This plus every Japanese game is now on Switch.
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Atlus USA kills rumors | no PC & Switch versions of Persona 5 & Yakuza 0
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This plus every Japanese game is now on Switch.
funkystudent
Member
So... time to start "Persona 5 Fez / Golden version on Switch / scorpio / Mac / Linux" rumors?
Chairmanchuck
Member
Apparently enough that Tales of Berseria comes to PC.
Tizoc
Member
I just see it as Atlus not handling the Non Sony releases~
how is it not comfortable and practical playing it on the big screen at your house?
I agree with this statement as it's free money to them and helps to build a fanbase of respective publishers on the platform
MaximumSpider
Banned
People refuse to let the 2015 thing go so I guess everything he says is a lie lol.
i pretty much got over that its been awhile
Zestiria's near 300k actually! Wow.
humansarehorses
Member
FACT: that statement's a value judgement, not a fact.
Neuromancer
Member
I like grinding and dungeon-crawling on the couch while watching something on TV, or on the train, or airplane (I travel a lot for work). The nice thing with the Switch is that I have that flexibility, so I was hoping for P5 to come to that platform at some point.
Yep and other consoles as well.
InquisitorAles
Member
Yep, it seems they just don't want to get extra money from PC sales.
Unknown?
Member
Hahaha we have a financial expert here. Man people are deluded. Too bad the people begging for ports will never end.
Sad Affleck
Member
Ok... but why? Do they hate money or something?
No surprise this is Altus aka one of the last japanese mohycans completely ignoring Steam's renaissance of japanese games ....
Altus is gonna Altus
Eh. Atlus will stop Atlusing if Sega forced them to (or farmed out the PC port).
Sega hasn't been super concerned at maximizing their profit from the upsurge of support for Japanese games on Steam either, despite Valkyria Chronicles moving around 900k copies to date.
Papacheeks
Banned
Hollyshit. Never thought that series did well. Now it does make sense on the sequel being released on steam as well.
lol this so neogaf.
Grim Patron
Member
how 2 preserve (
(GhostTrick
Banned
But it's a fact though. This isn't sarcastic or ill manered. Hardin is in a though position. Do people really expected him to come out and say "Yes it's happening !" if it wasn't announced ? I'm not saying it's happening or whatever. I'm saying that PR have to stick to strict disclosed informations. They either don't know OR they have to wait.
how 2 preserve
Yes, preservation is great indeed. I don't even see your point. There's many great games that, today, would've disappeared without PC versions or emulation.
One time phil spencer said on the xbox anniversary stream he wants to get Persona 5 and Nioh on Xbox One.
fluffydelusions
Member
Looks like PS4 will have 2 of the best JRPGs this gen as exclusives (judging by the P5 import thread anyway). The other being bloodborne of course.
PC ports don't actually make money, in fact, it will probably detract from the sales of the console versions because of piracy. This is a sensible conclusion to come to.
And we're done.
Infernostew
Member
I don't understand Sega's/Atlus' business decision to not put this kind of game on platforms where this kind of game has an audience. To be frank, it sounds incredibly idiotic to me despite bein unaffected ¯\_(ツ
But these games are on the platform that it'll sell the most to the audience that buy these games.
wonderful103
Member
Citation required.
Infernostew said:
The PS3, sure. The PS4 isn't a success story in Japan.
Portables are where the actual market is in Japan.
You actually don't need to be an expert to reach that conclusion.
Primethius
Banned
Atleast now people can't act shocked if the games don't show up on another platform.
Maybe.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
No community manager is going to announce something before it's announced, and there's actually limited reason to believe that a company will tell their community manager about stuff before it's ready to launch.
As an example, this exact person claimed Persona 5 was on track for a Winter (2002? 2003? 2004? Some year, anyway) release the day before the delay was announced. That's not because he's a liar or an incompetent, it's because information is fluid and a Community Manager doesn't need a ton of advance notice because it's not their job to be the first to tell people things, especially in a domestic subsidiary of an international company.
Hell, the actual president of Capcom USA characterized the Wii re-releases of REMake/RE0 as a poor value and explicitly said they'd not localize them a day before they announced they were localizing them. Again, not a liar, just symptomatic of the communication structure of firms.
That being said, I'm sure if any website posted a rumour it was a total crock of shit and just blind speculation. I absolutely buy that there is no currently planned and company-wide known PC or Switch version of these games. I'm just saying that the denial has essentially no predictive value given how many past "definitely no ports" later became ports.
As an example, this exact person claimed Persona 5 was on track for a Winter (2002? 2003? 2004? Some year, anyway) release the day before the delay was announced. That's not because he's a liar or an incompetent, it's because information is fluid and a Community Manager doesn't need a ton of advance notice because it's not their job to be the first to tell people things, especially in a domestic subsidiary of an international company.
Hell, the actual president of Capcom USA characterized the Wii re-releases of REMake/RE0 as a poor value and explicitly said they'd not localize them a day before they announced they were localizing them. Again, not a liar, just symptomatic of the communication structure of firms.
That being said, I'm sure if any website posted a rumour it was a total crock of shit and just blind speculation. I absolutely buy that there is no currently planned and company-wide known PC or Switch version of these games. I'm just saying that the denial has essentially no predictive value given how many past "definitely no ports" later became ports.
Just look at how poor Street Fighter V is selling. It's not rocket science.
AcceptableGhost
Member
Both of these games have sold on Steam seemingly about on par with the western sales of the games on PS4. Obviously the Tales Of games have CE's and stuff that may make them decent money but still, roughly comparable I would imagine.
Ruud_Luiten
Member
Ask them on twitter; they love it when people do that!!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Is Sony still funding the localizations of Yakuza games or is that all in house again?
GhostTrick
Banned
Woooow stop you're making too much sense.
Because selling over 250k doesn't make money. Just for the record: How much do you expect a port to cost ?
MisterR
Member
LOL, that goes without saying.
Stupid things like this make me go away from this kind of threads.
pfffthahahahaha
The hyperbole! The entitlement!
Something, something, money left on the table. Something, something, the franchise will finally flourish. Something, something, PS4 collecting dust.
Infernostew
Member
You might want to look at the PS4 sales for Persona 5 before making those claims.
Sad Affleck
Member
Maybe that should be an indication that there is demand for your product?
Is this why practically every other japanese developer but Atlus is releasing one game after another on Steam?