patronmacabre on 25 June 2015
The reason that not much in the way of gameplay or footage has been shown of the game is because Atlus doesn't want to show any spoilers. This might honestly give credence to the possibility of a simultaneous release or near simultaneous release in Japan and North America.
Also, it should be noted that Persona 3 and Persona 4 were literally revealed a mere four months before they were actually released in Japan.
Anyway, now that Arkham Knight seems to rest firmly around 90 and that MGS:V will possibly have development issues because Konami is awful, I am going to make a bold prediction that Persona 5 will be the highest rated game, by Metacritic, of 2015, should it come out this year in North America.
