I'd mainly be concerned about both games potentially swallowing up each other's sales and thus, both not getting as many first-day sales as possible.
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Persona 5 comes out September 15th in Japan
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I'd mainly be concerned about both games potentially swallowing up each other's sales and thus, both not getting as many first-day sales as possible.
NoctisVsStar
Member
Dec is my guess, late Oct at the earliest.. Sending this game out in Nov would be suicide with all those shooters ( Cod,TitanFall2,BF5 and maybe that WD2 game)
Dead Prince
Banned
you know it's going to be ps4 only everywhere else. let's just accept it now.
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
It's not out of the blue at all. This game was originally build for PS3 and it's been known for a while now that it will land on both platforms.
forest
Member
Shut up don't say that now I'm freaked out!
I don't own or plan to get a PS4 anytime soon
Zeouterlimits
Member
I really hope they at least give a U.S. month at E3.
I know enough to not even consider EU. *kicks trash can*
I know enough to not even consider EU. *kicks trash can*
NoctisVsStar
Member
some in Japan haven't moved to next gen yet, I believe PS3 MGSV outsold the Ps4 version overthere.
eyeball_kid
Member
I missed that news then. But it's out of the blue in that they've never to my knowledge done a two-console release. I guess they're worried about the PS4 install base in JP.
artsi
Member
At least the first week MGSV on PS4 sold over double compared to the PS3 version.
The tables have been turning for some time now.
the_sun_king
Member
When P5 was announced for PS4 in addition to the PS3 my initial reaction was, "Oh, that's clearly because of territories outside of Japan."
zerokoolpsx
Member
2017 for NA. Very unlikely they'll have it localize in 3 months time. September is gonna be a bloodbath.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Maybe, but their previous dates had western release at the same time if not really close to Japanese release.
They released Catherine on the Xbox 360 and PS3. I think the PS4 version was more because of:
1. Sega (which Atlus acknowledged could help them with a port with their technical knowledge)
2. Development time: As time moves forward, the PS3 becomes less relevant. PS4 multi-plats in Japan have been selling more than their PS3 counter-parts for a while now.
3. Western audience: Atlus Japan doesn't totally live in a bubble. A big release of theirs exclusively on the PS3 would have really been bad for sales to a Western audience compared to it now being on the PS4.
NoctisVsStar
Member
Yup! Besides SE got that secret weapon of a Frozen world for KH3 to drive the JP audience crazy.
If we can learn anything from ToZ and SO5......
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
To be fair, given how long this has been in production, as well as the various comments made by Hashino about polishing vs adding new features regarding delays, if they've committed to September for Japan, at this point I'd imagine they're close to complete to the point of not vastly changing a majority of the game - of which localization could likely then at least start.
I'd imagine localization would be happening at this point, and 6-7 months til November/December isn't terrible.
To be fair, even assuming that, the other big issue would be if Atlus wants to try and go up against the AAA holiday release scheduling.
NoctisVsStar
Member
Well damn nevermind then.
How much of the shooter fan base overlap with Persona 5's fan base?
Drilbit777
Member
So that means that USA will probably get it around 2017, I just don't see it happening within this year.
NoctisVsStar
Member
So what possible perks outside of resolution should the ps4 version have? I'm not expecting 60fps ( not like a turn based rpg needs it but it would be nice) this game should be perfect for Remote play btw.
Not much or any but if you can at least rob a few sales from a curious casual/shooter bro person that's all that matters. So positioning is important.
Not much or any but if you can at least rob a few sales from a curious casual/shooter bro person that's all that matters. So positioning is important.
Not necessarily. I can see it releasing in December if AtlusUSA has been keeping up with the translations during dev.
But I also wouldn't bet on it. Which is fine, as I'll be occupied with other games in the meantime.
Pandora012
Member
The thing is, this was supposed to be out 2 years ago. I doubt or sincerely hope they wouldn't wait until the JP versions announcement to start something.
It's usually not space, but licensing/cost issues. Perhaps they could justify it for a release as "big" as Persona 5, but who knows? It eats into their profits. And Japanese voice-acting companies are particularly ornery.
DrunkShogun
Member
It's probably safer to keep your expectations for 2017 but I can see a very late winter release. USA Atlus seem to be aware of the game for a while now and we're quite confident last year.
eyeball_kid
Member
All they had to do was license the Catherine engine again. :/ Or use UE4.
zerokoolpsx
Member
lol, I'll do an avatar bet. They would need to do VA's for the dub plus QA and submission.
Its unfortunate they'll miss the holiday sales, but there isn't enough time unless they scrap the dub and start cutting corners. That ain't gonna happen.
I wouldn't mind being totally wrong.
Why? They said themselves that they created their own engine for creative flexibility and to truly create what they wanted to. Obviously they didn't want to use Gamebryo again. And they didn't create a whole engine for a single console game; they were thinking past Persona 5 when they made it (and the game itself, really).
eyeball_kid
Member
Why? Well, because the graphical fidelity is very underwhelming for a PS4 game? P3 and P4 looked good for PS2 games, and SMT Nocturne looked great. Catherine looked great on the PS3. This engine doesn't look great. It might have been better if Sega had created an engine for them and let them focus on the content.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Do we have confirmation they've done NO voice recording yet? Who's to say they haven't recorded the majority of the game in English seeing the previous release date was last year. Any new content that requires voices is a maybe, but translation to English is also likely largely done.
The game looks great, who gives a shit if it's not running VXAO and SSS.
I think the game looks amazing.
And Sega creating an engine for them doesn't really work when they finished up their engine for Persona 5 literally ~4 years before they were acquired by Sega Sammy.
oneofthose
Banned
hopefully dual audio because the english voice acting in previous games has been trash.
uwot?
Persona is one of the few series that has had fantastic English voice acting.
AMxKaOtIcDeV
Member
So anywhere we can pre order that collectors edition yet?
Dead Prince
Banned
wait what. the english audio is dope
the_sun_king
Member
My reason for wanting dual audio would be because P5's Japanese cast is pretty much an all star roster of talent. But I'd be fine with English only.
Vic_Viper
Member
Omg this looks so good! The UI is amazing. Looks like they really put a lot of ova into it as well which is a huge plus in my book. I hope the story is really good too.
Any chance they are doing a simultaneous release for US and Japan? Maybe saving the announcement for E3? I thought Atlus US was working a lot closer with the dev team this time around so we wouldn't have to wait that long for a localized release.
Any chance they are doing a simultaneous release for US and Japan? Maybe saving the announcement for E3? I thought Atlus US was working a lot closer with the dev team this time around so we wouldn't have to wait that long for a localized release.
Yeah, I agree. I love the english audio in previous games, but this cast is so damn good that I'll probably play it in japanese if they let us choose.
Yu Narukami
Member
If there is something huge that happens at the end of the game it will be very difficult to avoid spoilers. Even here.
artsi
Member
That's why I'm downloading the game on the night of the 15th, start it, and not open internet until I'm finished
orthodoxy1095
Banned
You should probably come to terms with the fact that you won't be playing Persona 5 then.
ioriyagami
Member
I hated the voices in both P3 and P4. To me, the actors sounded like if they were dubbing a show for kids, and everyone had high-pitched annoying voices, even the guys. That actually forced me to disable voices in those games (I still had to endure them in animated cutscenes, though).
So I also hope they offer dual audio.
I can see them trying to push it out before the end of the year. But I wouldn't be surprised if they just moved it to early next year.