Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden Get January 2023 Release Date on PS4

The Graphic they released only has the Xbox Consoles and Windows PC, is this launch exclusive?

That's definitely killed off me picking up Dead Space around release as I'm really excited to dive into P4G after being told it's better than P5. Was thinking about playing it on Xbox through GP but if it's only £20 ill get it on PS.

Can't wait to finally play P3, even though I'd prefer P3FES for my first playthrough

@IonMagi No, that's just Microsoft's dodgy marketing deals. The announcement itself says "modern platforms", which also includes PS4 and Switch, as previously announced.

I need to see the visuals first before I pick these up, hopefully they have atleast improved P3P with HD textures.

The mainline smt games need to come next.

>here's hoping that Atlus doesn't screw us console players.

Haaah. Just watch. Atlus will screw us over. They usually do.

Just going to drop the usual 'I'll play it on game pass' comment😁. I might as well seeing as I can get it free with the reward points I've grinded.

It’s a hard one because FES and Portable both have their strengths and weaknesses. I wish they’d combined the two like a proper remaster that adds QOL fixes but hey ho, it’s still a great game regardless.

So £40 on console with additional dlc packs on top then?

@nessisonett Even with the Party AI FES is still clearly better for me since Portable has zero actual Cutscenes which makes many dramatic scenes super underwhelming. Also you are missing out on the whole Epilog.

@nessisonett I was saying this same thing to a friend the other day. There's no definitive version of Persona 3 because both FES and Portable exist. Maybe we'll get a remake one day that incorporates everything... Maybe.

Atlus being Atlus are going to screw console players no doubt. Yet to still plat P5 so I can wait if this is too expensive.

In the last few years getting into JRPG's has been great. I've an abundance of classics to discover. Loved Persona 5 so will definitely pick these up!

Persona 4 golden was one of my favourite games ever. So much better than 5 with its tediously long dungeons lacking save points.
I’m most excited about 3 though. Never played it, and now I can do so with an additional trophy campaign!

I’ll go with gamepass for these and P5R. Shame Sony didn’t drop these on PSPlus. I wonder if MS paid for that not too happen?

Will definitely pick up P3 at launch. My wallet though. Seems like I’m picking up a new release every month until at least January.

@xx_PharsydeChemist_x wouldnt be shocked if xbox paid them not too especially with the saddy marketing preventing them from announcing for switch/ps right away. But then again, everyone knows PS and Switch Players buy games so subscription is not needed for players, i would have bought anyway

@xx_PharsydeChemist_x
Almost certainly any release day deal Miscrosoft do will require it’s not also released same day elsewhere, yes.

My problem with Sony is that, although I’m able to wait however long it takes to come to Extra, I don’t know if they’ll restrict it to premium even though it’s a PS4 SKU, the same as they have done with the Yakuza 3-5 games for example.

Finally a release date for persona 4 golden! but I'm annoyed that it's not coming out this year which is a shame 😤

@MightyDemon82 same here, I've recently gotten into RPGs and I enjoyed persona 5 royal a lot, I'm just annoyed that I have to wait till next year to play persona 4 golden, guess I have to be patient for this one

@thefourfoldroot1 I'll guess we'll see if persona 4 golden is better than 5 royal

@xx_PharsydeChemist_x Persona 5 did get removed from PS+ Collection in May which was soon after Jim Ryan said nothing was changing to the collection. Between that and what happened in June, it's very clear that it's dodgy Microsoft deals.

Persona 4 Golden and Fire Emblem Engage in the same week... come on that's too much from two of my favourite series! January and February have no mercy on my wallet.

I still don't get why they release Portable instead of FES. I really enjoyed the epilogue episode... Not that I am in a rush to buy the games. 4 is 20€ in Steam by the way and this weekend is 15€ as part od some Sega discounts.

@huyi still plenty to play in the meantime, I'm currently playing Trails of cold steel 2 and bought Trails into zero. I picked up the last remenant in a sale as well as final fantasies and Yakuza/like a dragon games in the backlog!

Awesome,, but I'm still waiting for SMT:DDS 1 and 2.

@get2sammyb
You'll be a silly goose if you don't.

@MightyDemon82 my backlog is just as big, we do not need to worry about the wait I guess 😁👍

You are definitely going to enjoy Yakuza like a dragon, in for a treat

I just recently brought nioh complete so that is a lot of meaty content to enjoy 😀😀

I’ll certainly be picking up Persona 4 Golden come January. That’s a stone cold classic that I need in my library.

@get2sammyb Do it, Sammy! If you have even the slightest interest in JRPG’s, you’ll have a blast with P4G. It was my very first JRPG experience when I bought it on Vita and even I absolutely adored the game.

@huyi you could try final fantasy crisis core in December, and there is also the legend of heroes series or ni no kuni if you are looking for something else in the genre 🙂

@huyi if you're getting into Rpg's and enjoyed persona 5 then I take it you don't mind turn based games, which if that the case then I would 100% reccomend dragon quest 11s, the second best jrpg last gen.

@thefourfoldroot1 I love P4 but it's the one that has dungeons without save points whereas one of the nice things about P5 is that the dungeons do actually have several save points rather than just one at the entrance. Also the P4 dungeons are also long but they're also soulless as they're just the same basic corridors over and over as if they're randomly generated.

Still, at least they're are different themes per character unlike P3 where it really is one massive repetitive generic corridor dungeon with no save points. Look forward to losing an hour of progress because a new enemy is in a battle and immediately casts Mudo on your MC triggering an instant game over.

@Matroska
I haven’t played p4 only p4g, and not for a long time, but the dungeons are far, far shorter than those in 5. I never had an issue of being forced to play to the end of a dungeon in p4g like I did in p5, when I just wanted to stop. Maybe there were better options to leave and then restart back at the same place than in p5

If it's $25 I'll bite. That's a fair price I'd say.

Persona 4 Golden, my 5th favorite game of all time, I think I've played through it at least 9 times, I absolutely adore Persona 4 Golden, it has it all, an engaging story, amazing well-written characters, fun and rewarding gameplay, a GOD-TIER soundtrack, and I think I cried at least five times on my first playthrough, the Hospital Scene, Teddie in Velvet Room & Saying Farewell to Everyone the Day before you leave Inaba, these three sections always have me bawling my eyes out.
Can't wait to buy & play P4G again, and experience this masterpiece again and again.
I doubt a physical release of P4G & P3P for PS4/PS5 & Switch will happen, but I really hope it does, I want to physically own this masterpiece again.

I hope there is a physical edition. I’d be so down to buy those. I’ve never played either so I’m excited to give it a go. I’ve played a few older games recently thanks to PS + so graphics won’t necessarily be a turn-off. I’m excited for these! Now, can we get a release date for Megaman Battle Network Collection from Capcom?!?

People coming to these games from P5/P5G are in for a rough road. P5 made great strides towards modernizing the series, and it cannot be stressed how much easier it is. I went P3 -> P4 -> P5, and even after turning the difficulty up to hard, found P5's battles laughably easy.

Are these getting physical versions? I would love to pick these if so.

5 has the better gameplay, but imo 3 and 4 have much better stories.

I am so excited. Probably getting the Steam or Switch versions. The thing I really wanted from Atlus is a cloud-based save transfer system. I have 300 hours of P5R locked on Playstation and I worry that will go away once backwards compat is gone. That won’t be an issue on Steam. Switch has the same problem as Playstation but it’s portable. Maybe I need a Steam Deck. Sigh.

They're wonderful games, so it's great to see them being made available on modern hardware.

@UltimateOtaku91 I've killed dragon quest already, but I'm open on recommendations on something similar 😎😎

@Rob_230 definitely, I played the game on psp and enjoyed it, I will certainly buy this day one when it arrives

I already have ni no kuni both games remastered, brought them both on sale, but I'm stuck with nioh atm but after that I think I'm going to dive in with a RPG next time 😁👍👍

It's trophy hunting time!

Atlus being lazy. It should have been FES instead of p3p or a combination of the two. And cheap with no physical release ffs.

@Kingleo31 Sadly no.

Would really love to jump back in but after hearing a rumour that there is a possibility of a Persona 3 remake, it put me off for the meantime until we see what happens with that. Knowing Atlus, it could happen and it makes me wonder could Persona 4 end up having one too after that.

Don't like that the games are digital only so holding off while I wait to see what's happening with the P3 Remake means I'd also be waiting to see if they do a physical version of those two. And if not, then someday I'd get them cheap.

The way they handled Persona 5 is another reason why I'm holding off too. First they did a Persona 5 then a Royal soon after on the same console and then a PS5 version without an upgrade or save transfer. They have put me off day 1 launches and pushed me into the wait a bit longer path instead.

Why no PS5 release? I know both games will run fine but still weird? I wonder if MS has anything to do with it? It’s just one huge conspiracy!!!!!!!!

This is digital only wasnt it? If so ill skip it when Atlus releases it on disc eventually.

@koffing How will BC go away its build in the software of the console?

Still to this point laughing when everyone had a meltdown that these two weren't announced on every other system during the Xbox Showcase earlier this year. I'll probably pick them up next year some time though as by then I'll probably have a backlog to get through.

@Flaming_Kaiser let me try again: The next Playstation will likely not have PS4 BC so to keep my save I have to keep and maintain a PS4/5 to be able to use my save file. 20 years from now whatever pc I own will run Steam and the save game files will just work.

It's going to take years of expensive therapy to get over the fact that they remastered P3P instead of P3FES. Who made this decision? Sad gamer noises.

@koffing in 20 years there'll probably be a good enough PS4 emulator that can load up your save. Like how some 20+ year old PC games don't work properly on modern operating systems and you need emulators or VM's. PS5 at least right now, is still a potential worry because you can't copy the saves onto USB.

@koffing 20 years form now you won't be playing these games, so stop it. Most of us aren't. And stop acting like you know the future that far ahead.

Also, 20 years form now, you should probably worry about bigger things than playing 20-30 year old games.

If there are physical copies, and maybe some special eds, I'll be buying day one. If not, it's likely I'll be busy with Trails To Azure.