I find it hard to believe that with an install base of 110m that Japanese game fans who like JRPGs or Atlus games wouldn't have bought a PS5 by now if they were genuinely enthused at the idea of playing Persona 5.
Okay, I imagine there are quite a few people who are Switch owners who weren't aware of Persona 5 "back in the day" who are now interested. But there can't be any big persona fans who were into the series in 2017 who sat patiently for 5 years. At that stage, how interested are you, really?
And anyway, my point was that you said that it wasn't really a late port. The original launched a month after Switch, and the port launches as we're all sat here 5 years later speculating about whether Switch 2 / Switch Pro will drop early next year. It's late! That's all I'm saying.
Mixed. Its often hard for people to argue for more then 1 platform (fiancially), and if they have 2 or 3 games, they may just dont buy that platform. Then you have teens, where the parents are deciding funds. Then you have a situation like mine, where i wanted to buy a second hand ps4 pro when the ps5 releases, or a ps5. then the price increase for games was anounced, they discontinoued the ps4 pro and people price hicked second hand ones, and aftere 3 months of searching i gave up.
There are still a hand full i would be interested (Horizon, Bloodborne,...) but with how its going it feels like im gona fair better to wait till i need a new PC.
And dont ignore, that many people just dont want a stationary console, but a portable/handheld one.
Oh, oh, also theres the fact that you have some japanese household in big cities, where there is no tc because of space limitations. =O
Nier Automata on Oct 6th, Mario Rabbids Sparks of Hope on Oct 20th, Persona 5 Royal on October 21st. Someone please help me. I have too many games I want to play in October and not enough free time.
Nier First, then Pokemon, and after that Persona, since it will be the longest, and people seem to tend to fall of if they have a gap where they dont play it for a while.
(And we both know, you will buy them instantly and be stuck in agony what to play =P)