Based on the Japanese releases of Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight and Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight, we always knew both games were gonna get a lot of downloadable content, but seeing it all listed with its Western pricing is enough to make our eyes water.
Okay, so here's a rough outline of all the DLC. There's one 'Song Season Pass' that gets you a load of songs for both games, and it costs €24.99. On top of that, each game has a 'Costume Season Pass', priced at €19.99 each. Then there's a fourth season pass which deals with accessories that covers both games, and that's another €19.99.
All together, that's roughly €85 for the four season passes -- more than it costs to buy the two games separately at most retailers. It's just below the price of the digital bundle that includes both games on the PlayStation Store.
And it's worth pointing out that you don't have to buy everything via the season passes -- it can all be bought separately, but obviously that'll cost you even more. Oh, and if you do buy any DLC, you also have to keep in mind that none of it carries over between the PS4 and PS Vita versions of the games.
What do you think of huge DLC lineups like this? Question whether you really need those accessories in the comments section below.
[source gematsu.com]
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This is all to much I'll just stick to the main games
It really isn't taking Atlus very long to milk P5, is it?
I'm ok with the dlc, assuming there's still a good number of songs and cosmetics in the base game (and nothing essential is missing). The total lack of cross-buy on everything is rough though.
I asked about this when you reviewed it. I feared this would happen. It happened with P4: DAN too on vita (worth pointing out that if u bought the endless night collection which came with a copy of P4 on ps4 you need to buy a season pass for the extra songs in that too).
It doesnt affect me much as i am unlikely to buy the season pass packs (maybe the song pass if it goes on sale) but i think its very uncool in a full price release. There are games that cost less with much more content. I think atlus should absolutely be called out on it.
Wait, how much do the games cost for you? That’s $85, which is $15 less than the games together and $35 less than them separately.
This kidna feels like a robbery. There’s no reason $25 shouldn’t cover everything for everything for P5 Dancing has in DLC. There’s k say anything but the song season pass is worth it. And I need to look at that. It better be worth it for P5 alone. That’s all I got but I laid $60 for it. I don’t want to have prices jacked up for another game I didn’t get.
@Jaz007 You can get both games for less here in the UK, depending on the retailer.
I do have a lot of respect for Atlus but they definitely have become totally DLC crazed ever since they started doing it. Locking optional super bosses behind it is probably the worst of it.
As expected from Atlus.
I got the Endless Night Collection- which comes with all 3 Persona Rhythm games, for ~£72.
Also the box art is very nice. Feel like I got a bit of a bargain there tbh.
I don’t feel the need to buy any of DLC.
Will not buy a single dlc for this... And will get the game on sale.
Yeah it's worth noting that I reviewed both games and never thought of them as "incomplete". They both have a good amount of songs to play through and social events to see — it's not like they need this DLC.
That said, I think we can all agree that these DLC prices are too expensive, and in some aspects, they're bordering on outrageous.
I think we can all agree that prolonging games with additional content is great.
On PC you have a big modding scene which is generally free.
On Ps4 we get this rubbish.
That's a bit expensive, I hope for their next project atlus remake persona 3 and 4 for ps4
@themcnoisy Are picking up any of the new Persona dancing games? I think $20 for accessories in particular is rubbish. If this was all a flat $25 (maybe a $30 if it was to be higher) than it wouldn't be a bad season pass honestly. All the extra songs plus a bunch of extra costumes and stuff. As it stands, it doesn't look very appealing overall...
I want those Yakuza costumes...
Well, it's better than the Japanese prices I guess.
Edit: This may not be entirely true, an Amazon review is saying thay some DLC that was free in Japan is paid here?
I love how they kept this information until after the games released.
A little disappointed by the DLC news especially coming from Atlus now I might not get the games until they get bargains prices
€99 for the two games in a steelcase. But the Japanese are getting worse then the most 3 evil companies around. EA gambling , Ubisoft your game is a live add, Activision Blizzard everything they can get away with.
I adore Persona 5, but Atlus' DLC habits are...excessive, to say the very least.
@RBMango It was so bad for these games that they flopped in Japan hard. Something like both games put together selling half of P4D in the first week, even with them being on more platforms.
Yikes. I'm glad I'm not really looking to get these games.
I'll certainly be there in six years when Persona 6 releases on PS4, though
These DLC practices are rather off-putting, I'm much less likely to buy a game in the first place if the cost of all its DLC is too high.
However, this article is a good reminder that I need to take Persona 5 out of my backlog and start playing it.
I do enjoy Atlus games, but boy do they love milking the hell out of their franchises.
@Jaz007 If both games were £50 altogether with Everything, I would buy it.
As it stands most games aren't worth the price of admission. It's a rhythm dance game ffs. Why be so skimpy? £150 for a rhythm dance game. Total con mate and it just puts potential customers like me off.
I'll just buy the album.
I love both Persona 3 & 5 but can't defend Atlus's anti-consumer business practices. Just disgusting. I'll wait 6-12 months for both of these games to go on sale
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