I mean I also remember people talking about KH coming to Switch which it did though as a version no one was happy with. Could see that very same deal going on with P3-5.
You keep pushing this idea of cloud-based versions of P3-5 on the Switch but is there any evidence to support it? Or are you just posting a hypothetical situation, because if it is the latter I feel it's kind of disingenuous to keep pushing it without anything to back it up.
Honestly you don't mind them. Because the chances are, that individual is just trolling and they actually don't give a shiz one way or the other, except to laugh their booty off with the arousing thought that they got a rise outta anyone from their lazy effort.
This is frankly a weird ass post on multiple levels that I am not even going to entertain.
What's so weird about it? You're talking about this hypothetical situation of cloud-based versions of P3-5 releasing on the Switch and I just want to know why you think that's a probable outcome besides the fact that it happened with Kingdom Hearts.
There's nothing weird about your post at all; their reaction on the other hand has gotten weirdly defensive for some reason, whatever that reason may be.
I mean calling it disingenuous and asking about any evidence when if it was the cloud would be hard to find. It’s mostly a joke but Atlus is a bizarre company who makes bizarre decisions. Catherine (Steam) - Catherine Fully Body (PSV-Switch-but not on Steam). I could see it being in their wheel house & after KH not outside the realm of possibility.
I've played P3, 4 and 5, and let me just say ... that you're spot on there.
This is the most honest and truest response.
I don't have any proof but in my own humble opinion I think that they hate the company that released the console even more.
I don't see how the choices SE made with Kingdom Hearts on the Switch has any effect on potential Persona releases. Atlus may make bizarre choices when it comes to platforms for their games, but they also tend to be very budget conscious. Wasting money to keep servers running for cloud versions of their games doesn't strike me as something Atlus would do.
And? No one thought SE was gonna do cloud versions either because it would net them not a whole lot & be expensive in the long run yet here we are. They could’ve ported the games yet choose not to. Ever since it was introduced as an option it will always be an option for companies who wanna take it. Companies will justify it however they want & find ways to make it work.
Situation:
They were asked? I thought it was a press release. Was it the Eurogamer article that was deleted?
I'd say it's probably because plenty of common sense games haven't come over, like Kingdom Hearts natively or Soul Hackers 2, more so than anything else. Perhaps it can be shown off in their June direct but I'm not holding my breath. I don't expect logic out of ATLUS, this is the same company that brought over Catherine: Full Body to the Vita...while PC got regular Catherine. I wouldn't be surprised if the Switch got ports of Persona Q or something instead, maybe even a port of Persona 1 only
It hasnt
p-ch.jp
The P3 and P4 versions better have a physical copy......The P25 website was finally updated with PlayStation and Steam ports. PS5 isn’t getting native versions of P4G and P3P, only PS4. Granted, PS5 is backwards compatible.
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The next Direct is our best chance to learn more on the Switch front, but certainly not the last chance if P5R gets skipped. I’m feeling hopeful we’ll get some news still this month since the Japanese Teddie and Morgana video has not happened yet to wrap up Announcement 5. (We did get an Atlus West one)
Whereas the audience for that is massive on Xbox
But that's a Square thing. Nintendo handles distribution and publishing for a lot of their games, don't they?
Sega is supposed to be doing this this year too. Humankind announced for PS4 and Xbox last week but no Switch version listed. Later we found out it was rated for Switch by both ESRB and Taiwan rating board. Most likely to be revealed at the Direct.
I hate Altus with a burning passion sometimes...........They don't.
Just to add on to others, sometimes Nintendo likes to have partners hold back platform information to announce it themselves.
lol nah. that shit's the norm in japan
I see what you are doing here.
Love this post and its energy, but sadly I do think a shadow drop theory can be ruled out since the Japanese version of the Xbox trailer ended with a big 1 splashed onscreen before showing Persona 5 in October. I’d love them soonerI see what you are doing here.
The ol reverse-psychology switcheroo technique
Ok, I'll play along.
My thinking flows roughly:
a) the market for JRPGs is healthy on the switch. The switch is super popular. The switch is Uber popular in Japan
b) contrary to whimsy, Atlus likes to be profitable in their game releases, is comprised of individuals who ultimately are held responsible for positive RoI decisions, and will thus make logical decisions to deploy their production resources to the best of their ability
c) contrary to the weird "Atlus hates Nintendo" vibe being percolated, Sega in general and Atlus in particular have worked super well w/ Nintendo directly and on Nintendo platforms overall in terms of development support
d) Sega/Atlus want to grow their capabilities, as demonstrated by the multi-plat day/date release initiative for Soul Hackers 2
e) Persona is popular and will make lots of money while making lots of videogame players happy the more platforms it is available on
f) Persona games up thru 5 can run on switch hardware
g) Atlus has made the efforts to target or port to switch most of their recent output, to mostly positive results
h) Persona, until recently, was suspected of being Playstation-only. This notion has been emphatically shattered as of June 2022 (and maybe before)
i) an insider that I respect is confident Persona 3+4 will touch down on switch fosho (possibly cagey w 5 tho, aw)
j) the industry's most popular streaming event is barreling down at end of june. And it just so happens that release dates have not been given for the other platforms
So that's what has my hopes up for news in the Summer Direct.
I'll tell you what tho, this summer direct is kinda hinting at an overflow of JRPG goodness. Let's consider the potential appearances of:
- Xenoblade
- Fire Emblem
- Tactics Ogre OMGgggg
- FF Tactics
- Live a Live
- Dragon Quest 3
- Final fantasy 9
And now maybe Persona.
I dunno, maybe just me, that's kind of a glut of JRPG Juice. Something's gotta give?
So maybe Persona holds off til a later Direct where it can take center stage. Since I think we all agree that Tactics Ogre Hnnnggg takes top priority followed by I guess Fire Emblem or Xeno. And then obligatory 2 or 3 other Square joints.
The issue with that is Atlus chose June to announce the port initiative which hints to me that at least the first of those Persona ports will drop soon. Curiously, they haven't said When, but I think there is shadow-drop potential here.
So My personal playbook:
1) Summer Direct, announce Persona 3+4+5
2) Shadoooow drooppp 3 , “stay tuned" for future release dates of the others
3) Fast-forward to Fall Direct, Shadoooow drooppp 4. And announce 5 release date for holiday
4) Profit
5) Tactics Ogre!!!! sales announced to break 2 million. New Ogre Battle saga game is greenlit
I think that all sounds reasonable.
DangitLove this post and its energy, but sadly I do think a shadow drop theory can be ruled out since the Japanese version of the Xbox trailer ended with a big 1 splashed onscreen before showing Persona 5 in October. I’d love them sooner
Hah, yeah.
All DQ games announced in that event bar DQX Offline got no platform confirmations, don't think DQIIIHD lack of platforms is due to Nintendo.
I edited my post and crossed out the sentence about Dragon Quest in particular. It was something I was made aware of, but I have nothing to easily point to to back it up. I trust it, but it could be wrong info or not the full picture. So it’s there for posterity, but just ignore it unless someone else can back it up or set the record straight. I won’t bring it up again in this context. Sorry.
Nah don't worry just wanted it to clarify it because DQ team is quite weird nowadays when it comes to announcing things, so is better to not take it as a precedent. (you could say the same from Atlus tho)
