Sega is elevating some eyebrows with its resolution to basically paywall the New Game Plus function in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.
Noticed by PCGamer, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth’s official website particulars the variations between every model of the sport. In complete, there are 4 totally different variations of Infinite Wealth: three digital and one bodily.
As you may see within the screenshot beneath, the Normal Version contains the bottom recreation and nothing further. However what’s caught some consideration is how New Game Plus mode is talked about as a perk when you determine to purchase the Deluxe or Ultimate Version digitally.
Moreover, Redditor Megasomark posted a month in the past that they contacted Sega’s support team to make clear the state of affairs. Sega’s assist workforce confirmed, “New Game Plus is certainly solely obtainable with the Grasp Trip pack.”
Sega didn’t instantly reply to IGN’s request for remark.
Sega doesn’t specify a lot concerning the bodily copy of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth other than the pre-order incentives you receive. It is value noting that the Grasp Trip Bundle isn’t listed amongst them.
Nevertheless, primarily based on the web site and the prior communication posted on Reddit, it seems that Sega is locking an in any other case generally unlockable recreation mode behind dearer variations of the sport. For context, the Normal Version is $69.99, the Deluxe Version is $84.99, and the Ultimate Version will set you again $109.99.
In our closing preview of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, we stated: “In some ways, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is a watershed second for franchise. It is fairly doubtless a closing ship off for the cancer-stricken underworld legend Kiryu, and the official induction ceremony for Kasuga as Kiryu’s successor within the sequence transferring ahead.”
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is out January 26, on PC, PlayStation and Xbox.
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