One of the telling things - with Capcom at least - is that Sony is unable to secure any serious exclusivity anymore. Even with RE4 what they have is digital soundrack in PSN as a bonus. Not even exclusive content or anything else. It is on the level of exclusive GTA dollars on the west.
Man this game is just on another level. Even though ive already played some of it its truly special. The story and characters are a step above from most jrpgs.
Im already on the 2nd dungeon but i have been super speed running it due to already playing the first 2 months of the game but even still its so engrossing. All the DLC is also overwhelming but awesome.
I am going to consume this game to bits.
Oh and the game isnt out on cloud yet…i mean not sure if you can use a NZ IP to get it but not going to do that. I think it comes out officially in NA in about 3 hours. I might test out the cloud version tonight if it updates on there
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I’m jealous of everyone experiencing the game for the first or even second time right now, I’ve played the game 4 times now I can’t possibly do another run despite being kiiiinda tempted 
I’m sort of similar with Persona 4. Which is why I won’t be playing P4 at all when it comes to Xbox…I’ve sort of made my peace with that game and I really love it.
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You don’t get contracts and business in gaming, sorry but it’s true.
Success begets success. MS has done it’s part. They have secured P5R and are doing a massive push to get people playing it.
If consumers do not respond, then Atlus has no incentive to release future games on the platform.
It is highly likely that a release of Persona 6 on Xbox is partially tied to whether or not Microsoft, through their efforts, can demonstrate an audience exists on Xbox for the franchise.
Soyes, it is on their users now to deliver as well. If they don’t, there isn’t an audience.
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Lot of discussion in this thread about what systems P6 will hit, but one omission I keep seeing here is Nintendo. I’m just going to say it, anyone who thinks the next Persona game will be multiplatform and not be hitting Switch (or Switch 2, if that’s the one on the market by then) is very literally not thinking straight. Given the massive sales the Switch version is headed towards, the odds of Atlus skipping that from here on out are negligible to zero. I know a lot of people on this board seem to hyperfixate on PlayStation, but that’s even more hilarious when we are talking about a Japanese series meant for the Japanese market and developed by the most Japanese company for a Japanese ass audience.
Either they will stick with PlayStation exclusivity (the likely outcome, to be honest), or they will go multiplatform, if they go multiplatform, no universe exists where they skip Nintendo.
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That aside, this is such an amazing game (I’ve been playing the re-release for the last week), every time I play it I fall in love with it more. Like it is a jaw droopingly impeccable masterpiece of narrative and gameplay design, and every single piece and component of it comes together so beautifully, it’s legitimately a joy to behold as a fan of the medium who appreciates the construction of games and how various component pieces in games can often go together. I hope Xbox players enjoy it as much as I do, this may legitimately be my favorite game of all time! And in so doing, I also hope you all demonstrate just how much of a market on Xbox there is for games like these, so that they never skip Xbox again in the future 
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I can only hope Persona 6 is beyond the Switch’s technical capabilities.
Atlus and Persona, both known to be putting out cutting edge games at the crest of technology after all, lol
Persona 5 itself is barely using any tech beyond the PS2’s capability (while being developed for the PS3 in a post-PS4 world, that’s how far behind it was technically speaking). This series has NEVER once been about the tech, Persona 4 (the moment they started getting popular) was a PS2 game in December 2008, lol. They’re amazing games that are amazing because of their incredible design and fantastic sense of style and aesthetic. Literally nothing any Persona game has ever done has required “next gen power”.
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Nobody said it requires next gen power, I’d just like it to do more than can be done on what is closer to two generation old power.
This is very true lol. I have no idea how people started attributing AAA status to Atlus/Persona but they are the same as any other modern mid-sized JRPG dev.
It’s not like Soul Hackers 2 skipping the Switch removed some kind of limiter, it was still just another budget Atlus game.
I already talked about it but Persona is budget too, it just hides it under fanciness.
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Which would be an admirable sentiment if the franchise had even properly leveraged said two generation old power so far lol. They’re not jumping from high-end PS2 level to PS4 Pro+ levels (which is what would be necessary to be beyond the Switch’s capabilities) in one go lol.
Additionally, there is also the very simple fact that by the time P6 does come out it is very unlikely that the Switch is the platform on the market anyway the successor will be out by then.
Yeah, SH2 skipped the Switch and is less technically impressive than the Atlus games that do hit the Switch (SMTV and P5R).
P5R is, as you noted, a mid budget game. It’s just so incredible it makes it very hard for the average layperson to discern.
I am sure that Persona 6 will be a higher budget game than P5 was, given the final sales of this game are likely to be north of 7-8 million lol.
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Most likely. Personally. The more games skipping switch in favour for switch 2 the better.
Totally agree with you! The problem is…well…I dont know…isnt there a the possibility of SEGA/ATLUS being as stupid as Square Enix in regards of limiting the reach of your franchise?
Common sense (and actual SEGA slides) would dictate that, with the new massive audience the persona IP is going to reach thanks to xbox (mostly gamepass users I think) pc and switch, the next logical step is to open Persona 6 to many platforms as possible and get a massive release but, you know…you can never predict how some japanese studios will act.
The advertising for this game… I was just gonna wait until P3 releases since that’s the one I wanna play. I spent a good amount of time playing it a couple years ago but never got to finish. I might as well give 5 a try since it’s on Game Pass.
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Trying to predict Persona 6 exclusivity/switch release etc is a fools game
This is Atlus, nobody knows what they will do, they are one of the most unpredictable studios out there
Plus something to bear in mind is they aren’t a massive studio, I imagine porting all these games to all these new platforms took a lot of work and that’s an old game
Building P6 a brand new game on top of bringing it to ps/xbox/pc/switch on Day 1 might simply be too much work for them, unless maybe xbox can extend support to help them out to make things easier
But who knows, personally im expecting some sort of PS exclusivity despite all the xbox marketing
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Atlus aren’t the biggest studio in the world, but they are still rather sizable at 300+ and backed by Sega. Also, if they can manage to port a less prolific title like Soul Hackers 2 to multiple platforms, I can’t imagine them not trying to release their biggest franchise to multiple consoles.
Anyway, Persona 6 being exclusive or multiplat is nothing more than conjecture at this point. There is some dude on otherera who claims it’s exclusive, but nothing was shared by that user that would lend them any credibility.
If it does end up being exclusive to PS it would make this big advertising campaign absolutely hilarious though. Imagine beating the drums about the franchise finally coming to Xbox for the sequel not to release on the platform, MS would fully deserve to get clowned for that.
How about Project Re Fantasy? Does anyone think that will also launch PS exclusive?
And I’ll keep repeating it, Sega is the one making Atlus go multiplat, not Atlus themselves. Soul Hackers 2 Xbox and PC was ported by Artdink, Persona Remasters are being handled by Sega.
The reasoning I’m seeing for P6 being a PS only game is “It’s Atlus” which is an argument shot down by Sega helping with multiplat by outsourcing or doing it themselves, or “Sony will moneyhat it” which they’ve never done with any Atlus game before, and Sega would be going back on their “we’re multiplat from now on” word. I’m not even sure if Sega would accept a Sony moneyhat.
The only exclusive Atlus game I can see coming is Etrian Odyssey Next which I think will be a Switch exclusive, due to being so niche, they may think Switch is the only well off platform for it.
I’m doing my part with pre-orders of Soul Hackers 2 and P5R. I’ll do the same for P3P and P4G when the time comes. I’m also filling out whatever surveys MS or Sega send me. I don’t know that it’s a matter of MS showing Atlus that there’s an audience so much as it is consumers showing MS that it’s worth it to dump money into securing P6.
Realistically speaking, I don’t think that P6 exclusivity would cost as much as FFXVI or FFVIIR did. If it’s simply a matter of matching Sony’s offer and maybe financing a port, then I don’t think that’s out of the realm of possibility. Just need to prove that it’s worth that investment by making this one really count and there’s even more pressure on it since I don’t think Xbox SH2 sales really set the world on fire.
Or the ABK deal falls through and MS snatches up a dozen studios and publishers including Sega and Square-Enix and we never have to worry about it again 
Considering that it might have started the development in PS4 era, Sony could be involved like with Team Ninja’s project 
Only acquisition can guarantee that Sony won’t have its hands on japanese games.
ABK success or failure has nothing to do with acquisitions in japan
What, like Sony XDEV is working on it? Or that Sony is publishing it? That would be a first. Every Atlus game that’s been PS exclusive was exclusive to PS for free, Sony had nothing to do with those and just took them for granted. I should also add that the game’s platform was never announced so that crosses out Sony being involved with development.
You could actually even unlock the music from the Re Fantasy trailer in Catherine Full Body which is a game that’s on Switch (and PS)