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Forums - Sony Discussion - Could Persona 5 (PS3 +PS4) become the best-selling SMT game ever?

 

How much do you think it will sell?

1M+ - P5's prospects look very promising 75 64.66%
 
800K-1M - might outsell P... 25 21.55%
 
600K-800K - should do oka... 12 10.34%
 
less than 600K - not a ch... 4 3.45%
 
Total:116

Note: *GIven that the PS4 version will likely improve less (gameplay-wise) over the PS3 version than a remake would and the two versions will release simultaneously, I think it's fair in this case to lump the slaes of the two together.

The MegaTen series has been fairly active for a very long time (~27 years, to be exact), but none hav ebeen wildly successful. If we're not counting remakes (i.e P4G, P3P), the best-selling SMT game is the original Persona 4, which is listed at 820K here. None have cracked a million.

SMT games, especially Persona games, have a very passionate and outspoken fanbase of core gamers, and it's very likely that a lot of other people have heard of SMT and Persona through word-of-mouth. P4 likely eked out a lot extra sales due to hype, but held by launching on the already dated PS2. Now that an original Persona game is launching on the new and popular PS4 (esp. in NA +EU), there's a chance that a lot more people will jump in. This added to the fact that JRPGs are VERY scarce on the PS4 and should continue to be so in the near future. 

What do you think? Will P5 outsell P4, maybe even a million? Will it fall short of this goal? Or it will not even come close?



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It will easily sell over 1 million combined.



The series has been building up hype for a while now. I think Persona 5 becoming the best selling title in the series is inevitable.



It certainly has the potential with both consoles but it depends on when it gets localized vs hype



                  

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It's guaranteed to sell over 1 million because it's coming to PS4.



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I know people who do not like Japanese games. But they all loved Persona 4.

It was the right decision to bring the role-playing game on PS4 and PS3.
Persona 5 must each play in his life, because I'm sure.



Yep, and thanks to that Atlus is going to milk that game to death. Expect a visual novel, a rhtym game, 2 movies, 3 anime series, a remake, merchandise, manga, and whatever Atlus can think of.



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If the quality of the game is on level with Persona 4 then certainly.



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Where you either win

or you DIE

It has a chance, yes, but don't take it for granted.



Anfebious said:

Yep, and thanks to that Atlus is going to milk that game to death. Expect a visual novel, a rhtym game, 2 movies, 3 anime series, a remake, merchandise, manga, and whatever Atlus can think of.

Awesome, I shall buy it all =D