Dragonslayer_023
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Persona 5, but I don't know if I'll even play FFXV at all.
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Square Enix asks fans about if Persona 5/FF15 were out at same time, release hint?
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LegendofDragoonLives
Member
Canada, the only country that matters ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
plutoknight
Member
Let me confer with my cohorts....
..Persona 5 easily. It's funny because, 2 years ago, my answer would have been the opposite. I wonder if that's the same for most of GAF.
..Persona 5 easily. It's funny because, 2 years ago, my answer would have been the opposite. I wonder if that's the same for most of GAF.
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
Persona 5: Now
FFXV: Later
FFXV: Later
shoryukens
Member
If I have to choose one the Persona 5. But hopefully I'll be able to buy both.
Then we'd know we're in Bizaro world.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Sure. But, they would still lose some sales. So, why do it? It's like the Batman v Superman and Captain America 3 situation. There's enough money for everyone, so it would have been foolish for them to compete.
Dark_castle
Junior Member
I hope someone from Square (ideally from FFXV team) actually taken a look at this thread and realized how Persona series had taken over the hearts of hardcore JRPG fans and do something about it.
If you despise anime why do you want to play FF?
Maintenance
Member
Persona 5, of course. FFXV can die in a fire compared to that. Persona 4 was already miles better than anything from the FF13 saga.
Matrix XII
Member
You bring up a good point actually. I may have been more into XV a couple years ago but now I'm way more hyped for Persona 5.
It's not the thing that's the interesting takeaway from the article.
Like the things that stick out here are that 1.) it does hint at a potential release timing and 2.) we do see an acknowledgement from Square Enix that Persona is a brand with relevance, whereas if we turn the hands of time back to the release of Persona 4, your average staffer might not have even known the game existed.
If you want the GAF answer you can just see the flood of posts in the thread.
I don't think Persona 4 even sold over a million units. Gaf isn't the place to judge popularity lol. If it was then every single Platinum game would have been a hit, Metroid wouldn't be dead, and the WiiU would be ahead of the Xbone in terms of sales.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
So Square thinks that Persona 5 is going to get delayed again?
Dark_castle
Junior Member
Well technically, it's Blizzard+All, not Blizzara.Mabufu
Member
Was Blizzara taken?
Terareflection
Member
Not very good logic. FF games are quite different from one another. You shouldn't assume that the next game would be bad because you thought the previous game was bad. A lot of people don't like FF8, but that game was in between FF7 and FF9 two of the most well-regarded FF games.
On Topic: Hard choice, I don't like Persona as much as the rest of GAF, but my hype for FFXV is somewhat tempered.
I'd need to hear some very positive word of mouth before seriously considering FFXV, but I'd happily get both if they turn out to be decent games. It would take some disappointed fans before I'd consider skipping P5. I didn't love P3 or P4 but they were unique enough to pique my interest in the fifth installment. Just please, please don't have the same randomly generated slog-fest dungeon design.
GoldandBlue
Member
You know as a big FF fan and somebody who hasn't played a Persona game yet, I'm actually more interested in Persona 5. It looks way more interesting than FF15.
we.are.the.armada
Member
hahahahahahah Persona 5
Edge_Maverick
Member
If SE asked Toriyama he'd say: "What is Persona?"
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Sorry Tabata, but Persona 5 gets my money in this case.
Bute this won't happen. I believe FFXV will release earlier in the west than P5.
Bute this won't happen. I believe FFXV will release earlier in the west than P5.
sir_bumble_bee
Member
I'd ping pong between the two if they released roughly the same time, like I did with Dragon Quest Heroes and Tales of Zestiria. I'd rather it be they released a month away from each other so I can give both the time they truly deserve
It's kinda weird to me how Persona turned from a niche spin-off from a niche series in a niche subgenre to one of the most anticipated games of all time that makes the heads at Square sweat at the thought of FF'S crown being taken. I guess making great games and a good word of mouth does indeed go a long way.
It's kinda weird to me how Persona turned from a niche spin-off from a niche series in a niche subgenre to one of the most anticipated games of all time that makes the heads at Square sweat at the thought of FF'S crown being taken. I guess making great games and a good word of mouth does indeed go a long way.
Acquiescence
Member
Are you actually going to wait for it to come out in 2017 though, or are you going to import it?
manzoman96
Member
As much as I'm hyped for Persona 5, I've been waiting for FFXV for a long time.
A long, long time.
A long, long time.
Times have changed. I remember a time where (well the old) square could give a date to release a game and it was everyone else being scared and getting away from it. Now they go and ask if they have a chance vs persona if they were out at the same time.
Also funny that they ask this now and not for TR when the gaming world was shouting at them collectively to move that date.
Also funny that they ask this now and not for TR when the gaming world was shouting at them collectively to move that date.
RPGCrazied
Member
Both...
But if only one, Persona 5 gets my vote.
But if only one, Persona 5 gets my vote.
I think "afraid" would be a bit far, but I do think they want to give the game the most ideal landing zone possible given the sales trend of the franchise and the platform difficulty in the region.
This isn't like EA trying to have Battlefield take market share from Call of Duty. The idea is that they just want their once every 80 gazillion year product to sell as well as possible, and these days Persona could actually have an appreciable impact.