SEGA Survey Suggests Persona 3 Reload to Retail for $69.99

I am lucky enough to be able to afford to pay for my games and I'd be happy to show support to developers/publishers that release games of high quality and enjoyment by paying for their games...that way, they can go ahead and produce a game that I may enjoy in the future.
Vote with your wallet.

Also, we know a majority of the Persona fans will play it on PS. Sega already got the money from MS when MS made a deal with them to put P3R on Gamepass.

So now remakes should grab AAA price tags? Eh, nah.

70$ and on Gamepass day 1 fudge off atlus 🤣

There’s more people hailing gamepass in that resetera thread than there are actually gamepass subscribers.

This persona would rather Sega turned its attention to some of its arcade racing games.

Maybe if it was a complete package like people were asking combining the best parts of FES and P3P. But I'll wait until they come out with Persona 3 Sapphire in a couple years.

Sounds like I will wait until a significant discount. I just finished P3P.

They can charge whatever they want I'm going to wait for a massive discount! I don't really see Atlus in a positive light as I use to so I don't feel like rewarding them with a full price purchase

I will be playing on gamepass instead. Not paying $70 if they're going leave out content. Dont get me wrong, I've been supporting their games for a while(except P5 Royal), they're getting into a trend where they want ppl to pay for re-packaging content and small updates.

The dreaded atlus tax. Just wait a month and it will be half off.

So the usual money grubbing from Atlus. Due to this crap, I don't buy their games anymore.

I could play it on Gamepass. This would be one of the games i would play and not worry about owning at that price. Most games i end up liking on GP i buy them.

I don't remember Sega ever having a high price tag for their games. On PS4 I remember them being close to 40£, and usually under 50£. And the last 2 games I got were 55£ and 50£. This is the first time I see their games at 70.

this will likely not be the final release of the p3 remake either...

Without the FES or Portable content? Absolutely not. The trend of remakes that aren't even definitive commanding higher than AAA price tags needs to stop yesterday. I'll get it when it's on a deep sale at some point in the future. Or I may not get it at all, honestly. I was hoping that we'd finally get a non-2D/VN edition of Portable's scenes and exploration, but we're not. At least not yet. I wouldn't be shocked if they sell a "FES" or "Ultimax" version of this in a couple years that does include that stuff.

To be fair this is a ground up remake with new music, VO, art design, QOL improvements, etcetera. Sure it is a shame the FES content isn't in it but at the same time The Answer isn't very fondly remembered by the fanbase and as for the female protagonist route I think that's the reason they re-released the Portable version. I doubt they are going to go through and record new dialog, make actual cutscenes, and everything else for a supposed Re-Reload version.

I wasn't really expecting it to not be $70 so that's not really a deal breaker for me.

Yeah an incomplete remake of a PS2 game selling for more than the much larger p5? That makes no sense. Tell me it's not the same mono dungeon for that price, too.... Why not just play the remaster with more stuff for like $20? It's also new. I'll be playing on gp so it won't keep me from playing but if I didn't have that option? Man this would suck.

I love Atlus games but their pricing.....I don't want my treasure stolen anymore.

This is nothing. There will probably be several "Special Ediditions" that go up to and maybe even over $100.

I’ll be buying for PS5 but I won’t be paying that price and it tempts me to wait for the full version in the future or get it on sale. No interest in taking GamePass out for it or even playing this on Xbox. I get that the service is good value for Xbox but to me that’s only for people that play the platform enough which I don’t do so I feel like it’s just another subscription eating at my wallet and not getting its worth. Last time I had it for 3 years cheap and it was mainly just used for Bing points

Well I won't be supporting Atlus going forward with my money so if I do get this game it will either be rented or bought off ebay second hand, same with Tactica and Metaphor. Atlus have dropped off massively for me and they used to be one of my favourite devs especially with the 3DS games they were turning out, but now they have turned into lazy greedy devs who chose money over it's consistent fan base.

Unfortunately it seems MS block games coming to PS Plus when they sign them up to Gamepass (as is true in reverse, although they tend to be older games when Sony do it). so I wouldn’t count on it being on Plus for at least 6 months, but likely far longer.

This version is failing from the beginning though, being based on an inferior version, so not too bothered..might have paid this price (though likely not) if it were a complete version rather than a lazy cash grab.

Also people are better of waiting for the FES version that will come out in two years time with the missing content and will be priced as a £70 full game again instead of being offered as DLC.

I've preordered this for £49.99 which feels like my upper limit for this currently.

My concern as ever is that they will release a version with cut content in a years time- and my issue with that isnt limited to just cost, but time. These games aren't short!

Atlus need to move beyond that practice now, or as we are seeing in this comments section, people wont continue to support them.

Atlus being extremely greedy lately. I am personally voting with my wallet. I'll get it eventually after the price drops.

Wow, greedy SEGA.

@straw-hat-crew It’s great that you can afford to pay for your games. So can I and I’m living on a pension. I save for weeks or months and then buy a game.
Entitled little babies who say things like “I’ll just wait till it’s in the $10 bin” are the problem. They are so self centred they refuse to ever pay full price and have zero understanding of how much games take to make and why so many studios go under.

I never pay full price for a game pass day 1 game

@AsterZero Yeah I agree with the trails games, they have some heavy story and all connected and that fast forward feature is great it's funny playing Trails of Cold Steel 2 with it on and then also pressing sprint in that mode gets me across the map in seconds.

@Tidus_g, Same, that's why I'm still waiting for a deep discount on a physical copy of Wo Long.

I would have been okay with that price if it was a definitive version, combining the extra content from P3P and FES. But as it stands, I'll likely wait either for a sale or an updated version.

@Rob_230 where did you get your pre-order? I've not seen P3 Reload on any sites yet

I'd buy in at that price IF it had the FeMC and all the bits that came with the other versions of the game... as it stands I'll wait for the inevitable Golden/Royal/Complete version in a year or so and then jump in.

@Sam_ATLUS

https://www.hit.co.uk/buy/product/persona-3-reload-ps5/dgc-person3rps5.htm

Here you go. Hit.co.uk used to be base.com. They are legit, ive been using them for years. Snagged my FF16 preorder on there for 51 pounds only a few weeks ago

PS Plus extra needs day 1 releases like this to be considered competition for Gamepass. Sony really need to improve the service a lot to get to a similar level

The price is steep but I really couldn’t imagine “renting” a game of this kind. PlayStation sales of this are going to be the lion’s share…I hope Atlus makes some better decisions in the future pricing and content-wise.

@Rob_230 I've been checking hit.com daily and not seen it up for order. Cheers mate, I'll order this right away. Hit.com are great and I've been using them for a while, it's either them or ShopTo I go for my PS games

@Sam_ATLUS No worries at all. It was this story that prompted me to take a look and i think the listing has only gone up in the last couple of days 🙂

Hit and Shopto are my go to's aswell - though Shopto is predominantly my destination for PSN credit rather than physical releases these days as they cant quite compete on price like they used to.

Been hearing good things about thegamecollection for new releases too, though ive not tried them yet

I don't care about the not canon femMC. I care wether party members are controllable or AI only. That would be the deal breaker for me

@Jayslow Stop with the misinformation. It basically has everything from FES and Portable,besides FEMC and answer.

@Nem If you are still asking this question,then you must not have watched any of the trailers.

@rachetmarvel what are you talking about, it's already been confirmed it's based off the Vanilla version.

@rachetmarvel it's you who needs to do some research.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2023/06/11/persona-3-reload-is-a-full-remake-but-still-missing-content-18933445/amp/

The second is that this remake will only include content from Persona 3’s original release

And that's from the creator himself

Producer Ryota Niitsuma and chief director Kazuhisa Wada only say that this is because their goal with Persona 3 Reload was to recreate the original version of the game and have it in line with the more modern Persona 5

@rachetmarvel I wanted to try out the female main route and The Answer though, so their exclusion is an issue for me.

I can’t say I’m surprised. It’s a way of milking more money out of fans.

Great coup for Xbox players though and Game Pass.

I’ve never played Persona 3 so will defo be buying it at some point but I’ve heard content was cut. Do you think there’s a chance like 6-12 months down the line that they’ll rerelease the game again but with the cut content in a bundle so they can make even more money? If so I’ll probably hold off till that version releases.

Will play it on the Series S.

Save myself $70.

PS5 / Series S - Consoles for the generation.

Yeah.. Nope. It's remake. Not a brand new game. Plus I am willing to BET they are even adding ridiculous DLC on top as well, as per usual just to make it even worse. They are called (r)Atlus for a reason.

@rachetmarvel I can't tell if you're trolling or misinformed, but they've already said plainly and directly that it will not have the FES or Portable content.

I'm sure Atlus will do what Atlus does and rerelease the game in a couple years with some additional content for another 70 bucks with no upgrade path.

@Rob_230 I always go to ShopTo when I buy stuff from the PS Store on sale to save that money on the purchases. I've used The Game Collection a few times and they are alright but I much prefer Hit and ShopTo for getting new stuff, they've sent me things early while that's never happened with Game Collection. I'm just waiting for ShopTo and Hit to put up Star Ocean The Second Story, Persona 5 Tactica and Like A Dragon Gaiden up for pre-order (assuming that's even getting a physical over here). November is a very busy month for games that's for sure

@Tidus_g This is my sentiment as well for games that simultaneously go to GP day 1 and are full price on PS. I'm still waiting on Plague Tale to be cheaper than $49.

@GamerGuy_1985_ Highly doubt is since this is not a new game. If you want to play FES I would look for another way of doing so.

@GamerGuy_1985_ I would definitely say they will but don't hold me to it as this time it's a remake, but they could use the excuse of "listening to fans feedback" to add the extra content later and charge full price for it.

I've been a Persona gamer since day one and this is how it's gone for the last three entries.

Perosna 3 - 2006
Persona 3 FES (added content) - 2007
Persona 3 Portable (even more content) - 2009
Persona 4 - 2008
Persona 4 Golden (added content) - 2012
Persona 5 - 2016
Persona 5 Royal (added content) - 2019

They seem to make versions with more content years after the original release to get more sales and will charge full price again, which to me is quite greedy.

If this game comes out in the same month as FF7 Rebirth, I might hold off on this for now. I love P3, more than 4 or 5 but with pricing, probably just gonna wait for a sale or buy a copy used

@Netret0120 that’s my set also, along with the Switch of course

Sucks if you don't have access to Game Pass, I guess.

I really need to re-sub so I can get further into Soul Hackers 2!

I'll wait then. The only games I'll pay full price for at launch are from first party Playstation, Nintendo and Final fantasy.

Sony should have bought Atlus back when they were facing bankruptcy. Atlus quality has gone down post SEGA acquisition. Shame really

Watch as they remake FES for 2025 and charge £70 for that, Atlus make great games but they are a very scummy company.

Glad I also have an Series X.

@AsterZero I like Spike Chunsoft as well, I'd have preferred Atlus had stayed independent obviously but given the circumstances, Sega is just a step below Microsoft in managing studios.

Play it on gamepass, the easy choice.

This is absolutely a niche game in the West. Be shocked if it's not $39.99 within months of releasing. I want to buy and play it but will probably wait. Too much in my backlog already...

@AsterZero they published games too, like the zero escape series. They are under the Kadokowa group (owns Fromsoftware). And they have kinda just done their own thing for years.

@AsterZero they did, really good ones too. The PlayStation Vita carried their studio. They had a lot of exclusives that were fantastic

@AsterZero if Sony didn't sell the memory cards at such a ridiculous rate, it could legitimately have been as popular as the PSP. Still make it proprietary so that it can't be hacked (that's what they were afraid of, after the PSP), but charge a reasonable rate for one.

@rachetmarvel Wow... imagine being that arrogant.
I rewatched them. The menu was there for like 10 or 20 frames on both trailers and it was only Yukari. Pardon milord, if i didn't examine every frame like i'm demented. If you were a good person you could have just informed me, rather than act out. But alas, i guess we can't all be reasonable.

I'm not spending more than $15 on this, period.

@straw-hat-crew this doesn’t deserve full price when they have not even redone the female route.

@Juanalf You get 'em keyboard warrior!