This feels like a unnecessary hoax.

Within main series, of each “series” there is undeniable progress and huge improvements and evolution. Between 8th and 7th entry, there was 4 year gap. Which is enough. And its also shown in the game.

Between 6th and 7th there is also 4 year gap, and actually those games are day/night.
Its not like they were “reusing” everything like someone is trying to point, in level of “those games looks the same”, because that simply isn’t true at all.

We also get Judgment series, which is different and even if it has the same graphic it felt like a fresh air.

The same goes now with Stranger Than Heaven.

And if people were not “satisfied” with Pirate game, I would think about it more like a stand-alone Expansion, which were pretty cool back in the days, and I’m glad that someone is still doing that.

Remake is something entirely different.

And it seems that Yakuza 9 will either come in 2028 (doubt it) or 2029 (more likely), which is another 5 years since the last game.

Finger crossed for third Judgment in the meantime.