April 2010	5	9,548	-45.7%	521,555
24th April 2010	6	7,208	-24.5%	528,763
01st May 2010	7	6,630	-8.0%	535,393
08th May 2010	8	5,918	-10.7%	541,311
15th May 2010	9	3,685	-37.7%	544,996
22nd May 2010	10	1,913	-48.1%	546,909

Japan Annual Summary (Units)

Year	Yearly	Change	Total
2010	570,180	N/A	570,180
2011	53,138	-90.7%	623,318
2012	2,003	-96.2%	625,321

Yakuza 3

Total Units

North America:	0.18m	17.3%
+ Europe:	0.17m	16.3%
+ Japan:	0.62m	59.8%
+ Rest of the World:	0.07m	6.6%
= Global	1.04m

Global First Ten Weeks (Units)

Week Ending	Week	Weekly	Change	Total
28th February 2009	1	355,392	N/A	355,392
07th March 2009	2	56,383	-84.1%	411,775
14th March 2009	3	23,899	-57.6%	435,674
21st March 2009	4	13,391	-44.0%	449,065
28th March 2009	5	7,251	-45.9%	456,316
04th April 2009	6	5,198	-28.3%	461,514
11th April 2009	7	4,520	-13.0%	466,034
18th April 2009	8	2,300	-49.1%	468,334
25th April 2009	9	1,699	-26.1%	470,033
02nd May 2009	10	1,572	-7.5%	471,605

Global Annual Summary (Units)

Year	Yearly	Change	Total
2009	530,181	N/A	530,181
2010	414,072	-21.9%	944,253
2011	72,022	-82.6%	1,016,275
2012	20,213	-71.9%	1,036,488

USA First Ten Weeks (Units)

Week Ending	Week	Weekly	Change	Total
13th March 2010	1	40,973	N/A	40,973
20th March 2010	2	14,702	-64.1%	55,675
27th March 2010	3	9,904	-32.6%	65,579
03rd April 2010	4	5,566	-43.8%	71,145
10th April 2010	5	4,156	-25.3%	75,301
17th April 2010	6	3,457	-16.8%	78,758
24th April 2010	7	2,893	-16.3%	81,651
01st May 2010	8	2,431	-16.0%	84,082
08th May 2010	9	1,513	-37.8%	85,595
15th May 2010	10	1,367	-9.6%	86,962

USA Annual Summary (Units)

Year	Yearly	Change	Total
2010	122,441	N/A	122,441
2011	34,083	-72.2%	156,524
2012	8,050	-76.4%	164,574

Europe First Ten Weeks (Units)

Week Ending	Week	Weekly	Change	Total
13th March 2010	1	14,356	N/A	14,356
20th March 2010	2	6,642	-53.7%	20,998
27th March 2010	3	5,007	-24.6%	26,005
03rd April 2010	4	4,583	-8.5%	30,588
10th April 2010	5	2,910	-36.5%	33,498
17th April 2010	6	2,358	-19.0%	35,856
24th April 2010	7	1,932	-18.1%	37,788
01st May 2010	8	5,616	190.7%	43,404
08th May 2010	9	3,507	-37.6%	46,911
15th May 2010	10	6,169	75.9%	53,080

Europe Annual Summary (Units)

Year	Yearly	Change	Total
2010	141,536	N/A	141,536
2011	19,839	-86.0%	161,375
2012	8,055	-59.4%	169,430

Japan First Ten Weeks (Units)

Week Ending	Week	Weekly	Change	Total
28th February 2009	1	355,392	N/A	355,392
07th March 2009	2	56,383	-84.1%	411,775
14th March 2009	3	23,899	-57.6%	435,674
21st March 2009	4	13,391	-44.0%	449,065
28th March 2009	5	7,251	-45.9%	456,316
04th April 2009	6	5,198	-28.3%	461,514
11th April 2009	7	4,520	-13.0%	466,034
18th April 2009	8	2,300	-49.1%	468,334
25th April 2009	9	1,699	-26.1%	470,033
02nd May 2009	10	1,572	-7.5%	471,605

Japan Annual Summary (Units)

Year	Yearly	Change	Total
2009	530,181	N/A	530,181
2010	84,576	-84.0%	614,757
2011	5,475	-93.5%	620,232

Ryuu Ga Gotoku Kenzan

Total Units

Japan:	0.36m	100.0%
+ Rest of the World:	0.00m	0.0%
= Global	0.36m

Global First Ten Weeks (Units)

Week Ending	Week	Weekly	Change	Total
08th March 2008	1	175,764	N/A	175,764
15th March 2008	2	41,054	-76.6%	216,818
22nd March 2008	3	20,258	-50.7%	237,076
29th March 2008	4	9,062	-55.3%	246,138
05th April 2008	5	5,455	-39.8%	251,593
12th April 2008	6	4,021	-26.3%	255,614
19th April 2008	7	3,417	-15.0%	259,031
26th April 2008	8	2,694	-21.2%	261,725
03rd May 2008	9	2,718	0.9%	264,443
10th May 2008	10	2,270	-16.5%	266,713

Global Annual Summary (Units)

Year	Yearly	Change	Total
2008	291,175	N/A	291,175
2009	65,748	-77.4%	356,923

Yakuza 2

Total Units

North America:	0.05m	5.0%
+ Europe:	0.16m	14.9%
+ Japan:	0.84m	76.7%
+ Rest of the World:	0.04m	3.4%
= Global	1.09m

Japan First Ten Weeks (Units)

Week Ending	Week	Weekly	Change	Total
09th December 2006	1	285,182	N/A	285,182
16th December 2006	2	72,095	-74.7%	357,277
23rd December 2006	3	51,262	-28.9%	408,539
30th December 2006	4	47,684	-7.0%	456,223
06th January 2007	5	46,874	-1.7%	503,097
13th January 2007	6	15,311	-67.3%	518,408
20th January 2007	7	9,441	-38.3%	527,849
27th January 2007	8	6,823	-27.7%	534,672
03rd February 2007	9	5,347	-21.6%	540,019
10th February 2007	10	3,998	-25.2%	544,017

Japan Annual Summary (Units)

Year	Yearly	Change	Total
2006	456,223	N/A	456,223
2007	165,081	-63.8%	621,304
2008	126,604	-23.3%	747,908
2009	89,609	-29.2%	837,517

Yakuza

North America:	0.03m	3.7%
+ Europe:	0.02m	2.9%
+ Japan:	0.74m	92.4%
+ Rest of the World:	0.01m	1.0%
= Global	0.80m

Japan First Ten Weeks (Units)

Week Ending	Week	Weekly	Change	Total
10th December 2005	1	133,399	N/A	133,399
17th December 2005	2	53,357	-60.0%	186,756
24th December 2005	3	40,197	-24.7%	226,953
31st December 2005	4	31,217	-22.3%	258,170
07th January 2006	5	22,168	-29.0%	280,338
14th January 2006	6	14,201	-35.9%	294,539
21st January 2006	7	10,395	-26.8%	304,934
28th January 2006	8	8,158	-21.5%	313,092
04th February 2006	9	6,210	-23.9%	319,302
11th February 2006	10	3,953	-36.3%	323,255