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Atlus USA responds to question on PC Persona 5 release, sounds unlikely
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Haha there is a definite p3 experience it's called FeMC on P3P. Idc what those nerds at Atlus say
chekhonte
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Did the guy say if he does have an infinite inprobability drive?
There really seems to be only one side to this conversation.
The Mad Draklor
Member
All that passion, man xP
Though if you think about it, the Playstation userbase is the most passionate for the Persona series.
Well now that you mention it I am reminded that I do own a PSTV(and PS3) and did play Persona 4 Golden on it. How does P3P stack up to P3 FES?
Siliconera (July 2014):
One month later, and Persona 5 was announced for the PS4.
They could still have deals in place with Sony, but if you're going to suggest an exclusivity deal here, you're going to have to do that when it comes to all games that are released on a single manufacturer's platforms.
s_mirage
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The trouble with Sega trying to force them (or doing the port outside of Atlus) is that it would be Sega Japan doing the forcing. They haven't exactly been great at porting Japanese developed games to the PC either.
This continues to piss me off, honestly.
Other, much smaller, companies are able to consistently offer dual audio in all their titles without any extra cost. And yet other, equally large and larger companies also seem to have no trouble with it these days.
If you're behind frigging Namco, Nintendo and Square-Enix in providing a feature your fans want then it's really time to think long and hard about what you're doing.
chrominance
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Surprise...?
Yeah, can't say I expected Persona 5 to come to PC, at least not at release. My impression is that the Persona 5 team is not huge, and it wouldn't surprise me if it turned out Sony was providing additional resources (maybe Third-Party Productions or whatever that team is called) to help get a PS4 version out.
I don't think Atlus will remain a console-only studio forever, but I think in part due to their size compared to their target market, they're more conservative than an Idea Factory or an XSEED, but don't necessarily have the resources of a Square Enix or a Tecmo Koei. I don't think Sega's in much position to help these days, either.
Yeah, can't say I expected Persona 5 to come to PC, at least not at release. My impression is that the Persona 5 team is not huge, and it wouldn't surprise me if it turned out Sony was providing additional resources (maybe Third-Party Productions or whatever that team is called) to help get a PS4 version out.
I don't think Atlus will remain a console-only studio forever, but I think in part due to their size compared to their target market, they're more conservative than an Idea Factory or an XSEED, but don't necessarily have the resources of a Square Enix or a Tecmo Koei. I don't think Sega's in much position to help these days, either.
Red Blaster
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what square enix pc support, they've announced like 10 new (japanese) games this year and practically none are coming to pc.
namco is the only company so far who actually knows what they're doing on pc, everyone else just gives token support when they feel like it
That's a pretty darn terrible comparison, sorry. Bloodborne isn't coming to the PC because it's a Sony IP. That's it. Persona is not a Sony IP in any way,shape or form.
bobawesome
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Good. Maybe people can finally quit with the port begging now. Or maybe they'll
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make a petition
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
I think Persona 5 on PC is practically an inevitably, it's just a matter of how many successful Japanese games on Steam it'll take before Atlus Japan figures out that there's a sizable audience that they're missing out on. In any case, if you want to play the game anytime soon, you're going to need a PS3 or PS4.
The annoying thing is that they shown that they can do it, as evidenced by P4A being dual audio. But then P4U was pretty much dub only again (only battle voices can be jp audio). So yeah pretty much they just want to save some cash and rely on their dubs. And charge $10 extra because they know their fans will still gob it up.
E_Darkness
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A PC port is as likely as a timely EU release.
Atlus doesn't make PC games so this isn't surprising. However, Sega may try to change their minds, and I wouldn't be surprised if they start making them (or at least handing it off to a port company) within the next five years.
Sega is heavily invested into PC games and JRPGs have been pretty popular on Steam.
Chance Hale
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381,683 - 413,057 according to steamspy.
210,348 - 233,810 for XIII-2
atlusprime
Atlus PR
So there's a chance????
I kind of got in trouble once for making a definitive statement about something I didn't have full knowledge of, that then turned into a few news articles.
GloriousBagel
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Name a Persona or SMT game that's on PC other than the mmo's.
Srey Plaughtered
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The chances look even slimmer now. Makes me wonder if they don't see the demands or just don't trust Port houses like Blue Point, Hexadrive etc if their internal team isn't up to porting. Whatever the reasons be I hope they come to realize the profit to be made.
Japan gonna Japan.
Not that it directly affects me cause i was going for the PS4 version anyway, but i'm assuming Sony paid for the PS4 port, hence the delay...since it was supposed to come out last year as some people might remember as PS3 only. It would have definitely been strange to play this game on PS3 just considering how fast i've stuck to my PS4
Not that it directly affects me cause i was going for the PS4 version anyway, but i'm assuming Sony paid for the PS4 port, hence the delay...since it was supposed to come out last year as some people might remember as PS3 only. It would have definitely been strange to play this game on PS3 just considering how fast i've stuck to my PS4
And that's years late too. Hence why I'm going to be keeping a close eye on Tales of Zestiria on Steam Spy instead when it hits. It depends on pricing, launch timing and promotion.
What's sad is that a PC version makes EU support easier.... especially digitally... orz
Sega Europe pls!
Hmm, that's why this thread made me a bit queasy tbh. Like it's grasping at straws.
Conkerkid11
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So there's a chance?
s_mirage
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~400000 copies according to Steamspy. Not too bad considering it came out over four years after the console release.
Crimsonclaw111
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Well Atlus is the only one missing out on extra money. Not sure what's stopping them.
wait.. what? i thought they tried it and gave up on pc already. Look at cladun..
and is anyone actually surprised by this?
you should read upthread just a bit. Also the Gauntlet version of Megami Tensei is on a bunch of Japanese computers, and so's that supposedly awful Giten smut game!
Robert at Zeboyd Games
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Crazy though this probably would sound to anybody at Namco, I'm expecting Tales of Zestiria to sell better on Steam than it does on PS3 & PS4.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?publisher=ATLUS
No, but they've published some bad games on Steam. I hope that's not affecting their decision making because these games are not good.
I'd say that the perceived prestige of the title will make a lot of difference as well. Valkyria Chronicles is a good example of this, and there aren't a lot of JRPGs with more prestige than the Persona games.
I doubt that Atlus USA's experience on PC will have any bearing on what Atlus Japan decides to do. They're probably worrying more about actually releasing Persona 5 first, and then thinking about other releases afterwards. The Valkyria Chronicles experience tells them that there's no need to rush things.
Beautiful Ninja
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While I doubt Sony moneyhatted Atlus to prevent a PC release, it is my understanding that they did moneyhat Atlus to get the game to PS4. Atlus would have been perfectly happy to release this on PS3 only, they are one of the least risk taking companies when it comes to what platforms they publish their products on. Persona 3 came out only 5 months before the PS3 came out and Persona 4 came out a solid 2 years after the PS3. Persona 5 would have came out after the release of the PS4 when it was originally due the end of last year.
These figures don't seem impressive, like, at all.
Barely 400k, despite occasional discounts, and not to mention the noticeable drop-off for the sequel too.
Lightning Returns will probably take forever just to reach 200k.
Poetic.Injustice
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Atlus Japan live in a bubble.
It would have been an awful port anyway.
They re-established support for PC around... 4 or 5 months ago, I believe. Around when Disagea 5 launched, they said it was something they were going to focus on in the Western market.
I thought it was a pretty definitive statement. Infinitely improbable = So unlikely that you'd actually need the engine from the book for it to happen lol
They're actually fantastic figures for games that were released so many years late, and with badly implemented features to boot.
If fans are willing to buy PC versions of your games years after the fact even when your support is bad, that's a sign of big demand.
SolidSnakex
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That really doesn't have anything to do with Atlus though. They're operating like they always have. Notice that they still publish their own games rather than Sega doing it. "Sega" hasn't been releasing much of anything lately, while Atlus has a fairly steady stream of game releases.
That's pretty impressive actually. They're both bad ports for old games.
Maintenance
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Never though it would come anyway.
Again:
We had the representative director and president of Atlus saying this a month before Persona 5 was announced for the PS4.
Times have changed and a number of factors are different than 7 years ago when Persona 4 came out.
Chance Hale
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Both were relatively poor ports at launch, especially FFXIII.
They haven't had too many deep cut discounts either. Going by is there any deal FFXIII was 8 dollars once but otherwise no drop below ten dollars.
I'm just teasin'
Whatever happens happens, I'm already onboard for the PS3 version, so if it never comes to PC I'm good.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Yeah, these games are generally regarded as not very good and came years later. FF7 is at 885k.
E_Darkness
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With the recommend specs being so low on PC, I can see this being possible.
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