I completely forgot about Marie, so that's a thing.
Also, I'd look at this less as "We hate the people on the bottom" and more "we just like these other people more".
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Persona Community Thread |OT5| Pull up a chair! [NO PQ OR P4U SPOILERS!]
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I completely forgot about Marie, so that's a thing.
Also, I'd look at this less as "We hate the people on the bottom" and more "we just like these other people more".
SloaneRisette
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More P4 media yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
It has. 243k. Arena did 220k.
Well, it isn't like it bothers me anyway. I was just surprised by the consistency.
MiguelMexMIstery
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Go PQ!
You'll take your Rise and like it.
Plus, it means more P3 media too so I'm not bothered by it.
Looking at the sales data from both Media Create charts, it's evident that PQ at least outperformed P4A initially, but where did the 220k number come from?
Edit: Ah, I see, I think it was from an Index press release (link of which no longer works). That's pretty awesome, though it's not so much that it's surprising given the genre, but the fact that it's the first Nintendo platform Persona game.
A Dead Diehard
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P3 Guys: Shinjiro > Junpei > Makoto > Ken > Akihiko
P3 Girls: Yukari > Mitsuru > Aigis > Fuuka >> Metis
P4 Guys: Alpha Male Yu Narukami > Kanji > Brosuke > Teddie
P4 Girls: Yukiko > Naoto > Chie > Rise
I like Stephanie Sheh and all, but Metis was a raging womanchild.
P3 Girls: Yukari > Mitsuru > Aigis > Fuuka >> Metis
P4 Guys: Alpha Male Yu Narukami > Kanji > Brosuke > Teddie
P4 Girls: Yukiko > Naoto > Chie > Rise
I like Stephanie Sheh and all, but Metis was a raging womanchild.
How people give Yukari shit when she's around is beyond me. Yukari wanted to fight, but Metis rolled out an arena! Not to mention only bringing up the fights could end up permadeath after Aki and Ken were turned to flames. Aigis' reaction to that warmed me up to her considerably.
MiguelMexMIstery
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lol And woah man, I totally forgot about Metis, just like the others. Guess that leaves an impression about her, huh
She'll also be last on mine. That voice...
A Dead Diehard
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That's actually pretty cool.
names2hard4you
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That necklace looks mint. Good job!
And she's made of steel!
Okay, probably aluminum, but a play on Yu's title seemed to obvious when the character in question is made of metal.
Spectrasonic
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Ouch, not looking good for Ultimax.
Ganzlinger
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So, let's do this:
P3 girls: Mitsuru > Yukari > Chidori > Aigis > Elizabeth > Ms. Toriumi > Chihiro > Fuuka > Yuko
P3 guys: Makoto > Junpei > Ryoji > Shinjiro > Takeharu > Ken > Akihiko > Kenji > Hidetoshi > Akinari > Takaya > Jin> Tanaka > Mutatsu > Keisuke > Kazushi > Bebe > Nozomi > Ikutsuki
P4 guys: Teddie > Kanji > Yu > Daisuke > Yosuke > Dojima > Funky Student > Kou > Adachi > Naoki > Morooka
And again, great art, Dantis!
P3 girls: Mitsuru > Yukari > Chidori > Aigis > Elizabeth > Ms. Toriumi > Chihiro > Fuuka > Yuko
P3 guys: Makoto > Junpei > Ryoji > Shinjiro > Takeharu > Ken > Akihiko > Kenji > Hidetoshi > Akinari > Takaya > Jin> Tanaka > Mutatsu > Keisuke > Kazushi > Bebe > Nozomi > Ikutsuki
P4 guys: Teddie > Kanji > Yu > Daisuke > Yosuke > Dojima > Funky Student > Kou > Adachi > Naoki > Morooka
And again, great art, Dantis!
Ganzlinger
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You are such a dedicated fan, dude! You have my appreciation.
UltraGunner
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Looks like I need to brush up on my footsie game. Where'd I leave my copy of Street Fighter?
Here's my ranking: Everyone else > Yukiko > Ai.
Also, I know I've been posting a lot of my art lately, so I promise this will be the last one for a while, but I think it's pretty neat:
Man... I really like this one!
That doesn't make sense. Both PQ and Ultimax look like they'll have the potential to be very successful, with PQ naturally being the one with the most sales.
A Dead Diehard
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Exactly. It's not like PQ is hogging all the potential Persona sales this year. We live in a world where you can have both!
Spectrasonic
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Of course they'll both be successful, I just thought Ultimax would beat PQ. I guess it's due to the fact Ultimax/Arena are also available in arcades, and handhelds being popular in Japan.
Ganzlinger
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PQ is doing that great because they have this guy:
lol
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Fighting game sales just don't reach the numbers of RPGs, especially in Japan. P4A was one of the best selling fighting games in recent years, and I think it's probable that P4AU will be able to sell even more than its predecessor, despite not performing as well as PQ. There's also the factors you mention, in addition to stuff like the on-going P3M films.
Don't really know anything about how rhythm idol games sell there if it's not carried by the Hatsune Miku brand, though, so that's something I'll have to read up on. Might be the worst selling of the spin-offs solely because of its platform.
MiguelMexMIstery
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Persona Stalker Club: "The next question asks which protagonist the viewers chose to use—Persona 3 or 4′s—which results in P4 coming in a little higher at 55.2% and P3 at 44.8%."
P4 still winning the fight.
Fighting game re-releases always sell less than the previous release of the game and everyone involved in the project knows that; Expectations are adjusted accordingly.
There's nothing that surprising or really even remarkable about PQ outselling Arena. I'd say it was practically inevitable. Look at the hype for/general attitude towards the game.
Dan only posted the "news" 'cause he dislikes Arena. :b
Spectrasonic
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You think Ultimax will sell more than Arena? Being on a last-gen system and a sequel/update definitely won't help move units with the casual crowd. I know quite a few people who bought Arena solely as a fighter, played their good share and have no interest in buying an update.
That's not really true. There are other cases, but here's opening sales for Continuum Shift to Chrono Phantasma:
CS: 50k
CP: 72k
Being on a last-gen system is irrelevant because we're talking about the Japanese market here, right?
And the casual crowd doesn't care that it's a sequel/update, but care about what that entails. Look at the views they're getting just for minute long, simple character trailers on their Youtube page. It's crazy. The marketing in general that P4AU is receiving compared to P4A is significantly higher, and then match that with the overall Persona zeitgeist that is occurring this year (including the recently announced P4U stage play) and there's no doubt in my mind that P4U2 will at least have an opening of 140k, matching/slightly beating P4U's.
I should have said "almost" always.
The general expectation is that a re-release will not move as many copies. And that's for anything, not just fighters.
Ganzlinger
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It's close. lol
But I wasn't intending to start comparisons such who is the best MC. It's just because Makoto's last appearance in a game was years ago.
LelouchViBritannia
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those sales figures are only for japan. Last time i checked Arena was approaching 600k worldwide.
Let's wait until both new titles are released worldwide.
Let's wait until both new titles are released worldwide.
Chartz numbers, dude?
And I'm pretty sure we're just discussing Japan sales. I think those would pretty much reflect worldwide trends with these games, with the (minor) possible exception and X-factor being Persona 5.
Why? I don't see the harm in discussing JP sales of JP games.
If we wait on the world we're potentially talking about a Fall 2015 discussion, hehehe. ;3
MiguelMexMIstery
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I know, just pointing out that it's not doing great because just of him if he isn't even the most preferred protagonist. Besides, Shinji's, Koro's and Ken's (not sure about Yukari and Junpei) last appeareance was years ago too since Ultimax hasn't been released yet and they weren't announced at the moment. So it's more likely the fact that all of P3's and P4's whole gangs are working together and having fun instead of fighting each other.
What are you talking about? The earth only has 2 continents!
Ganzlinger
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Yeah, it's pretty much this. That's the reason I purchased it even without having a 3DS yet.
MiguelMexMIstery
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LelouchViBritannia
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lol hopefully by fall 2015, Europe will have Ultimax, let alone P5 and Dance. Id prob guess Ultimax will outsell Q in the west but not in the east.
The sales for P4 Dance will be the most interesting.
MiguelMexMIstery
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What does "Otome" means?
It's a genre of Dating Sim made for girls.
RockderBanja
Member
Where's my Persona Kart Racer? Featuring tracks from Tatsumi Port Island, Yasoinaba, and Sumaru City.
DryEyeRelief
Member
I would buy this
Atlus' collaboration strategy is a neat one. Despite only having around 121 employees, their internal development output seems remarkable because of the cost effective way in which they handle things, one of them being how they seem to leave the fundamental efforts for their spin-offs to the respective developers who have the required expertise (and there's also SMTxFE). It strengthens the Persona brand, while growing Atlus' library and—in this case—potentially leaving them room to focus on their bigger titles, like Persona 5.
It's something I can see them continuing to do in the future. Heh, kinda like a Space Dandy type of deal where renowned Japanese developers have their unique twists and takes on Persona.
It's something I can see them continuing to do in the future. Heh, kinda like a Space Dandy type of deal where renowned Japanese developers have their unique twists and takes on Persona.
Ganzlinger
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I NEED THIS
Kssio_Aug
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WOW!!! I'm so happy now!! After hours and hours of grinding I just got Hardcore Risette Fan trophy! And better then just that, I got it right at the moment I found the Reaper (that I was having a hard time to find either)!! Now I'm ready to platinum and with no headaches! =P
Heh, they could throw a Persona character and stage in the next Sonic kart game.
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