People were expecting P5 outside of Japan this year? Ha ha, saw this happening easily.
I'm fine with it either way, more hyped for FFXV and leaves me more time for it.
But people came laughing about the same thing after the first NA delay from 2015 to 2016... What, should we laugh about the same if it gets delayed again?
Honestly, all I want is a digital special edition. Digital copy of the game for PS4 with a complete (none of this sampler nonsense) digital soundtrack in an easy to use format.
I've played text-heavy games in Japanese and gotten through them fine but honestly I think I'll just wait for the US release. The Japanese release comes out like, a couple days before school starts for me and right around the release of FF15.
When they first announced it, I expected it to come at least 3 years after they said it would come out and not have a worldwide release. So this whole process made it land pretty neatly as to where I expected it to be.
I'm actually glad it's not a worldwide release because I want to be spoiled by one thing before I get to play it
the inevitable "make a choice and if you pick the wrong choice you instantly get a game over" which was kinda obnoxious in Persona 3, SUPER SUPER obnoxious in 4, and kinda obnoxious in Golden. I want to know where it is in Persona 5 and how to avoid it.
Well VGP is cheaper then though the site is getting hammered right now. I have a feeling this plushy and bag won't be high quality seems rather cheap overall or this is one of the best special editions ever .
But amazon has customs covered, VGP's might get hit with customs or is it also included with them?
As for the content, main draw for me is the artbook since the steelbook is already in the normal version.
Just pre ordered three copies for me and a couple of friends since I'm the only one with the prime discount. I'm kind of sad it got delayed but at least that leaves FFXV with more time and I can beat P4DAN and the Arena games.
When they first announced it, I expected it to come at least 3 years after they said it would come out and not have a worldwide release. So this whole process made it land pretty neatly as to where I expected it to be.
I'm actually glad it's not a worldwide release because I want to be spoiled by one thing before I get to play it
the inevitable "make a choice and if you pick the wrong choice you instantly get a game over" which was kinda obnoxious in Persona 3, SUPER SUPER obnoxious in 4, and kinda obnoxious in Golden. I want to know where it is in Persona 5 and how to avoid it.
But amazon has customs covered, VGP's might get hit with customs or is it also included with them.
As for the content, main draw for me is the artbook since the steelbook is already in the normal version.
Modern Persona games and the time gap between Japanese & US release:
Persona 3 - 1 year, 1 month
Persona 3:FES - 1 year
Persona 3P - 8 months
Persona 4 - 5 months
Persona 4G - 5 months
Persona 5 - 5 months
Looks rather consistent. No one who has been paying attention should be particularly shocked by P5's US release date. The idea that it would get a simultaneous worldwide release was a pipe dream; especially seeing as how FFXV comes out the same month. Not to mention, Atlus USA already has Tokyo Mirage Sessions & SMT4-2 coming out this year and a Persona 5 release would cannibalize sales of those games.
The game has been delayed by over 2 years. That time could have been used to "catch up" on localization. Then November/December release would not have cannibalized any sales from their summer releases.
Plus, Feb 2017 is NA, not Europe or other regions.
99% of the time you will get release date delivery if you are a prime member and pre-order with two day shipping. Some people are weird and like forcing them to change it to overnight delivery but I was told by customer support that it doesn't matter if you pre-ordered, are a prime member and release date delivery is available.
December would've been perfect, don't think anyone realistically expected a worldwide date. Now my 2 most anticipated games are gonna be out within weeks of each other and both were delayed. During the school semester too. ME Andromeda and P5:/
99% of the time you will get release date delivery if you are a prime member and pre-order with two day shipping. Some people are weird and like forcing them to change it to overnight delivery but I was told by customer support that it doesn't matter if you pre-ordered, are a prime member and release date delivery is available.
The game has been delayed by over 2 years. That time could have been used to "catch up" on localization. Then November/December release would not have cannibalized any sales from their summer releases.
You can't localize what doesn't exist. Atlus has never done a worldwide release and obviously doesn't have things set up to do so. And SMT4-2 is a Fall release so P5 coming out around the same time would definitely cannibalize sales.
December is generally a bad time to release games since you're up against the entire Holiday season, but you've missed the big November rush. Generally, the only games you see released in December are massive evergreen titles where release date doesn't matter that much (like Smash Bros) and games that publishers just want to get out and don't have much faith in.
Not to mention, Atlus USA already has Tokyo Mirage Sessions & SMT4-2 coming out this year and a Persona 5 release would cannibalize sales of those games.
The game has been delayed by over 2 years. That time could have been used to "catch up" on localization. Then November/December release would not have cannibalized any sales from their summer releases.
Plus, Feb 2017 is NA, not Europe or other regions.
Not necesarily. We don't know all the exact details of what changed during development to warrant the delay. If a lot of sections were reworked, that could have meant a bunch of localization work would have to be redone. If significant new areas or content were added, localization would still have to wait for those areas to be in a complete enough state before they could start. New recording sessions could have had to be rescheduled to do a bunch of retakes and/or record new material, and they may be limited by VA availability for scheduling.
And then there's the various certification and ratings board passes needed for different territories.
You oversimplify what's involved with localization work.
If Mass Effect comes out in February I wouldn't be surprised if Persona is pushed again. Feb-April is becoming the fall extended months and the masses aren't picking up Persona over "the big boys." Maybe Atlus doesn't care though so who knows!