The newest sport within the Persona sequence has accomplished very properly for itself.
Atlus is reporting that the most recent entry of their beloved dungeon-crawling RPG sequence has now topped 2 million gross sales worldwide, which is superb for a sequence that was, at one level, thought-about pretty area of interest.
Although we don’t have definitive gross sales stats on earlier entries within the sequence, on-line estimates put Persona 5’s gross sales properly above these of the earlier video games within the sequence. This bodes properly for the Persona 5 dancing game that’s at the moment within the works.
The sport carried out very properly early on, topping 1.5 million shipments back in April (having already launched in Japan the earlier yr), however that is nonetheless a big milestone.
The press launch revealing these gross sales additionally contained a quote from Atlus USA president and CEO, Naoto Hiraoka:
This has been an unbelievable yr for our firm, one which represents our ambitions for Japanese video games within the west. We are in the course of experiencing super development, each within the west and overseas, and the gross sales of Persona 5 signify a brand new degree of expectation for followers of the style. Once seen as area of interest, Persona 5 is without doubt one of the most essential titles this yr, proving curiosity on this class is increasing. We look ahead delivering extra unbelievable video games to our followers subsequent yr.
For what its price, we thought Persona 5 was pretty excellent. It’s the final entry within the sequence from director Katsura Hashino, who’s passing the series on to his successors.
The sport is accessible on PS3 and PS4, making it one of many final main PS3 releases. Persona 6 is, we assume, nonetheless a great distance away.
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