Okay, so there isn't much of a story to this one, but it's an interesting footnote all the same. In case you haven't heard, Final Fantasy XV has been delayed worldwide until the 29th November. Its previous date, the 30th September, placed it just a couple of weeks away from the release of Persona 5, which is set to launch in Japan on the 15th September.
Following said delay, Atlus' super stylish role-playing title has soared up the video game best sellers charts on Amazon Japan, jumping all the way from twelfth place to second. Although there's obviously no concrete evidence that Final Fantasy XV's delay was the cause of this dramatic increase in pre-orders, it's perhaps too big of a surge to be a mere coincidence.
We suppose that this comes as no real surprise, though. With the launch dates previously being so close together, we imagine that many potential buyers would have had to choose between the two games. With that in mind, it's more than likely that Persona 5 will end up benefiting from Final Fantasy XV's absence in terms of sales. It'll probably be worth keeping an eye on the Japanese software charts next month.
Would you buy Persona 5 over Final Fantasy XV, given the choice? Are you upset over the latter's delay? Stay eager for more Japanese drama in the comments section below.
[source jin115.com, via personacentral.com]
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I mean, no-one here's going to get to play Persona 5 in English until February anyway. We're probably going to get FF XV and P5.
I hate to say it, but maybe, just maybe, Japan has had enough BS from squeenix and their delays. Honestly, i'll be getting P5 before I get 15, the games are just better all around.
I can't wait for persona 5, ff xv is too much like western rpg, nothing wrong with that but I like japanese rpg more.
Persona 5 is a day one purchase, whereas I probably won't even be getting FFXV. Nothing about that game looks appealing to me.
@Napples P5 has been delayed several more times than FF XV.
@Kellanved no it hasn't.
P5 for me. Ff15 is gonna suck.
@themcnoisy That's objectively untrue. Persona 5 was originally announced as a Winter 2014 title, that was then pushed to 2015, and then beyond.
FF XV, while in development for ever, has only had one release date prior to being delayed to November 29th.
I have both on pre-order. During the golden age of final fantasy on ps one i never thought any game would be a exciting as a new ff launch and yet now i find that persona 5 is possibly my most anticipated game of all time and i cant get excited at all for final fantasy 15 which just comes across as bland at present. Thank goodness for world of final fantasy which appears to have remembered what makes final fantasy great from first impressions.
I've been a Final Fantasy fan since I was a kid, but even I would buy Persona 5 over FFXV. If the FF delay is having that much of an effect on Persona 5 pre-orders, then that's pretty great for Atlus. I want Persona 5 to do well; it's Persona's time
i can trust atlus to make an rpg worth my time allot more than i can square enix these days
@Kellanved True!
I want to like the look of P5 but I was bored to death of P4 Golden after 20 hours, so we'll see. The whole "simulation" aspect of being a Japanese kid really doesn't do it for me and the dungeons and combat system were pretty uninspired. I did enjoy the general vibe though, great music and presentation. No doubt I'll get it, but I've got to say I'm more excited about FF15 at this point.
Persona > Final Fantasy (nowdays)
ATLUS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Square.
I hope that P5 fly even higher than P4Golden, it'll probably be a masterpiece and Atlus deserves a lot of sales always.
I have the CE of P5 preordered while I dont plan to buy FFXV even at 20 bucks.
I loved P4G so I'll definitely be getting Persona 5. I played the demo of FFXV and thought the combat was atrocious so a big no no for that game.
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