Ever because the overwhelming success of Persona 5 again in 2017, we have now seen the cache of the ATLUS JRPG franchise balloon in reputation, with many followers eagerly anticipating the inevitable launch of Persona 6. While not but formally introduced by SEGA, the writer has revealed that it hopes to promote 5 million copies within the sport’s first yr.
As a part of the corporate’s quarterly earnings report and Q&A , SEGA Sammy’s CEO and CFO (Haruki Atami and Koichi Fukasawa respectively) addressed quite a few investor questions, together with the long run potential of the Persona sequence, with one particular person asking “Is there an opportunity that, with its abroad reputation, the Persona sequence might promote 5 million copies in its first yr?”
In response, the executives acknowledged (through PersonaCentral) “By growing the variety of platforms it’s accessible on and the areas it’s launched in, we have now been growing the gross sales of Persona 5. We consider that it could be doable for a serious Persona title, equivalent to a numbered launch, to promote 5 million copies in its first yr by releasing it on a number of platforms and concurrently worldwide from day one.”
As talked about, Persona 6 is ready to be the primary mainline title within the sequence to launch concurrently throughout a number of platforms. Previously, the numbered Persona entries launched solely on PlayStation.
Since Persona 5 nevertheless, we have now seen Persona 4 Golden, P5 Royal and most lately Persona 3 come to a number of platforms. It shall be fascinating to see simply how a lot greater of a primary yr Persona 6 can have in consequence when it releases.
KitGuru says: Are you a fan of Persona? When did you first have interaction with the sequence? Do you assume P6 will attain 5 million? Let us know down beneath.
