This game probably won't do much on either platform. The musou genre has lost a lot of steam even with more popular properties.
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Yep, and it will really hinge on how they blend the two to make the most of the musou system and P5 universe that will determine my level of interest. If done well, I'll probably bite.
I am afraid you will have to buy a PS4(or PS5 by the time Royal releases, hopefully its native 4K).
These Japanese companies do these frustrating things a lot. I dont blame people for being angry. Things like DQ11S(how do you make changes to a game on the same engine and cant update the game like any other game?? )and SMT5 get me rightly pissed off when most western studios have basically made multiplatform development the main priority
For what it's worth, Joker and the P5 in Smash is gonna drive up interest. There were so many people rushing to get that dlc that the eshop crashed for hours. Also I remember when Bayonetta got announced for Smash 4, the remaining stock of Bayonetta 2 copies dried up online, Niontendo actually reprinted the game later at a budget price. I know this is a spinoff, but it still has Persona 5 in the name.
Still, no one should be forced to buy a PS4 just for that, especially when the Switch is far more popular in Japan than the PS4 is. It should also come to PC at the very least.
I have the PS4 Pro, but still, it's unfair. And I buy most 3rd party games on Switch now, save for genres like open world games & fighters.
I only have a ps4, so being barred from SMT when i'm not in a position to buy a Switch is also annoying. Trust, me, its no fun for anybody.
These games sell far more in the west these days. So its not as if they are specifically aiming at japanese penetration.
The original game is available on PS3. Also there's a pretty good PS3 emulator for PC these days. You don't need a PS4 for Persona 5.
You can just Youtube the Royal extra content. The original version was bloated enough as is.
Well i guess that goes for switch owners as well...but i liked P5 a lot and am excited to play P5R...those who cant buy the game can just youtube it i suppose
Call of Duty was primarily what I was thinking of, but other devs have tried putting their IPs on Wii. Dead Space Extraction is an example of EA trying to put their franchises onto Wii.
I think people who thought P5 was coming to Smash because the switch was successful don't have much of a leg to stand on. IMO its the same situation as cloud. P5 characters are in PQ2. And Cloud was only in theaterythm.
It was wishful thinking, and if people are upset fine. But acting like Smash "baited them" is ridiculous considering there are guest characters who got in based on very little.
Jason is always correct. I find it strange that people still question him but I guess he says things that some don't want to hear.
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Let's be fair - you don't know SHIT and neither do I so stop being a twat for 5 seconds
Outside of the Switch stuff people are probably upset about the hype from Atlus and getting a Musou game instead of some other spinoff.
Another Musou game is certainly...a strange choice. A bit off-topic, but by the time Royal appears on Japanese shelves, the Switch will likely have surpassed PS4 in lifetime sales in Japan, and while P4G had the benefit of launching on a new system and format entirely (Vita/Portable), P5R is launching on one of the same platforms the original SKU launched on, the platform that the majority of players played it on, and no other. Not sure what the market is for that release at all. The outlook isn't as bad for a largely out-of-context Musou game, but Atlus looks really (S)illy right now.
I can't wait for this to come out and be #1 on the eShop so it goes completely against this absolutely ridiculous take.
Theory: if they're referring it as an Action-RPG, could it be that P5S is what was supposed to be P5AG.jp and they just decided to change name in-between ?
I can't believe this can still work, after all these years XD
That quote is a famous parody, since FF13 on the Xbox360 meltdown at GAF lol
The original SKU for the game was the ps3 not the ps4 also this is a ps4 pro persona golden style update.
No, he isn't. Come off that. We all make mistakes. The most recent mistake I know of his is the Star Fox rumor. He believed.
It's been a while since I played a musou game but there was a time when I really liked them. A Persona musou seems like a good way to get back in.
This seems like a mismatch. The fantasy of being a stylish rogue like the Phantom Thieves is to get the drop on some poor SOB and ace them before they even know what hit them. So much so that it's literally what the lyrics of the main battle theme are about! Not wading into a crowd of dudes, swinging your weapon wildly.
I hope this is out by the fall! I'll be in Japan then and it seems like it'd be a fun game to pick up for my Switch. I like musuo and I already have P5 on Switch so while it would have been nice for it to be portable it saves me replaying the game.
That could certainly help, for sure. I won't deny that. I just don't think Joker being in Smash alone will do much to drive interest for the spin-off on the Switch. Nintendo's eShop seems to crash from a higher than expected number of folk trying to access it more than the other ones so I don't know if I'd go off of that. That being said, I do hope the game does well and it has a more than fair shot of it. If it does well, hey, maybe that could send a message to ATLUS :P
Maybe Nintendo should make their own turn-based RPG that's similar to Persona in general instead of depending on 3rd parties to do it for them.
Haven't been following the Star Fox rumor but from what I have seen Jason is always correct also by doing a quick check In this thread he dismissed the game being true, it's right in the OP.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/theory-starfox-grand-prix-never-existed.99662/
That game was pretty good! Too bad it wasn't more successful.
Which is rather silly since they wouldn't really want to compete with themselves. So, it was a not-Persona lacking tons of important features from modern Persona, in spite of going for its atmosphere.
Wouldn't say always but yeah, believing the game journo instead of every self-styled insider that used all their brain power to associate "S" with "Switch" is a freebie.
WRONG!
It's easy to say the rumor was false in February 2019. What what about in May 2018?
https://kotaku.com/rumors-suggest-that-retro-studios-is-making-a-star-fox-1826020570
welp. persona 5 on switch... somewhat...but not really.
needless to say. not really interested.
ah yes #FE. that was..something
needless to say. not really interested.
ah yes #FE. that was..something
It was only a bomb because it was on the Wii U. I'm sure it would do decently well if Atlus just ported the game to the Swi-
Wait wait wait, let me stop right now. If I say anymore, we'll get an #FE Kart Racer for Switch announced tomorrow.
Inb4 "Holy shit that's exactly what I've wanted from the franchise!"
Jason backtracked on Star Fox Grand Prix. That rumor fooled all of the reputable insiders for some reason.