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All these new systems are nice but what I want to see at E3 is Persona 5. Please?
- Thread starter ronito
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The Grim Heaper
Member
Not going to happen.
DidntKnowJack
Member
E3 doesn't seem like the venue for a Persona unveiling.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
E3 audience: "Is this one of those idolmaster games?"
Wait for TGS.
Wait for TGS.
Persona Team(who made Catherine) are already working on P5. Unless another team at Atlus makes it, we won't see anything Catherine related for a long time.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
I sure hope it appears because I've bet my avatar on it.
Hecatonchires Custom
Member
There will be beautiful tears of sadness and despair when P5 is finally announced for handhelds. If the mainline SMT series ends up on 3DS, it's spinoffs are logically going to come out on handhelds as well.
Dead Prince
Banned
Persona 5, 5 years, ps 1, ps 2, psp, ps3, ps4 (sony's 5th system) obviously a sign.
Me too!
But I don't think it will be. I regret it already.
I think if it was going to be at E3, I think it would have been shown in Famitsu this week.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Yessss me too man
lmao
lmao
There are arguments for it going either way.
Don't forget Persona is much more popular than mainline SMT these days
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
Banned
Much more popular? No, not at all. More accessible? Yes.
It's not going to be handheld. There is no reason to think it would be, but there are lots of reasons to think it isn't.
Wut.
This is completely wrong. Persona is vastly more popular.
JetBlackPanda
Member
everyone feels the same way but E3 is for shoot shoot bang bang.
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
Banned
Uh, where are you getting this from? Persona sells more than the main series, but not nearly enough to the point where it's "vastly more popular." Hell, SMT IV is selling on par with the last few Persona entries in Japan.
What Dantis said. Persona is the cash cow for them. Try looking for SMT merchandise. Nothing? Right, now try searching for Persona merchandise.
Follow the money, it's not rocket science.
Hecatonchires Custom
Member
Don't worry about it, there are always plenty of people to remind me that.
I don't really see how popularity automatically means that the next game will be on consoles; they'll go with the platform that costs less to develop. Monster Hunter is crazy popular and it didn't get HD console releases outside of ports afaik.
lolez2matt
Member
We all want that 
Hatsune shows exactly what to expect for Japanese, non-Nintendo/Sony/AAA titles: localization announcements. Something like Persona COULD show up, but unless it's at a system unveiling (and likely just a name on an upcoming list, look at Etrian Odyssey) you're better off hoping for TGS or a random issue of Famitsu, and I suspect that is the most likely way to announce it.
Common sense?
No, SMT4 is selling on par with The Golden. Which is a re-release. For a dying platform. Next to to a new release. On the most popular platform in the country.
Not to mention things like the live shows, the anime series, the movie, the remix CDs, the drama CDs, the figures, the art books... They make an absolute killing from Persona merchandise.
Mr.Monitor
Member
Persona at E3? I wouldn't count on it.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Also it probably sells much better in the West too. Atlus knows its a bigger franchise now.
buddha0991
Member
Was this topic really needed?
chertipros
Member
Why would it be unveiled at e3 of all places
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
Banned
Yeah, and SMT IV is also selling on par with every other Persona game in the series of the last few years, including the original Persona 4. Not just The Golden.
And SMT IV could sell 5 times more than Persona, and Persona would still be more successful when it comes to drama CDs, figures, animes, etc. That's called accessibility and marketability. You can't market a giant vagina monster and a penis on a stick. Just because Persona is more marketable, it doesn't make the actual games (which is what we're talking about here) "vastly more popular" when the mainline series is selling just as well as the Persona series.
Why not?
Peter Bazooka
Banned
Way too much negativity in this thread. Persona 5 will be revealed at E3.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Almost sure it's for the PS3, and we won't see it in E3.
bassman2112
Member
I feel like it'd be far more likely to see Persona 5 at TGS rather than E3
Persona 4 sold 300,000 in Japan and 110,000 in the US. Ignoring the fact that it is very unlikely that SMT4 will ever hit 410,000, that was back in 2008 and the series is much more popular now.
Persona 5 will absolutely crush SMT4 in terms of sales, and I don't know how you could think otherwise.
Ghost_Protocol
Member
I have this terrible feeling its going to be Vita exclusive.....
Hecatonchires Custom
Member
I'll laugh if Persona 5 is announced for Wii U. Dat FE X SMT partnership is a sign yo.