Following the announcement last June, Atlus provided more details on the total sales of Persona 3 and 4 to date between original games, remasters, and side projects.
Atlus announces sales of Persona 3 and 4will provide more details compared to last June’s announcement, when the Japanese publisher spoke of 30 million copies sold for the entire series.
‘s “family” “Persona 3” sales exceed 5 million copies The success of the excellent remake of Persona 3: Reloaded, released in February 2024, made a decisive contribution to this achievement.
‘s “family” “Persona 4” sales exceeded 5.7 million copiesthese numbers are even more interesting if we take into account that the Resurrection remake won’t be released before next year, so only the performance of the base game and its spin-offs are taken into account.
Persona 4 Resurgence has a release date, announced via a trailer at the Xbox Game Showcase
Even in this case, however, there’s one game in particular that makes the difference: it’s Persona 4 Golden, which hit the mark very quickly upon its release on PC 2.4 million copies sold.
Persona 5 remains a reference point
Compared to the aforementioned announcement last June, what Atlus has revealed in these few hours confirms Persona 5 as a very strong reference point for the saga as the final chapter Sales exceeded 13 million copies And has the merit of truly clearing up the franchise for the Western public.
Therefore, the overall sales volume of the Persona series between 2020 and 2024 is almost doubleIn terms of distribution share, North America clearly prevails: 40% of copies are purchased in the United States, while Japan, Europe and the rest of Asia each account for 20%.
Persona 6 aims to do better
“Persona 6” was released in June, and its horror style is completely different from “Persona 5”. an ambitious project It is in view of the excellent results achieved in Chapter 5.
The developer’s goal, of course, is to start from the solid foundation of Persona 5 and create An adventure that is at times mysterious and disturbing.it could go even further by leveraging the depth of characters and writing that have always represented the legend.
However, details about the new series are currently scarce; It’s unclear when it will be releasedalthough some assumptions point to next year, as Atlus has made it clear that the game will also be released in a physical version.
Until then, fans will be able to get their hands on the aforementioned Persona 4 Revival, which promises Confirm the average quality of remakes Produced so far by Atlus.