A rumour popped up earlier today claiming that Sony is planning on publishing Persona 5 in Europe. The source of the rumour was spotty at best, and we can't even find the origin of it right now, but none of that really matters since Atlus PR manager John Hardin has debunked the hopeful whispers.
"Sorry Europe, but once again, rumors gonna rume. Don't believe them," Hardin wrote on Twitter. As European Persona fans will no doubt know, the super stylish role-playing game has a release date in Japan, and is supposedly due out in North America later this year. However, any kind of official European launch window has yet to be confirmed. Classic Atlus.
Although clearly unfounded, it's a bit of a shame that this rumour didn't have some truth to it. As it stands, we're always banging on about how Sony would do well to put some of its weight behind Persona 5, but we're yet to see it really happen. Here's hoping the title shows up at the company's E3 2016 press conference.
Did you see this rumour doing the rounds earlier today? Shrug it off in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com]
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I've watched several trailers for this and I still have no idea what is going on gameplay wise. haha. I haven't played any of the Persona games. Definitely has an interesting look though.
@ztpayne7 that's probably a credit to the game's amazing UI that you can't tell what's part of the game and what's made for the trailer. If you've played other persona games it's fairly self explanatory, but it looks amazingly stylish. I'd definitely reccomend playing Persona 4 Golden if you can
Look forward to playing it in 2084.
@wariowarewolf unfortunately I don't have a vita anymore. I haven't been a big fan of this past gen's jrpgs as a whole, so I'm really hoping that I can find some on the PS4 that I like. I'm not sure what to compare Persona to
Well, from the looks of it:
US fall 2016
EU early 2017. Classic Atlus indeed.
I wanna be excited for this but I got pretty bored of P4G after 20 hours or so. The concept was pretty cool and I liked some of the characters but the actual game structure and battle systems left me wanting.
I'll just buy it from US PSN, no way I'm waiting till they pull their finger out for Europe.
Atlus is terrible for Europe give me Namco Bandai at least they release their games over here......
is coming to North america this year?
@ztpayne7 its a turn base rpg
I really want to play this game soon! I bought a Vita only to play Persona 4 Golden.
I am dying to play this game luckily we'll have Tokyo Mirage Sessions to fill the void till P5 comes out. I know its not the same but it has the Persona vibe (even though its supposed to be SMT x FE).
@kyleforrester87 I haven't played it yet and I'm kind of scared to as everyone says "I've put hundreds of hours into it!"
I don't think that's what I'm looking for in a handheld...
@glassmusic I didn't really enjoy the lack of freedom in the game I guess. It's the same with SRPGs, I like em for a while but then I just start missing the world map or whatever lol
THIS'LL TEACH YOU THE LESSON TO NOT BE EUROPEAN.
@kyleforrester87 Yeeeeah I think that'll really bother me as well. I like exploring, and can't stand games where I feel like I'm on rails and it could be anyone playing the game. I like games where I can really kind of customize the experience and play it my own way.
I may have grown up with the Atari 2600, but I've become demanding somewhere along the way. Hahaha
@AlejandroMora It's supposed to be. Whether it actually does remains to be seen.
@glassmusic I think you hit the nail on the head there! Give me an RPG like Divinity any day Thats not to say I'm against a good plot driven JRPG, I've just got to at least feel like I'm in charge even if it's linear as hell really (I.e Final Fantasy, etc..)
Choosing wether to study or hang out at the mall before bedtime in P4G wasn't doing it for me lol. But then I felt the same about Shenmue 1 and people love that so what do I know
@Frank90 i would suggest playing The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel on the vita too. Its easiest the second best ps vita jrpg after p4g
I'm currently playing (addicted) to P4G on my Vita and its got me even more excited for this game. I do hope we see it in Europe this year!
I don't see why we in the UK can't have the US version - we speak the same language, mainly, so there is no localisation issues.
I think it there is no release date pending I'll buy the US version if possible.
Absolutely lazy and poor marketing from Atlus - again.
@kyleforrester87
It is interesting because the most boring game for me, personally, is Grand Theft Auto. Too many uninteresting side stuff available - almost as bad as the collectathons on Assassin's Creed.
Give a more on-rails experience like Persona - and it doesn't suffer from the still broken vehicle mechanics on GTA, which is the main reason I don't bother with it. GTA5 didn't improve things for me and still sits there gathering dust.
@john_c not a GTA/Assassins Creed fan myself really. On paper birthright is right up my street but...meh.
hopefully it omes, ive played every single persona game bar the fighting one
Hopefully region free US release then....
Persona 5 is rumored to get a U.S. release date announcement at E3. The video below provides more details on this potential announcement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxuxfigEP7Y
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