Speaking to Famitsu, Sega chief strategy officer Shuji Utsumi explained that the most successful game in the Yakuza series worldwide is Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
Sega sees one of the reasons behind the success of Yakuza: Like a Dragon as the simultaneous release of the game for PlayStation, Xbox and PC in the West.
Sales quantity not shared.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon, japan’s yakuza 7: Whereabouts of Light and Darkness introduced the turn-based tactical fighting system to the series, and the main character was Ichiban Kasuga, who first appeared on Yakuza Online.
After the success of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, the series decided to continue as turn-based RPG.