Like A Dragon Gaiden looks like it will be a digital-only game in the west
It looks like Sega won’t be releasing a physical version of Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name in the west.
The publisher announced last month that the Yakuza spin-off will be released on November 9 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC.
While a physical version will be available for PlayStation consoles in Japan, developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has now seemingly confirmed that boxed copies won’t be released outside of Asia.
The game will be “available for download” in November, the Sega studio’s western Twitter account posted on Wednesday.
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This appears to confirm claims last month by Ryu Ga Gotoku fan channel KamurochoBros, which said it had “spoken to retailers that have reached out to Sega” only to be informed that a physical version of the game won’t be released in the United States.
Players who pre-order the game, which is priced at $49.99 / £44.99 on digital storefronts, will receive a Legendary Fighter Pack featuring characters from previous Yakuza titles.
Alan Wake 2 developer Remedy recently revealed that the sequel will be released in October as a digital-only game. It said there were several reasons behind the decision not to released a boxed copy.
“For one, a large number of [players] have shifted to digital only,” the studio said. “You can buy a Sony PlayStation 5 without a disc drive and Microsoft’s Xbox Series S is a digital only console. It is not uncommon to release modern games as digital-only.
“Secondly, not releasing a disc helps keep the price of the game at $59.99 / €59.99 [£49.99] and the PC version at $49.99 / €49.99 [£39.99].”
“Finally, we did not want to ship a disc product and have it
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