topolino227 said:
Maybe one of the big reasons is, its English only, not even german, france, italian, spanish etc. subtitles. even i dont like it, when i cant have german subtitles in (story) games. I mean i play almost all of the games in english (voices) or in the native language its made, because thats always the best option, but even i must say i really dont like it when i cant have at least subtitles in my language (voices, menu and all that stuff). A lot of people dont want to buy a game if they dont even have subtitles in their language and since Persona is a niche franchise its even worse in this case. And i really dont get why in all the sales charts you are surprised about Persona 5 sales, like what did you expect its gonna sell millions of millions!? Hell no. |
Okay, thanks, I wasn't aware that there were no subtitles outside of English and Japanese. Was the bolded meant for me? Probably not, but just in case, I certainly didn't have high expectations for Persona 5, that's why I found it so surprising that it seems to have relatively done quite well in the US and the UK and hasn't seen a similar boost in the rest of Europe. The lack of localization you wrote of sounds like a big culprit, though.
