Please, don't waste anymore sequels on handhelds. Atlus did well with Demon's Souls on PS3.

Aion said: 360/psp if they want western sales or just psp for Japan

lol wut...? so 360 and no PS3? makes A LOT of sense, lol.

I don't care, I will get the game where ever it lands with my mouth shut.

I don't care if it's psp or PS3 tbh....

for the sake of sales i would say for PSP. But for my sake i would like it to be on PS3 simply b/c if it goes on PSP, that means i gotta go and buy one and i am kinda broke right now thanks to the flood of games that were just released.

PSP is most likely. Persona games never cares about having top of the line graphics and sound. But, on the other hand, is a great oportunity to develop a persona game with character models ressembling real (japanese) humans (like Yakuza series).

--OkeyDokey-- said: Atlus did well with Demon's Souls on PS3.

*sighs* Why do people keep trying to bring this up? Demon's Souls was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, NOT Atlus Co, Ltd. All Atlus did was have the USA branch localize it. This does NOT mean that suddenly P5 will be developed for the PS3. Atlus Japan's PS3 releases to date are a fat ZERO. None. I don't see their team suddenly deciding to do one of their biggest titles on a system they've done nothing with, especially with the notoriously hard platform to start working on.

rccsetzer said: PSP is most likely. Persona games never cares about having top of the line graphics and sound. But, on the other hand, is a great oportunity to develop a persona game with character models ressembling real (japanese) humans (like Yakuza series).

A Persona game with real- looking Japanese characters? Are you serious?

I'd say there's a 70% probability that Persona 5 is a timed exclusive for the 360, that will later be ported to the PS3.

Everything we know about the game follows the exact same pattern as Star Ocean 4 (and to a lesser extent Tales Of Vesperia):

- The developer is hiring 360 developers.
- The developer admits to doing in-house development for the 360 (January 2009 edition of Famitsu 360), but will not confirm any PS3 development. *
- The game is announced in a Playstation friendly magazine, but the platform is kept secret.

Microsoft have announced that there are several unnamed exclusives for the japanese market in development, and Persona 5 is no doubt near the top of Microsoft's wish list. And as a small developer who's been struggling financially in recent years, Atlus can't really afford to say no to a tempting offer from Microsoft.

In the past it's clearly been a deliberate tactic from Microsoft to make sure japanese third party 360 exclusives are announced, but with no mention of the platform (for a while). This way the game will get maximum exposure in the japanese PS3 friendly gaming press. This worked wery well for Star Ocean 4 who was extensively covered by Dengeki Playstation magazine right up to the 360 exclusivity announcement.

PSP exclusivity would kill the popularity of the Persona series in the west, which makes the PSP a highly unlikely choice.

* In a 2008 interview with RPGamer, Aram Jabbari from Atlus USA denies that there is any Shin Megami Tensei title in development for the PS3 ("Sadly, this too is just a rumor").

Ugh, don't want to see real-looking Persona characters. Whether they keep the Persona 3/4 style or have Kaneko do the design, I'd love both, but hell no to realistic characters.