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Persona 5 ships over 1.5 million copies worldwide
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I mean what would a pro patch even add? The game already runs and looks great.
4K?
60fps?
It's been out for months, Atlus Japan doesn't care.
Does P5 have HDR support at all? I know that's on any ps4.... but I need to see this game in HDR
Poor texture galore is certainly not great
Mass_Pincup
Banned
I bought all of them day one and couldn't be more happy with what I've gotten.
Japan as finally entered this generation.
eyeball_kid
Member
That is seriously impressive. Especially considering this is a Japanese af, turn-based JRPG.
Looks like we'll be getting 5 spinoff titles with those kind of sales.
Looks like we'll be getting 5 spinoff titles with those kind of sales.
Ricerocket
Member
Very nice, I wish i had a PS4 to play this. The interest is there for this series so they should keep going.
Persona 5 alone has sold about a 4th of what the entire Persona series combined has sold before it.
http://gematsu.com/2015/05/persona-series-sales-top-six-million
http://gematsu.com/2015/05/persona-series-sales-top-six-million
cj_iwakura
Member
It's on PS3 too!
Old data. WW sales of the Persona series was at 6.9 million as of November 2016. So it'd be more like a 5th now. Still neat.
Mattakuevan
Member
Fantastic, about 15 hours in and I think I can safely say its the best in the series.
Well deserved sales.
Well deserved sales.
It's because it's old data that it shows how much Persona 5 has sold.
New data combines P5's japan sales. I wanted sales data from before it launched.
DecoReturns
Member
Impressive. Gonna have to wait till summer cause this game is so long. Been needing a good turn base RPG
Persona is reminding me of Fire Emblem, in terms of reaching a bigger audience, although different situations.
Persona is reminding me of Fire Emblem, in terms of reaching a bigger audience, although different situations.
Well at least the sales curve fits the development curve.
Persona 1 to to Persona 2 was 3 years. Persona 2 to Person 2-2 was 1 year. Digital Devil Saga 1 (the last game Hashino directed before P3) to Persona 3 was 2 years. Persona 3 to Persona 4 aws 2 years.
Catherine (the last game Hashino directed before P5) to Persona 5 was almost 6 years. Lol.
Oh wait no it doesn't. If we assume it took 2 years to develop Persona 1. The development time for P5 is 50% of the development time of the entire franchise! Hahahahaha.
I don't get it. Taking the number that P5 sold and comparing it to the total number of Persona series sales would still give you the appropriate fraction for how much it has sold relative to total series sales. It's still 1/5 as of now, not 1/4.
Edit: Oh wait, I was misunderstanding. I think I see what you mean now.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Only six hours in but well deserved. I can't get over how much I love this game. SMT4A last year and P5 this year was a killer combo by Atlus. Great time for Megaten fans.
NoctisVsStar
Member
Heh
ChasingComets
Member
You'll never see it coming.
Well deserved, Atlus outdid themselves with this game.
Well deserved, Atlus outdid themselves with this game.
J_ToSaveTheDay
Member
I am so glad for Atlus. Really having a blast working through the game myself, and I hope everyone else that picked it up or will be picking it up enjoys it just as much, if not more. I'm hoping for it to maintain a healthy tail, too... Been rooting for this game since its announcement.
I say all this having gotten my start with the series with Persona 3 FES. Never really went back and checked out Persona 1 or 2, admittedly FES didn't capture me a ton -- I appreciated it but didn't really get super into it. Persona 4 got me, though, big time -- and that's without ever having seen any of Giant Bomb's endurance run, despite having been a fan of that site since its opening (during the time that it was happening, I was still kind of only looking into GB for "traditional" coverage -- I ignored the extra video features and what not back then).
That said, it has been a grueling wait, since P5 has very consistently been my MOST anticipated game since its announcement. I loved the red/black art style from the very beginning, loved the idea of moving that fantastic P4-style experience to a big modern city, and of course seeing the detail come to life in HD quality following the original PS2 release of P4 (although I do acknowledge that it looks quite behind on PS4 from a technical perspective, I do feel the style does go a long way making up for it).
It's very much paying off. Bravo, Atlus.
PersonaGAF, hope you all are enjoying the game a lot, too -- we finally got it!
I say all this having gotten my start with the series with Persona 3 FES. Never really went back and checked out Persona 1 or 2, admittedly FES didn't capture me a ton -- I appreciated it but didn't really get super into it. Persona 4 got me, though, big time -- and that's without ever having seen any of Giant Bomb's endurance run, despite having been a fan of that site since its opening (during the time that it was happening, I was still kind of only looking into GB for "traditional" coverage -- I ignored the extra video features and what not back then).
That said, it has been a grueling wait, since P5 has very consistently been my MOST anticipated game since its announcement. I loved the red/black art style from the very beginning, loved the idea of moving that fantastic P4-style experience to a big modern city, and of course seeing the detail come to life in HD quality following the original PS2 release of P4 (although I do acknowledge that it looks quite behind on PS4 from a technical perspective, I do feel the style does go a long way making up for it).
It's very much paying off. Bravo, Atlus.
PersonaGAF, hope you all are enjoying the game a lot, too -- we finally got it!
Me too. I won't be able to play Persona until I get through Nier, but I have my copy sitting here waiting to be played.
Drillary Clinton
Banned
It would be embarrassing for a JRPG not named Final Fantasy to outsell mass effect
KingdomHeartsFan
Member
Wow that's crazy, they deserve it.
What about Pokemon.
Not a JRPG /s
LifeBrandRobot
Member
That was fast lol. Congratz Atlus.
Good. Hope SMT Switch/HD us as successful
Pokemon exists you know
DriftingSpirit
Member
Just started it and I am enjoying it so far.
Congrats, Atlus!
Congrats, Atlus!
Kazuo Hirai
I really want everyone to know how much more Titanfall 2 sold than Nioh. It was a staggering amount.
No, Mass Effect should ship at least 2M day1 despite the quality
DarkLordMalik
Member
PS4 is the true savior of Japanese games. God bless.
Kssio_Aug
Member
I haven't bought neither actually. Not cause I don't want, but cause I can't right now. But these were two of my most wanted games this gen (specially P5, cause Nier Automata was more of a surprise). I'm really glad to see both JRPGs doing so well though, and I'm 100% sure I'll buy them as soon as I can.
You don't need a PS4 Pro to improve the textures. The console has up to 8GB for VRAM.
lastplayed
Member
I'm not a big anime fan, but it certainly doesn't turn me off. I just want a good, engaging RPG. I might just do it!
This is just ship, it hasn't sold that many.
BRSxIgnition
Member
You won't regret it.
DarkLordMalik
Member
I think Persona numbers are always shipped+digital.
I fully recommend it, game deals with some heavy shit and I'm only 10 hours in.... Only like 90 more to go and I'm fully pumped for all of those hours
Eeeesh. That's pretty insane, when you put it that way.
Well. Obviously this just means that they should take another 6-7 years to lovingly make P6.