The western localized versions of the Yakuza games sold more than 3 million games worldwide and more than 3.5 million copies after August 2010 .
The western localized versions were released between one and three years after the originals and received generally favorable reviews. The series sold 3.2 million games worldwide as of 2009 and 4 million copies as of September 2010 ; the best sellers being the first two games which sold between 500,000 – 1 million worldwide , each winning the PlayStation Gold Award .
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