Shin Megami Tensei IV has sold 600,000 copies worldwide this far! Japan budget release coming soon in celebration

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StarOcean said:

gabzjmm23 said:
what is the difference between Persona and SMT though? in terms of sales and gameplay?

Persona is more upbeat and psychological while SMT is more atmospheric and dark. If you like anime you'll like Persona more and if you like story more go for SMT. Gameplay-wise there's more to do in Persona games, SMT plays much more traditionally. In both you collect demons (called Shadows in Persona) but the difference is battle systems comes from Persona having a card game at the end to colect demons while you negotiate with demons during battle in SMT.

Sales wise Persona sells more, each iteration getting closer and closer to 1 million while SMT has stayed niche

Luckily though BOTH franchises are selling more. SMT IV sold almost 300k more than SMT III (Nocturne) 

Both franchises are pretty niche, but I feel as though Persona is going to go mainstream after Persona 5 releases. As for SMT, I think if V is on the Wii U's successor and is advertised pretty well, it could break 1m.