Persona 5 Coming To Next-Gen Consoles

Gamervision writes:
"Today, Atlus told our E3 reporting team that Persona 5 will be making the jump to the PlayStation 3 and/or Xbox 360. It's much too soon to talk about release schedules, but just the notion that the game is in development is good enough for me."

[Sonyslave3]

Persona coming to next gen sweet i can't wait to unlock some achievements 360 version for me.

[KKanjiAnkh]

I hope the sole 360 crowd does enjoy Atlus gems, cause these aren't your typical RPG's I hope you know.

[Rigmaster]

Already denied on the Atlus boards.

[KillaManiac]

What was already denied? Persona 5 in general?

If so, we know it is coming soon enough...its too popular of a franchise (in all regions) to retire it to last gen.

[gamesmaster]

currently playing 4, picked it up for £15.

i'd welcome a sequel with open arms and wallet.

"playstation 3 and/or xbox360" making this game exclusive to any platform would be like shooting themselves in the foot. Its a given that it'll release on the ps3, what with the huge Japanese following and the psp and ps2 released games.

[iamtehpwn]

due to Japanese marketing, and well, the biggest JRPG fan base is on playstation.

[KillaManiac]

If this went Sony exclusive it wouldn't be shooting themselves in the foot at all because Sony has a much higher install base of overall RPG fans.

Also I am sure Atlus will look at other companies decision of taking RPGs to each system and if they think they can make a profit they will, but honestly...RPGs don't sell well at all on 360 so I can see this being exclusive very possible.

[- Ghost of Sparta -]

It's going to be for PS3, not multiplatform. Sony pays for the Shin Megami Tensei series, which includes Persona, Digital Devil Saga, Nocturne, etc. Persona 5, which was supposed to be revealed at TGS last year, is in development for PS3.

http://ps3.ign.com/objects/...
http://games.ign.com/articl...
http://www.destructoid.com/...
http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News...

[Immortal Kaim]

Actually Lost Odyssey has sold 800,000 copies, which isn't a bad number considering it doesn't have 'Final Fantasy' slapped on the cover. So they are certainly viable.

[Baka-akaB]

Dont forget that Last odyssey had the hype around it of being the FF killer , and the aura of a star staff team , with most notably Sakaguchi .

It's not at all as if it was some "indie" or small jrpg game that went on and sold 800k . It actually wasnt that great sales wise given the hype around , yet ok enough paradoxally thanks to the same hype .

[callahan09]

Awesome news! I'll be getting it on PS3 so it can sit nicely on the Playstation side of my games shelf with all the other Persona games, but Persona is just too awesome of a game to deny anyone the right / ability to play it, so glad this one is coming for all PS3 and 360 owners to enjoy! And also glad Wii and PS2 owners are being left in the dust, because while Persona 4 was wonderful, I really want them to be able to focus on high definition hardware for the next one.

Edit: Wait... nevermind, I just read it more carefully and it is NOT confirmed multiplatform. That's unfortunate. I guess we'll just have to wait and see for the future what platform(s) they decide to go with. If they don't go multiplatform with this one, though, I'd be really confused as to why not.

[BLuKhaos]

OMG! THANK GOD! THIS HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE E3!!

[TheHater]

for Atlus not to release this game on the PS3.

[KillaManiac]

Atlus has a huge friendship with Sony....of course it will be on PS3,
but at the same time look at Star Ocean 4...we thought that there was no way and it went to 360 and sold terribly (not that it was bad, just not a big hit for 360 fanbase).

[gamesmaster]

star ocean 4 exclusivity was the one of the worst decisions square-enix made this gen, what a slap in the face to fans of the series.

[solidt12]

Finally they are moving away from the PS2 and going next gen. Yea!!!!! I never played Persona but it looks great. I have been waiting for them to bring it to the PS3 first.

[Homicide]

Best news today.

[Raoh]

FINALLY

ATLUS is very slept on by the gaming community

[Rmagnus]

biggest news for me!!! bigger than anything shown at E3!!!!

[Shadow Man]

I hear good things from sony fans about this series , hopefully they won't hated or hope it fails like MGSR because it might actually come to the 360.

[KKanjiAnkh]

Ya damn skippy their good, and Atlus is probably the most generous company, when it comes to its fans, just like SNKP.

Screw the consoles buy the games if they are cool.

Shadow how old are you bro, not trying to be rude?

[Gue1]

Probably another poor jrpg thanks to the outdated hardware of the X360...

But now talking seriously, nobody will hate on this because Atlus have never put that much effort on graphics so... This will be a pretty awesome game even on the poor outdated hardware and DVD9 that the X360 has.

But with MGS franchise is another story. They always push the hardware to its limits and with the new announcement of the multiplatform game called MGS:R well, it is obvious that the game will be held back by the crappy X360 hardware...

[taco_tom237]

i could care less if the game is on the 360,im still gonna buy and enjoy it.

i highly doubt the game will suck.

[disgaea]

shadow stop being a fanboy buy a ps2, buy persona 3 and 4 and FYI there was s SMT game on xbox last gen WTF are you talking about

[2FootYard]

Fantastic news!!

[MGSR THE HD VERSION]

it's actual not yet to be confirmed.

http://www.gamervision.com/...

frankly i hope it's true though :)

[Rai]

woooooo great news

[Gitaroo]

seeing how the last couple of Atlus rpg were like on 360, hope this wont suck....

[Nikuma]

Persona is one of the best and most unique RPG franchises out there! I can't wait!

[supersonicsaga]

Please release a ps3 version and dual audio tracks.

Make a sequel to Riviera: The Promised Land

[Shaka2K6]

.

[Infernostew]

As much as I love the persona spinoff series. I would much rather see Shin Megami Tensei 4 instead. The flagship series is long overdue for another installment and ps3 exclusivity.

[Baka-akaB]

I love probably persona more , but i agree , it has been 2 persona in a row , and 2 devil summoner . i cant wait to see a real shin megami tensei next game game , after what they brilliantly did with nocturne , and even the two digital devil saga spin offs .

I think atlus is denying it , because it's megaten 4 , not persona 5

[wanderofys]

I couldn't agree more. I want Shin Megami Tensei 4. I'm tired of Persona. I spent the last 3 years playing Persona games, I'm ready for something along the lines of Nocturne again. Devil Summoner 2 was a nice bump in the road, but I want a balls out, bosses nearly impossible, 100 hour great looking Shin Megami Tensei game.

[Gue1]

woojoo!

[DNAgent]

I'm tired of Persona. Persona 4 was a huge downgrade from Persona 3 and I would rather have a new IP rather than yet another turn based rehash (unless they don't make it turn-based which I doubt). I prefer RPGs from Level 5. They seem to be the only company that knows what they are doing when it comes to RPGs as they generally have a great story, awesome gameplay, and they don't make everything turn-based.

[Light Yagami]

LOL! Level-5 is terrible. White Knight Chronicles is a terrible RPG.

[baodeus]

how the RPGs selling on PS3 so far? Any of them pass the million mark yet?

Yeah, Personna would be good. Need more RPGs (tired of FPS and stuff and i haven't even play them that often).

[Disccordia]

Valkyria Chronicles is at around 500,000
Demon's Souls and White Knight Chronicles are at around 400,000 so far which is pretty good for just Asia.
Only other RPGs I can think of are Folklore and Disgaea 3 and have no idea how they sold but I'm guessing not much.

[ssipmraw]

atlus arent about the sales, they're all about the fans.

i dont think many of the atlus rpgs of last gen sold over a million except for maybe odin sphere?

[Jdoki]

YES!!

I love Persona and can't wait to see what they do on next-gen consoles :)

This is one of the best pieces of news to come out of E3. It's right up there with the Last Guardian reveal for me!

[robotnik]

Stupid bots.

[ZeroYui]

My favorite game series of all time coming to the PS3?This news just made my day, now i gotta go finish Persona 4 :P.

[ssipmraw]

ATLUS

join the darkside

[disgaea]

WTF are you talking about SMT was on xbox last gen

[blammo17]

Let Persona rest for a bit- Seems they wouldn't with all the momentum they have had as of late.

But I would rather see part 4 on next gen. Looking forward to Demons Souls anyway.

[xdye017]

The 360 doesn't need this crap.

[Gun_Senshi]

wootwootwoot

[Tykis]

Hopefully its an PS3 exclusive, which is most prob since Persona games are more popular in Japan.

[Run_bare]

I been wanting to pick up Persona games, i skip the 4th one cause it's on PS2 and my PS3 has no backward compatibility. I hope they come out around around end 2010 after FFXIII.