Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio will release the New Game Plus mode for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii as free downloadable content after facing controversy over charging for it in previous game Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.
"Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is everything the premise promises - Pirate Yakuza may not have been on your bingo card, but it's still a winning number."
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NoobFeed editor Wasbir writes - Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is an additional provocative and bold move from the series. Its purpose is to bring together the Yakuza and the pirates in a manner that is as farcically absurd as possible.
Like how do you have that mentality to charge for features like that? It sets a dangerous precedent where the line is drawn. I mean, had this been successful, what’s next, paying for the pause feature?
So they should, after the previous game's fiasco where they paywalled new game plus, I still can't believe they did that.