The Persona series, which began all the way back in 1996 on the original PlayStation, has reached ten million copies sold, no doubt much to the delight of Atlus. It's a big milestone for a franchise that started life as a Shin Megami Tensei spin-off title, and it's a property that has only recently found mainstream success with the release of Persona 5.
The news comes just a couple of months before the launch of Persona 5 Royal in Japan, which is bound to add a decent chunk of sales to the ten million total. Given the series' trajectory over the years, you'd imagine that Persona has nowhere to go but up, although we'd bet on it being a long while before we hear anything about Persona 6.
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[source personacentral.com]
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Still waiting for persona 4 golden port on ps4. And of course waiting for persona 5 royal
i guess you're not reporting on japanese charts anymore as no PS4 games are in the top 10 haha
@manu0 Stay on topic please haha
Does that include the Dancing and the Persona Q games as well or just Persona 1-5?
In the era of massive open world games and endlessly re-playable roguelikes, it feels like games are increasingly designed to be played until the player gets bored and moves on. Hats off to Atlus for making 80+ hour games that stay engaging to the end.
Great jRPG and fantastic series in general. They always do such a fantastic job.
Persona 5 & Persona 5 Royal are probably going to outsell all the other games combined.
Well deserved, but should be much more.
Persona 5 was intro to the series. Now I understand why it's so beloved.
Persona 3 Platinum. Combines the extra content and presentation of FES with the fem protag and full party control of P3P. That's all I want, Atlus.
@Ralizah After hearing MARIN KARIN for the millionth time playing FES, I would kill for controllable party members.
If they mean the series as a whole over 23 years that doesn't seem like much. I hope this doesn't cause the series to lose it's exclusivity, it's just one of those series that feels like it belongs on PlayStation and the platform feels all that more special because of these experiences.
@wiiware
Persona 4 Golden is the reason the PSVita will never leave me. It's that one game that convinced me to buy one. Every system has that something special that makes it worth it somewhere.
Absolutely deserved. Here's hoping this means ports, remasters, and remakes of all persona games in the future. And obviously, new entries in this amazing franchise.
@manu0 How's that relevant?
That....doesnt seem like a lot. Even for a "niche" title.
Really adds perspective to Spider-man’s 13.2 million.
@GADG3Tx87 I just gave my psvita to relative because I have too much game system already (ps4, switch and just upgraded my pc). My fav games for psvita besides p4 golden is psone castlevania sotn, it's so nice playing it on the go.
@Nyne11Tyme You're right, but you gotta remember the oldest games were super niche. Persona 3 got great reviews, but in the West it arrived on PS2 at a time when the PS3 was out (or almost out, I forget). Persona 4 was also on PS2, and that was even later, which is crazy to think about.
Everyone always bangs on about Persona 4 Golden (and with good reason), but the bottom line is that it was a Vita game. One of the system's best sellers, but its sales were always going to be capped quite low.
Persona 5 is the breakout for the series because it managed to release on an incredibly popular console that's still in its prime. It took all the critical success of its predecessors and actually gave a bigger audience the perfect chance to experience it.
When you start to add it all up, the 10 million begins to make sense. Still, like the article says, the series is on an upwards trajectory. It'll only get bigger, assuming the quality remains high.
@ShogunRok this is all very true. And i do really remember a TON of praise for Golden on Vita. I guess just being an avid gamer since childhood and always being aware of the series and its longevity had me thinking sales would have been higher. Im actually surprised the series has made it to 5 to be honest. 10 mil tells me even Japan didnt really support the titles that well.
@GADG3Tx87 playstation just feels like where all games should be played imo lol. Dont get me wrong. Loved my xbox and 360 (not my 1 though) and all the various Nintendo systems ive had but i feel like i could play an xbox or nintendo exclusive on PlayStation but not the opposite
The sells would be bigger if they released these on Xbox and Nintendo switch
Atlus talks about the Switch version since February, for persona 5 royal
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