Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable has recently been rated for a supposed imminent PC version by Game Management Committee in Korea.
In the years since Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom made its English debut in 2012, otome games have enjoyed a surge of popularity worldwide. The genre went from an unknown to one that received multiple releases on various platforms each year. Sony handhelds have long been a haven for such titles, with people who own a Vita enjoying the fruits of this bevy of releases.
The PlayStation Portable (PSP) was one of the most successful handheld consoles to date, featuring a large roster of games including each and every genre present to date.
Agreed.
Both PSP and DS were the very top of handheld gaming at that time. I never would have foresaw the decline in handheld gaming that we see today. So many companies had PSP titles, KH, FF, MGS, GTA etc A rare time and I don't know if we'll even see that type of support for handheld like we saw back then.
I never played Persona 3 on PSP though, I played it on PS2 and got it again on PS3 when it was on PSN, same with Persona 4, but everyone tells me Persona 4 on Vita is a lot better.
P4 golden on the Vita is excellent and if you have a Vita, it is definitely worth another go around.
I wish the Vita got half the support the psp did. I'm don't mean to complain but I feel it was just shorted. Oh well.
@Fist- Well I have the PSTV and I did want to play Persona 4 again, I might pick up the Vita version.
It sucks Vita didn't get that same type of support, but the market has changed so much. So many phone games its not even funny. Its why when I hear a JRPG announcement, first thing I thinking about is "please don't be mobile" lol
Replace 3rd birthday with peace walker or Dissidia and it will be an excellent list. 3rd birthday is great mechanically but the story is attrocious as a parasite eve sequel.
"Persona 3 was the start of something special for the series. While the previous Persona titles had a small niche following, the franchise didn’t really blossom into the successful, critically acclaimed series until Persona 3 released on PlayStation 2 in August 2007 (USA)." -- PlayStation Enthusiast
Persona 5 is my first JRPG and I'm enjoying it so far. I never gave them a chance as I didn't get into turn based games until the xcom remake. The only turn based game I can think of playing before that is civ. So yeah if persona 3 is similar to 5 then I would give a remaster a go. You have a better chance seeing how successful 5 was, it's till niche but it's probably more popular in the west than in 3's time.
Persona 3 was my first time in the series. It was amazing. P4 was a better game in many ways, more polished etc but P3 is still my high point. Would love to see both ported for PS4 using the P5 engine.
I played Persona 3 on PSP years ago. I was astonished how much fun it was. Absolutely agree this game needs an updated edition. It is my second favorite Persona game behind P5. Awesome characters and story and that incredible Person kick-ass Persona soundtrack.
So yes, Atlus, you need to make this happen!
Uh, no we aren't. Persona 3 has already seen three releases: base game, FES and the PSP version. One of which butchers the ending and the other butchers the setting by turning it into a VN.
Those releases are enough, and I'm honestly tired of this generation of remastering and rereleasing. I would honestly have Atlus use their money, time and manpower to create and improve the development cycle of Persona 6 instead of releasing a fourth version of Persona 3 for people incapable of playing the three already available to them.
Exactly, the game is already available to whomever wants to play it. It's just a matter of doing it.
Adding it to PSN Classics would be good enough. It is a great game. If you just have a PS4 then you can't play this gem.
This, there's enough versions of the game when it was at the height of it's popularity, no need to remake or remaster it. I'd rather them get to work on Persona 6 but it looks like we'll get a ton of spin-off first based on all those Domain Names Atlus registered.
"Those releases are enough" No.
If a demand exist, you will see a remaster, re-release etc.
You playing it doesn't mean everyone else did.
"I'm honestly tired of this generation of remastering and rereleasing" Thats nice.... and how is that relevant to someone who never owned a PSP or PS3 or Vita to play Persona 3 and 4? So just lose money on sales when someone might want those games and will pay for them?
" I would honestly have Atlus use their money, time and manpower to create and improve the development cycle of Persona 6"
LMFAO! OHHHHHHHHHHH I see...you don't know how this works do you? First, SEGA would likely get a team to port or remaster it that actually does that, yes....a team that specilaizes in ports and remasters is the one that would do that version, ie Bluepoint games did the Uncharted Collection, NOT NAUGHTY DOG, Uncharted 5 or The Last Of Us 2 was not put on hold for a collection, you are not talking about the same process and its clear what you don't know about gaming in terms of the industry, might be why you have this stance.
Learn.
Read.
Understand who makes your games and who PORTS your games. They are rarely the same team and even if it is members of the same teams, it could be as low as 10 members porting it.
" instead of releasing a fourth version of Persona 3 for people incapable of playing the three already available to them"
So don't make more money that could fund Persona 6?
ok.
Don't enter the game industry in terms of business. That is like saying don't release a bluray remaster of Star Wars EP1 because the studio must focus on making a new star wars film.
For god sakes, the fact that you don't even know different people do that, is enough to ignore the majority of your post. You just don't know enough about how this process works to really make a meaningful post. "instead of" LMFAO! no......god no. That isn't how any of this works. Its not going to take a team of 80 developers YEARS to port a game.
You are basically crying about something you don't really understand in the first place. The 2 processes are irrelevant to each other...
