Yakuza 0 Kiwami Kiwami 2 PS5 Upgrade

SEGA has confirmed that those who own Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami, or Yakuza Kiwami 2 on PS4 can take advantage of discounted upgrade paths when buying the new versions on PS5.

All three PS5 re-releases are due to launch on the 8th December, but there is a catch in that these upgrade paths only apply to the digital versions of the PS4 games — and any games claimed through PS Plus subscriptions unfortunately don't count either.

Here's a quick summary of the upgrade pricing, which differs between games:

Yakuza 0 Director's Cut is the only PS5 re-release that features new content. It has several additional cutscenes and an online co-op mode — which is why SEGA's charging more for the upgrade. It also has an English dub for the first time.

Meanwhile, Kiwami and Kiwami 2 include new text language support in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Russian.

SEGA has, however, confirmed that Kiwami 2 will boast 60 frames-per-second performance on PS5. The game has always been locked to 30fps on PS4, so the curse has finally been lifted.

Oh, and your PS4 save data will not carry over to the PS5 versions, so get ready to start a new playthrough or two. Or three!

Still, we're glad that SEGA's seen sense and gone down the upgrade route (partially, at least). Given the publisher's more... questionable business practices over the years, we were pretty much convinced that these PS5 versions would demand a fresh purchase across the board.

Will you be replaying any of these Yakuza titles on PS5? Feel the heat in the comments section below.

[source sega.com]