Whereas the Persona sequence won’t have the identical panache as Sq. Enix’s Closing Fantasy franchise, it is laborious to argue that in terms of RPGs, it is nonetheless one of the crucial recognizable, which often means every Persona recreation launch is met with a heat reception that, most of the time, interprets to recreation gross sales.
As a part of SEGA’s Annual Built-in Report for 2024 (by way of Persona Central), the corporate has introduced that the Persona franchise has offered 23.5 million copies worldwide (the gross sales quantity accounts for each bodily and digital gross sales).
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In line with SEGA, Persona’s gross sales progress could be attributed to multi-platform, simultaneous worldwide releases, that are additional bolstered by remastered and spin-off titles.
Earlier than the 23.5-million mark was achieved, the sequence had 22.6 million copies offered as of March 5, 2024. Whereas the sequence is understood for pushing out spin-offs, the massive meal ticket right here is Persona 5, as this sequence alone (together with Persona 5, Persona 5 Royal, Persona 5 Strikers, Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight, and Persona 5 Tactica) has already offered over 10 million models accumulatively.
Relating to the newest Persona recreation launch, followers acquired Persona 3 Reload in February 2024. This can be a remake of the unique Persona 3 that was launched approach again in 2006. Whereas it won’t have the identical depth as Persona 5, it is nonetheless a stable JRPG, with our evaluate stating, “Persona 3 Reload is a implausible recreation that each JRPG fan ought to expertise. I used to be totally immersed and engaged from begin to end, and in the end was unhappy when it lastly ended.”
For these unfamiliar with the Persona franchise, it originated in Japan, and the primary entry within the franchise was Revelations: Persona launched in 1996 for the unique PlayStation. Again then, the franchise was marketed as “Shin Megami Tensei: Persona” exterior of Japan, because it was thought-about a spin-off on the highschool setting of Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei If. The Persona franchise facilities round a bunch of scholars as the primary forged, with the fight involving Personas, that are bodily manifestations of an individual’s psyche and unconscious used for fight. To this point, 21 whole Persona video games have been launched (mainline entries and spin-offs) throughout varied platforms and console generations.
Whereas not a Persona recreation, SEGA has just lately launched Metaphor: ReFantazio, helmed by Katsura Hashino, the director of the Persona franchise. Metaphor: ReFantazio borrows lots of the identical components from the Persona sequence, although there are a couple of key issues that set it aside that are mentioned in-depth right here.
