I think is fair to assume now that Shin Megami Tensei V is either:

-Cancelled

-Warped into an idol game and as such, it will take a couple more years of development


Given the lack of updates at this year's Tokyo Game Show and any Nintendo Direct.

Really seems to have tumbled down their priority list as they've decided to just milk Persona 5 for every drop they can.

I don't really think that's true, at all. The products aren't competing, one is an exclusive for Switch and another is exclusive to Playstation. They also wouldn't be releasing in a similar time frame, even if we did get more news on SMTV. If anything, they're complementary. Persona is a huge brand now, and tying that back to an exclusive title for a system that is getting a lot of praise and buzz right now isn't going to obscure the title - it's going to enhance it. I think it's misguided to think otherwise. Maybe if they were both releasing around the same time that would be the case, but they aren't. 

What? That uproar if anything proves my point .... because Switch fans aren't getting Persona content, and a lot of them either don't have a Playstation 4 or would rather just not play said content on Playstation 4, and the closest thing they're going to get to that authentic experience (outside of a Musou spin-off or a Wii U port frankly no one cares about) is Shin Megami Tensei V. Seriously, I don't know how you looked at that backlash and took it as supporting your argument, because it plays right into mine - that the exclusivity of a big game related to the Persona series would be very desirable to a lot of people who are either not in the Persona ecosystem or who were already prepared to put down a lot of money (probably $50+) just for a port of an old game they've already played on another system. 

Just because Persona is a bigger series doesn't mean news about said franchises should never overlap - that's a bad excuse, especially because Royal isn't even a new game, just a re-release with expanded content. The news cycle wouldn't even be the same because SMTV would have news coming out most likely at least 6 months after Royal's release date, meaning it would get a lot of coverage separate from Persona anyways. It's not like Tokyo Game Show is the be all end all, it would have at least a year to continue marketing. If anything, using the boosted status of Persona while simultaneously not marketing it during the announcement of a completely new Persona game (like say Persona 6) would actually be the best time to detail news.

Well considering Persona 5 Royal isn't really a new game ... and we're pretty close to the next generation of consoles ... 

Wait any longer and they just might be advertising it right as Persona 6 gets announced  

Well Marvelous Japan are claiming Youtube channels that cover it, lol

Edit: Also it's not sold out in Amazon U.S. as of September 16th? It's in stock from Amazon themselves. 

Yeah Marvelous are really shooting themselves in the foot by striking any video on DxM, Youtube is free advertising and DxM needs all the help it can get.

Yeah, after the soft reviews and outlets not exactly scrambling to get on the hype train, let's plays and coverage from passionate independent content creators was to be Daemon X Machina's saving grace.  But Marvelous ain't having none of that it seems.

I still don't get how in 2019 companies can be so stupid as to not realize how helpful Youtube coverage can be in raising awareness and word of mouth for a game. 

I forgot about Daemon X Machina, has any opinions on it? Might download it.