Yakuza 3 to get free post-release DLC

The game was decent, ill pass on this one, but kudos on Sega on the free DLC, that's the way to go. Altho i do understand that SOME DLC must be payed.

29 download in 8 weeks! dam

Well, I played the demo, and aside from the fact that I had no idea what the girls were saying, I loved it. I hope we get it stateside, but I highly doubt it.

Thats how DLC is done

PLEASE BRING TO US!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

Anyone else noticing a trend with these free DLC games. Its advertising. Both Yakuza and Burnout feature in game ads. Which begs the question, would you rather have a game with paid DLC, or an ad supported game with free DLC?

I understand that sega want to brought it to the local market first to see how it go with the selling. As financial crisis hit Japan there no doub sega want to sell the game first and keep running the business.

I expect that Sega took there time to bring Yakuza 3 to the US market, and also with expection that the US version will have all the English Sub and Audio.

I really liked the demo. I wasn't too fond of the animations (very jerky) but the game was awesome.
It's the closest i've seen to a real tokyo place. (Besides the random men wanting to fight you)
And you can see the random product placement like ViVi magazine lol.

Come to US already!

OMG I really want Yakuza 3 in English. I can get the JPN version but what good is a game if you can`t understand what they say lol. I HOPE they release an asian which support English subtitles or language like they did with Siren New Translation.

So is there gonna be a Yakuza: The Essential Collection? :p

"According to a January 2009 interview with videogaming247's Mike Borden, a western release is unlikely"-wikipedia

Looks like we might have to import guys

Just tried the demo from the Japanese PSN and was really impressed. I'm really hoping for a US release now. The fighting was fun and there seemed to be a lot to do in the game world.
Why is the Yakuza team the only part of Sega making good games anymore?

What's with all the positive comments? Were we playing the same demo? This game is not good at all, and has many "features" that would have fit right in with games from the last generation. Pedestrians fade in and out of view all the time, there are no voiceovers or sound effects when interacting with them, there are old-and-tired invisible barriers to keep you out of areas, the combat is pathetically shallow, friendly "fire" is non-existent in fights, animations are poor, collision detection between player models is extremely minimal...I could go on, but I've had enough just simply thinking about this half-assed attempt at a current-gen game. From what I saw in the demo, this game is bad at best.

I wish we could get this over here in the UK, the last Yakuza game was awesome!

You would think they could add in subtitles quite cheaply and enjoy even a little extra revenue from the West. I would love Japanese audio and english Subs as I'm learning Japanese and could incorporate that into my gaming.

Come on Sega! Japanese version with English subs PLEASSSEE!!!