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the_dengle on 24 November 2013
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pezus said:
the_dengle said:

We'll know how good an idea it is when we see its sales.

To me, it's like this: Persona on 3DS was confirmed 3 and a half years ago. Etrian Odyssey needs a breather (especially after getting two installments in a 9-month period in NA), so what to do with the Etrian Odyssey team now that they've finished Millenium Girl? Just have them make another Etrian Odyssey game and slap some Persona on it and call it a day.

Atlus knows there's an audience for that kind of gameplay on 3DS, now they can use this game to decide whether or not there's any potential for an audience for Persona games on Nintendo consoles. Or maybe they just want to release a one-and-done Persona spin-off on 3DS. What's wrong with that?

It's like releasing Metal Gear Solid exclusively on 3DS. It just doesn't make sense given the fanbase is almost all on Sony platforms.

Hey, I can't explain Atlus's decisions. But suppose they're interested in expanding their fanbase to the most successful console in Japan (or the world) at the moment. What would be the best way to do that? None of their directors have experience developing for both 3DS and a current Sony platform, so a multiplatform game is pretty much off the table. So they handed Persona to their Etrian Odyssey director -- a series that does have a fanbase on 3DS.

Franchises are one way to look at it. If this game was Vita exclusive, one might say that it wouldn't make sense because there's no fanbase for dungeoncrawlers on Vita. The remaining alternative would be for this game to not exist, and seeing as it'll probably be pretty good (at least as good as your average Etrian Odyssey game), I can't imagine why a Persona fan would say, "I want fewer Persona games to exist in the world." You can play the 3DS game if it appeals to you or you can pass it by. It's a spin-off. In no way should Persona fans feel like they have to buy a 3DS to get the full Persona experience or whatever.

Did it make any sense for Sega to release Project Mirai exclusively on 3DS? Maybe not, but they must have come up with a reason for it, because they're doing it again, aren't they?