Persona 5's opening week sales are in, and they're looking pretty good - especially if you're a company named Atlus. The highly anticipated title, which launched in Japan on the 15th September, topped the country's latest software charts on PlayStation 4, while second place was snatched up by the PlayStation 3 version.
Persona 5 sold through 264,793 copies on Sony's current-gen system, meaning that it's opened with better week one sales than any previous Persona game. The closest competitor is actually the very first Persona title on PSone, which shifted 201,147 copies all the way back in 1996.
We're not expecting Persona 5 to smash records here in the West when it launches next year, but it's looking like it'll see healthy worldwide sales all the same.
Did you think that Persona 5 would beat out previous games in Japan? Carry out some phantom thievery in the comments section below.
[source personacentral.com]
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Why do we have to wait so so long D:
I think Persona 5 is going to be the Final Fantasy VII of the series, and while it won't be a success on the same level, it will drag the series into the mainstream. It's gonna do big numbers over here. People have been dying for a proper JRPG since the Final Fantasy series drove off a cliff, and the word of mouth surrounding the Persona series is huge.
And february can't come sooner...
@johncalmc I'm honestly shocked Sony hasn't got behind it harder. @ShogunRok and I have been talking about this a lot; it may be an "exclusive" by default, but it's a big game that they should be promoting way, way more than they are.
@get2sammyb I think it's incredible that they haven't spent time promoting the game. If they don't do it at PSX, given the February release in the West, they're officially bonkers. There are an awful lot of JRPG fans that want reasons to be excited, and while they already know about Persona 5, giving them a chance to talk about it seems like a no brainer.
@get2sammyb @johncalmc Agreed. Sadly it won't be as meaningful as FF7 was because it's very Japanese ( Final Fantasy's style, when it had technical limitations, was more open to personal interpretation) but it will probably bring the series to the mainstream spotlight.
I think Persona 5 will be the test for whether this franchise can make it big like Final Fantasy did. It's releasing on what is by far the most popular gaming platform in the West while the system is in its prime. Persona 4 largely brought the series attention from the mainstream (how many people have I met who love Persona 4 but never played any other Atlus games?), but it released so late into the PS2's life that it never had a chance to fulfill its true potential, sales-wise. Moreover, the PS2 was kind of oversaturated by JRPGs at that point anyhow.
@AFCC Because Japan.
Persona 5 looks set to be the franchise's best installment, but I don't know for sure how it'll do in the west. It's already a somewhat spotlighted series thanks to 3 and 4, but I feel like the gap between 4 (released in 2008 if I remember right) and 5, as well as P4 fatigue could help or hinder this installment.
I honestly expected more: persona has almost become a household name, at least for gamers, but it's still a title from a company you're rooting for, unlike Squeenix's FF for instance. It is big enough to warrant good sales, but small enough to maintain that underdog feeling.
It prints money!!!
February this year gave me FIre Emblem Fates, 2017 will come with P5! Best month!!!
I'm glad this performed well if it didn't I think we'd be seeing a lot more atlus F2P phone games if it struggled.
I'd be lying if I said I was surprised. There is so much hype behind this game.
@DerMeister makes sense, thanks xD
@hadlee73 Reaction from those that have imported seems to have been positive so far, though I haven't read much for fear of spoilers! Apparently quite a bit darker than Persona 4, but I kinda expected that. To me, visually at least, it looks like a bit of Catherine''s attitude and darkness has made it in, which can only be a good thing! Can't wait to play this next year.
For anyone with a genuine interest in the game, I would thoroughly suggest watching the Episode 0 Prologue-type anime episode.
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