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Atlus has announced that thePersona 5subseries of games has collectively sold over ten million units worldwide. ThePersonaseries has been a huge hit for Atlus in the past few years, withPersona 5helping cement it as a quintessential modern JRPG classic.Persona 5in particular has been getting a lot of love from the studio, between the multiple collaborations with other games, multiplatform ports of its updated re-releasePersona 5 Royalin 2022, and a few spin-offs based on the fifth mainline entry. Thanks to this focus,Persona 5itself has become a mini-subseries in Atlus' library.
Ever sincePersona 5’s 2017 release, it has seen three spin-off games based on its world. This includesPersona 5: Dancing in Starlight,Persona 5 Strikers, andPersona 5 Tactica.Persona 5 Tacticawas released earlier this November, beinga tactics-based strategy RPG involving the Phantom Thievesin a brand-new world. 2019’sPersona 5 Royalis also considered a part of this series as well, according to Atlus. With these sales numbers put together, it has crossed a big sales target.
A post on Atlus' website and a tweet on the officialPersonaseries Twitter account reveals that the combined sales of thePersona 5series have seen it cross ten million copies sold worldwide. Atlus previously revealedthe last recordedPersonafranchise sales figures, with 7.22 million units of the subseries being sold worldwide by the end of March 2022. That is an increase in sales for the subseries by almost 3 million units between March 2022 and December 2023.
To celebrate this new milestone,Persona 5character designerShigenori Soejima drew a big “Thank You” illustration for fans, which featured both Joker and Morgana simply saying thank you to everyone who had been supporting the series. On top of that, the remastered port ofPersona 5 Royalis getting a discount on the Nintendo store, though this only applies to Japan. A sale on the PlayStation and Steam stores is also planned according to the associated tweet.
DespitePersona 6being on the horizon,it’s unlikelyPersona 5will stop getting spin-off games, considering the game’s popularity.Persona 5: The Phantom X, for example, is a China-exclusive mobile game that will be released in the region, along with there being rumors of a party game spin-off that features theP5cast. In terms of otherPersonafranchise releases, Atlus is gearing up for the launch ofPersona 3 Reload, a remake of the critically acclaimed third entry, which features remade graphics and streamlined battle mechanics that take afterPersona 5as well.
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