Reload simultaneous release was a test run for their team I bet.
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[NateDrake/Nate The Hate] It seems Persona 6 is coming to Xbox [Midori] Correct, also Switch 2
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With P3R being $70 and the expansion pass being $35, and all it contains is costumes, BGM and the actual content with Episode Aigis, I fully expect Atlus in all their greed to turn P6 into a $200 complete edition when all is said and done.
Yup, and given that the test appeared to be very successful, I'd be shocked if Persona 6 didn't go full multiplatform, everything day one.
So....not FeMC?
Obviously you'll be able to 'play' as an Anne/makoto/Chie equivalent during combat or dungeon exploration or whatever, but that seems....incongruous with your earlier statement.
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Unless you mean that of the 'two protagonists', the guy is the main protagonist, and the girl is the deuteragonist/antagonist 'mirror' chasing him down a la, idk, something like Light/L?
Basically the second main would be a Naoto/Goro detective equivalent?
(totally spitballing here, if that wasn't clear)
Longer than Persona 5 Royal? (Without DLCs)
Are they twins?
....This seems like sidestepping.
Of which I understand, kinda, and no shade, but....
What I was getting at is that 'FeMC', in Persona context (to me, at least, and I imagine to a good chunk of others) means more than just playing a one of the female party members during dungeons, or hangouts like darts or what have you, or even a 'segment' of the story where the cast is separated, or something like 'The Answer' situation.
It's having the option to play as a female 'main' character, and having the story reflect that - of which it seems, with your added clarification/hedging, likely to not be the case.
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And they're both dudes?
Hmm, interesting.
Normally when an rpg does two protagonist one is a boy and the other is a girl.
That being said, Atlus needs to get over their hate for women and make the MC a girl in one of their mainline Persona games.
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Well we don't know if Sony didn't at least try. Atlus had so much success on other platforms now that they probably thought it isn't worth it. I'm glad Persona 6 isn't getting treated like FF because long term the franchise will just grow.
Atlus can deny deals with platforms holders if they think the exclusive strategy is stupid. We'll never find out but I'm guessing Atlus just weren't interested regardless of what Sony would've paid.
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Since throwing their games on as many platforms as possible, they've seen their IPs absolutely crushing it sales-wise. I think the days of them being exclusive to one platform are long gone.
It'll eventually be multiplatform, sure. After being a PlayStation exclusive for couple of years.
I don't believe for a second it's launching day and date on all platforms.
I don't believe for a second it's launching day and date on all platforms.
I don't think it was ever in the cards for them out of sheer timing; Sony would've had to buy exclusivity years ago at a time when they wouldn't have had any need to buy exclusivity because nobody thought there was any chance of Persona showing its face on any non-PlayStation platform.
They would've had to be savvy enough to gamble on it happening around the time we were hearing early Persona/Xbox rumors, but before Sega dumped everything RGG on Xbox, because once that happened, Sega/Atlus was likely already eyeing Xbox for future multiplatform releases and any deal would've been either too expensive for Sony, or no longer on the table at all, and the deal would've been seen as too expensive even before this because, again, there was no reason to believe Persona would ever launch on Xbox so why waste the money?
The turn around from Atlus old ways of locking games to single platforms (and often not even the ideal platform for release) to being very multiplatform focused has been pretty gratifying!
If they release Persona 6 on all platforms day one with English localisation, it might even become bigger than any FF game ever (except the MMOs).
Going by what Head On The Block is saying, there's a second playable character that would be a girl, but not to the level of FeMC from P3P. Which could mean that either A: they have limited mechanics compared to the male protagonist or B: going w/ other potential leaks, however they're doing something with the social/calendar system that will make it more "open".
....Course, this is all based off leakers, & what I'm extrapolating from their stuff, so take it w/ a grain of salt. (I know I would, but I was proven wrong w/ the P3R leak a year ago so idk)
Yup. And if they do it the way it's implemented in Hajimari no Kiseki, that would be pretty sweet. ^_^
I dunno, even the dude on Spawnwave's show isn't sure it will be day and date, just that it will come to XBox.
Which I'm inclined to agree with. That it will be multi-platform, eventually.
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Best selling jrpg of all time if it really launches on everything day and date? Especially if it's also launching on PC.
Honestly for a third party to go exclusive to one platform, especially one with as low an attach rate as the PS5, is suicide now. Particularly for a Japanese developer/game.
If even Atlus, one of the most stubborn of the lot, are embracing multiplatform you know it must make zero sense to do otherwise.
In any case, this is good news for the game and gamers alike. Switch 2 can't come fast enough.
If even Atlus, one of the most stubborn of the lot, are embracing multiplatform you know it must make zero sense to do otherwise.
In any case, this is good news for the game and gamers alike. Switch 2 can't come fast enough.
No. Despite all the recent doomed threads, it's extremely unlikely to get anywhere close to final fantasys recent numbers, let alone the Pocket monster in the room.
Persona 5 with releases across 3 generations and counting a full on second version which will have naturally had a ton of double dippers in what, 7 years? Is "only" at around 7m while ff16 cleared 3m in a week. FF7 remake did 7m in about two years. Final fantasy is just punching on another level.
If the P3 remake DLC approach is anything to go by and they don't actually try and force people in to buying the game twice, I'd expect persona 6 to actually contract a little lifetime even if everything else goes perfectly
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You can play as someone who is not the main character outside of combat and dungeons?
That seems like a dramatic change to the structure of the game? Unless I don't understand.
But I don't even know an example of a currently existing game that does something like that, at least a game like Persona.
Like, if you're implying you can live the social lives of any of your party members, that sounds really cool.
It's not on all platforms day 1? I doubt Xbox sign a marketing deal with Sega knowing P6 isn't day 1 on the platform.
wym its totally gonna blow out pokemon red and blue
You know, is there a reason why people tend to just... forget that Pokemon is a JRPG? Maybe because as a franchise it just stands so far above literally everything else in the genre (and most other media franchises in general)?
I think people treat it as more of a "monster RPG" even though it is by definition a Japanese RPG. Also because the games are primarily aimed at kids so it has a bit of a stigma in that regard, I suppose.
But yeah, JRPG discussion tends to ignore the elephant in the room with Pokemon. And I'm not talking about Donphan...
Yeah, I dont know how that happened. Especially since I'm a pretty big Pokemon fan...
I don't think so
Contract thing never happened for Persona as SEGA Sammy decided to have all of its major IPs releasing simultaneously and worldwide for multiple platforms since the start
The only potential deal possible right that now is what Nate cited for Xbox Game Pass
One thing that's important to keep in mind going into P6, is that we have a new director, which will mean some new direction and likely some drastic changes on some level. I'd be surprised if we just ended up getting P3 Redux again, with Hashino no longer involved. It wouldn't make sense.
Probably the era of mainline Persona games launching first as a Sony/PS exclusive.
Strange way to phrase it when "end of an era" is normally used to describe something widely viewed fondly coming to an end.