Yakuza, kent in Japan as Ryū ga Gotoku (龍が如く, Like a Dragon), is an open world action-adventur beat 'em up video gemme franchise creatit, awned an published bi Sega. The series oreeginatit frae Toshihiro Nagoshi's desire tae creaut a gemme that wad tell the wey o life of the yakuza. Nagoshi initially struggled tae fynd a platform for the project, till Sony shawed interest in the prospect. The series primarily focus on the yakuza Kazuma Kiryu frae the Tojo clan. Whilk Kazuma aften assists the Tojo clan, the series haes featurt him searchin for anither wey o life in the form o raisin orphans an aw. The gameplay of Yakuza haes the player controllin Kazuma (or anither chairacter dependin on the title) in a open warld whaur he can encoonter a enemy or perform an activity in the ceety tae obtain experience. The franchise haes acome a commercial an creetical success, an as o 2016, Sega Sammy Holdings haes reportit that the Yakuza franchise haes sauld a combined tot o 9.3 million units in pheesical an digital sales syne its debut in 2005. Strang sales o the gemmes in its oreeginal Japanese mercat haes led tae the franchise's expansion tae ither middlins, includin film adaptations.
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