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News Persona 5 Royal coming to PS5/Xbox/PC on October 21; Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden coming soon digitally to PS4/Xbox/PC and Game Pass

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Even IF Atlus is keeping the Switch announcement for a Nintendo Direct, this is like THREE separate announcements for the SAME thing.

"Persona 3/4/5 on Xbox and Windows."

One day later.

"Okay, on Steam and PS5."

(Maybe two weeks later in a possible Direct.)

"Okay, okay, Switch as well."

How is this good marketing? How is this not just hilariously super confusing?
 
Derachi said:
They can’t say Switch yet because Nintendo probably told them they can’t say anything until the “Persona is coming to Switch” bit in the Direct airs
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Snide remarks above aside, I think this is a likely case. Third-party ports rarely get announced outside of Directs, and I can imagine Nintendo wants an announcement this big for themselves.
 
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Derachi said:
They can’t say Switch yet because Nintendo probably told them they can’t say anything until the “Persona is coming to Switch” bit in the Direct airs
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This. I won't lose hope until the next direct. If there's no persona there, it's over.
 
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Derachi said:
They can’t say Switch yet because Nintendo probably told them they can’t say anything until the “Persona is coming to Switch” bit in the Direct airs
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That is my DEFINITE last straw. If the Direct passes by without a single mention I (and pretty much all of us) can confidently put the teeny tiny fractions of hope, that have mostly been shattered already, to bed as well. I won‘t go into that presentation with the expectation of it actually coming to fruition since, you know, Atlus, but given the fact there‘s historical precedence to announcement shenanigans I can‘t help but delude myself for a tad bit longer.
 
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Btw this is just another case of games skipping Switch for non-tech related reasons like some users try to make it look when it comes to JP games skipping the Switch, Switch 2 will not change this for the people who have foolish hope. Things only will change when it hurts the finances of some companies or Nintendo starts paying
 
You guys are lucky there is the True Colors Precedent that might validate the Direct theory but let it be known that sitting through three different announcement of the same thing in order to maybe hopefully have some year old ports to the most popular system is only something a sucker would do. Like Atlus is making Nintendo players look kind of pathetic. And that's if it even happens, it's even worse if it doesn't.
 
BradenAndEggs said:
Even IF Atlus is keeping the Switch announcement for a Nintendo Direct, this is like THREE separate announcements for the SAME thing.

"Persona 3/4/5 on Xbox and Windows."

One day later.

"Okay, on Steam and PS5."

(Maybe two weeks later in a possible Direct.)

"Okay, okay, Switch as well."

How is this good marketing? How is this not just hilariously super confusing?
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You're totally right, but this would be not even remotely close the stupidest marketing move made by Atlus
 
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Scrawnton said:
I wish I could share your confidence, but this is Atlus we are talking about.
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Eh at this point they’re coming to Xbox. Even if it’s not right away, the dam has broken, it’s simply a matter of time.

Besides it’s persona 3 portable and Xbox and PlayStation are not portable therefore if they don’t do P3 on switch they’re liars. I’ll call my lawyer
 
You know they called it Persona 3 Portable but it took them THIS long to port it to anything
 
Charamiwa said:
You guys are lucky there is the True Colors Precedent that might validate the Direct theory but let it be known that sitting through three different announcement of the same thing in order to maybe hopefully have some year old ports to the most popular system is only something a sucker would do. Like Atlus is making Nintendo players look kind of pathetic. And that's if it even happens, it's even worse if it doesn't.
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if they do come, very few people are going to care once they get announced and they start releasing one by one if it’s ultimately the same date as all of the other ports.
 
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Alak96 said:
Neither 13 Sentinels nor P4AU were announced in a Direct. I don't think they're coming at all, honestly.
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But both Catherine and SMT 3 Remaster were.

I wouldnt be surprised for the games to be announced at a direct, but at the same it wouldnt surprise me if it's not coming either.. so all I am saying, the suggested pattern has holes in it :p
 
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It's looking more like Persona 5 Royal is skipping Switch but others will be there next year. We probably won't hear about them until the 2023 release gets closer so as of now there gonna be a lot more waiting.
 
The Persona Switch talk reminds me of all the "Life is Strange isn't coming to Switch they would have announced it by now" takes from last year. Just give it time.
 
9-Volt said:
It's looking more like Persona 5 Royal is skipping Switch but others will be there next year. We probably won't hear about them until the 2023 release gets closer so as of now there gonna be a lot more waiting.
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I still don't get why P5R would skip the Switch though ? It could easily run on the hardware
 
The main argument against these ports being announced in a Direct is that they aren't coming to PS4 either according to the press release. It's just Atlus being Atlus, but right now it's not likely that they are coming.
 
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ATLUS cares so deeply about the Switch as a platform people have to beg for ports of PSP and PS Vita games.
 
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Party Sklar said:
I still don't get why P5R would skip the Switch though ? It could easily run on the hardware
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Beats me. But Nate said it's a possibility and original Wario leaker on Era didn't say specifically P5R is coming to Switch. Too bad the clarification might not come for months.
Blue Monty said:
Yakuza pre-Dragon engine games can also easily come to Switch and I don't see them on the Switch when they have been ported to all other platforms, this is just standard from SEGA.
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That has a valid reason though: Nagoshi blocked all M rated Sega games to appear on Switch. He didn't do that for Atlus games as Catherine was ported in 2020.
 
FormatCompatible said:
Fine it's not the word I would use to describe this lol. Baffling, maybe.
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Yeah, not really. Atlus wants money for Persona, and Nintendo isn't paying. It's fine. If I end up playing them, it'll be somewhere else.
Charamiwa said:
You guys are lucky there is the True Colors Precedent that might validate the Direct theory but let it be known that sitting through three different announcement of the same thing in order to maybe hopefully have some year old ports to the most popular system is only something a sucker would do. Like Atlus is making Nintendo players look kind of pathetic. And that's if it even happens, it's even worse if it doesn't.
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I wouldn't really take it that personally. It's just business. Bad business, but still.
 
I don't even want to know how much MS had to pay Atlus for them to bring those games over to Xbox. If a bag of cash is the only thing that will make Atlus go "Fine, you can have ports of a decade old portable games and P5 since you asked so nicely", I'd rather they keep them, tbh. Seems kind of ridiculous, and yet here we are.

If those ports end up skipping Switch, which has only become more likely now, it is probably because Nintendo refuse to open their wallet, and tbh idgaf in that case.
 
I still believe they are coming to switch. The announcement will indeed get a bigger exposure in the late June Direct but the timeline is weird and will upset a lot of people. I don't want yo be here when the games are officially announced for ps and steam but not switch tomorrow lol
 
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9-Volt said:
It's looking more like Persona 5 Royal is skipping Switch but others will be there next year. We probably won't hear about them until the 2023 release gets closer so as of now there gonna be a lot more waiting.
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That’s okay. I really only want to play P4 anyway. P3 is great too though and I’d happily buy it

P5 can take a hike

Blue Monty said:
Yakuza pre-Dragon engine games can also easily come to Switch and I don't see them on the Switch when they have been ported to all other platforms, this is just standard from SEGA.
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All of Nagoshi/Sato’s “switch is for children” stuff and the failure of 1+2 HD for Wii U aside I think Sega is hesitant to bring the games to Switch for a number of reasons. There’s the fact that the modern version of 2, as well as 6 and LaD could never really come to the console due to technical limitations, so Nintendo players will never get the full story. There’s also the fact that each Yakuza game, even the ones on like PS3, are usually 25-30 GB which is well outside what is feasible on Switch.

I actually do think Zero and Kiwami have a chance, and I think K2, 6 and whatever else could come as cloud versions. But there’s definitely hesitancy from them on it and I frankly get it.
 
Charamiwa said:
You guys are lucky there is the True Colors Precedent that might validate the Direct theory but let it be known that sitting through three different announcement of the same thing in order to maybe hopefully have some year old ports to the most popular system is only something a sucker would do. Like Atlus is making Nintendo players look kind of pathetic. And that's if it even happens, it's even worse if it doesn't.
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While I don't like this "strategy", it definitely keeps these games in people's keyboards. And it would kind of make sense for Atlus to deliver the "surprise" in the Direct. That will have more impact among Nintendo fans than a random tweet. Plus two different insiders have reaffirmed a Switch version exists too, so I don't think it's that crazy to wait until the Direct. I'm ready to wear my clown hat if nothing happens then.
 
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So we are on the bargaining stage of sacrificing P5R on switch just so we can get P4G and P3P?

If the leak is only for P3P and P4G on Switch, Atlus can get bent. It should be an all or nothing scenario.
 
Scrawnton said:
So we are on the bargaining stage of sacrificing P5R on switch just so we can get P4G and P3P?

If the leak is only for P3P and P4G on Switch, Atlus can get bent. It should be an all or nothing scenario.
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I’d be happy to not get P5 tbh. Game was bad imo
 
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Amadeus said:
but Nate said the games are coming to Switch so what's up with all this doomposting..
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No disrespect to Nate because he definitely has info, but he also said Chrono Cross was gonna be a PS5 exclusive and it ended up being multi platform announced at a Nintendo Direct. He definitely has info on games, but unless he states he has definitive proof, I’m not going to get my hopes up. And again. I don’t mean this in a disrespectful “stupid insiders” kind of way. I fully understand sometimes wires can be crossed.
 
Amadeus said:
but Nate said the games are coming to Switch so what's up with all this doomposting..
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I 100% believe Nate but I find the way the reveals are handled kind of clumsy. But it might be because of no E3 and Nintendo doing their thing way later. Persona 3,4,5 coming to switch seems like a big deal and it would be weird to learn that through a press release and not a Direct.
 
Ozeiyo said:
Yeah, not really. Atlus wants money for Persona, and Nintendo isn't paying. It's fine. If I end up playing them, it'll be somewhere else.
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I still don't know what to think about that. On one hand, Nintendo not paying for Persona ports which would end up selling so well seems kinda ridiculous. But on the other hand, "pay us or we won't release them on your platform" sounds like a mobster asking for pizzo.

I guess that'd depend on how much money they're asking for them. Porting them on the Switch shouldn't be a very costly task, even taking into account the new translations
 
I’ll probably wait until the direct to think about the Persona Situation. Might just be one of those “we want to announce it on our direct for hype” Nintendo wants.

I’m pretty sure they’ve done that before
 
Someone make that gif with the raptor and the crying children for when Persona gets announced at the Direct
 
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Party Sklar said:
I still don't know what to think about that. On one hand, Nintendo not paying for Persona ports which would end up selling so well seems kinda ridiculous. But on the other hand, "pay us or we won't release them on your platform" sounds like a mobster asking for pizzo.
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That's right, Nintendo would pay for a Persona 5 port in a heartbeat. It was their idea to put Joker in Smash so they'd never say no to P5R appearing on Switch. They care for the franchise.
If P5R is no show, it's either because:
  • Coming to Switch, but later than others
  • Sega and Nintendo had bad blood between them for some reason
  • Atlus have something else for Switch and wants the all the attention on that
 
These staggered press releases have been an embarrassing situation for everyone involved. I still believe the games will be announced for Switch at the direct but at this point the reactions will be of relief instead of excitement.
 
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Regardless if the ports come or not, whole situation is just pathetic.
 
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