Persona 5 Has Shipped Over 2 Million Copies Worldwide

Atlus has announced  that, since Persona 5's original launch on September 15, 2016, the game has now shipped over 2 million copies worldwide.

[TheColbertinator]

I loooove the Persona series. Lets keep it rolling,Atlus.

[NewMonday]

this is about %700 higher than a Persona game would usually sell, hope this pushes Atlus to bring back the team for P6

[AspiringProGenji]

That's because every Persona game only gets better and get new fans. I simply cannot wait for more and Shin Megami Tensei. I like how this series has blossomed and the love it gets from the fans.

[jaymacx]

I think think Persona 5 has had positive exposure and great reviews all around. Many people are recognizing how great these games are.This was my first game and has sparked my interest in the series.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed

I hope with Sega now owning them they have the money to get Persona 6 in development like right now!

[S2Killinit]

Its an awesome game. Jt won consumer’s choice award two years in a row btw

[rivaldoo777]

My GOTY

[StormLegend]

Thanks for supporting this game PS4 players! it deserves it!!!

[Deep-throat]

Shipped.

More than 60m PS4 players aren't supporting it.

[StormLegend]

Isn't that how it is with every generation? the Will sold 100 million systems and only 3 million copies of Zelda SS was sold. Same for other games while Just dance and Mario sold tons.

[AspiringProGenji]

Their loss. Atlus already broke even. That is all that matters

[moegooner88]

There you are, this must be killing you.

[guyman]

And here he comes out of his cave,

Suck it. Persona 5 trounced anything released on the xbox one this year. Lol.

[jaymacx]

There is no need to be negative. JRPGs are not for everyone. Majority of system owners buy the big AAA releases like COD, Assassins Creed, Sports etc. Its good news that more interest is being shown toward Persona series now. Hopefully it continues to grow.

[nix]

Forza 7 is crying in the corner because the entire Xbox community didn't support it.

[DarXyde]

1. If it's shipped, it's retail.

2. How's Forza 7 doing? Extremely well, I'm sure. I mean it's only one of Microsoft's heavily advertised first party games and one of their biggest franchises that's run for so long. It's gotta be crushing it at retail... right?

(I hated using Forza as an example, but you're a tool. Don't y'all ever get tired of trolling?)

[_-EDMIX-_]

Millions upon millions of gamers have the freedom of choice and variety to buy whatever they want.

That's why you're not seeing a game on Steam moving a hundred thirty million units or a game on Xbox One moving 20 million units were a game on PlayStation 4 moving 60 million units...

So what you're actually trying to suggest is pretty stupid if you consider it applies to any system.

I mean if you want to be more specific I want you to consider that this game has just out sold Forza 7 and Quantum break along with anything else that Microsoft has released in the last 2 years lol

So much for a "niche" game 😎

[Why o why]

How stupid is that. Loving the bitter tears.

[bluefox755]

Don't be mad :(

[Knushwood Butt]

JokeX said

'Already the best selling atlus game. Now go cry about how flopza 7 sold 176k on xbone. Look like all 30 million xboners aren't supporting it. Lmao. Embarassing to get destroyed by a 'niche' JRPG.'

You're too bad.

[Platinum_Fan]

This comment really emphasizes how xbox fans don't get PS4's success.

It's not about what percent of PS4 owners bought Persona it's simply about the fact that Persona was there for them to buy.

Not every person who buys Uncharted will buy Persona 5, not every person who buys Persona 5 will buy Horizon Zero Dawn, not every person who buys Horizon Zero Dawn will buy Everybody's Golf. But the fact that they have all those games means that each of those different gamers will have something that appeals to them and they all bought a PS4.

If you want to catch more fish use a bigger net. If you want to sell more GAME consoles have more GAMES.

[ZehnDrachen]

That's Only for new game sales. No mention of used sales factoring into numbers.

[PLAYWATCH76]

Man, stfu. Always trying to rain on PS4. Your agenda is obvious.

[PhoenixUp]

And also PS3 gamers

[Yohshida]

But I bought it on PS3 because it was 20€ cheaper >.<

[G20WLY]

Go you.. 😴

[Lime123]

Your financial situation is that bad?

[Yohshida]

Na, difference = almost nothing, why pay more if I can just buy a different game for it? Try it, playing games is fun

[I_am_Batman]

I've just bought it two days ago and have already put 8 hours in.

Minor spoilers: i think it starts out a little slow (even for a JRPG) but once it introduces a couple of systems to the player it starts to be pretty fun. I'm now at the point where I can move around freely for the first time (before the Kamoshida mission). Can't wait to go back and play some more. It's a bummer that the game doesn' t let you make screenshots though.

[Deep-throat]

It means exclusives struggle to sell. Not to mention this game is available on two platforms.

Sooner or later Persona 5 will come to Switch and PC.

[Nyxus]

You do realize this article is talking about the game's succes right? So not sure how you managed to twist it into something else entirely...

[G20WLY]

😢 No Xbox love? 😉

[Razzer]

2 million is not struggling. lol

[andrewsquall]

@Deep-throat On Xbone they certainly do. Horizon Zero Dawn struggled to sell? And yet probably sold more than Sea of Thieves and Crackdown 3 will manage to scrape together in 2018.

[Trez1234]

Yet persona 5 sold more than alot of multiplats this gen and its a success. Exclusives are system sellers and even if it sold only 100k, gamers into jrpg would buy a ps3 or ps4 to play it.

[bluefox755]

MS may as well just scrap the Forza series then, huh? Because if that's struggling, Forza is on life support.

[vickers500]

You're welcome, lol. I personally took a 65 dollar risk on it, as I'm not much of a jrpg fan, more of a shooter/wrpg guy myself, but I thought I'd take a dip back into the genre for what people kept describing an event rather than a game release. That video where the dev team basically said they put everything into the game as if it were the last game they were making also helped too, it's rare that you see devs that passionate about making a great game.

The story was phenomenal though, and the art style and music were amazing. Glad I took a risk on it.

[pwnsause_returns]

Persona franchise is no longer a niche title....About damn time! Bring on SMT!!!

[Killa78]

I bought a gtx 1070 the other day and realised today I could've spent the money on a Nintendo switch :(

[Ricegum]

Why not both bud?

[Killa78]

@Unreal I can afford it but it's still a waste of money to not use what is essentially a luxury item.

I do most of my gaming on a PS4 pro. I might put my gtx 770 back in and return the 1070.

[Themba76]

My GOTY

[PhoenixUp]

Atlus isn’t used to this kind of success

[ninsigma]

Still need to get this. Hoping it'll come up during 12 deals of Christmas.

[Rimeskeem]

But niche series! /s

[Servbot41]

Consumers no longer want linear games though.

[Cmoney007]

Do you love JRPGs? Do you love social interactions? Do you love building up summons? Do you love an interesting story with cool characters? If all the questions are yes, then you need to buy this game. I finished Persona 4: Golden recently, and it was worth my time to go back and find the best ending. I plan to get back to streaming Persona 5.

[Yohshida]

Best JRPG of this gen hands down. More people need to buy it and its not even that expensive anymore . GO GET IT!

[_-EDMIX-_]

Easily going to be legendary status by the end of this generation.

With Sega funding their games now I'm really hoping we get Persona 6 by the end of this generation.

[Tross]

So, Japanese games do sell. Take that haters. Persona 5 deserves the sales too, for being awesome.

[SethBrundlefly]

One out of 30 players bought a psysical copy (if we disregard "shipped") and that is NOT bad. Add digital sales (800K?) and the ratio gets even better.

[tulholdren]

I'm one of those 2 million and very happy. Can't wait to get P5 on a Sony System. Been playing the persona series since day 1.

[Relientk77]

What a masterpiece of a game, amazing JRPG, and my GOTY. It deserves all those sales and more.

[Nyxus]

I'm glad the game is doing well! Got the collector's edition when it came out, and it took me about three months (125 hours) to beat it. Great game, it deserves it.

[pwnsause_returns]

the thing about those 125 hrs is, you play it, and you never get bored by it, cause you wanna see what happens nexts, its a game that keeps you interested along the way.

[AizenSosuke]

Good games sell

[sssb]

My Game Of The Year

[ONESHOTV2]

persona 5 and yakuza were the only reason I even own a PS4 now what happens when i finish them ???1

[Nyxus]

The universe will cease to exist.

[Nyxus]

@ Oneshot: well, Yakuza 6 is coming out in March.

[FreddyFazbear]

Then you need to broaden your horizon on games if you think thats the only games you will love and you will never know until you tried other games.

[bluefox755]

Pretty impressive for a "niche" game.

[Imalwaysright]

Well deserved and deserves much more. Hopefully it won't take as long for me to get my hands on Persona 6 as it did for me to get my hands on this masterpiece.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Seems low for a game available on 70 million consoles.

[Nyxus]

No it doesn't.t

"We are in the middle of experiencing tremendous growth, both in the west and abroad, and the sales of Persona 5 represent a new level of expectation for fans of the genre. Once seen as niche, Persona 5 is one of the most important titles this year, proving interest in this category is expanding. We look forward to delivering more incredible games to our fans next year."

[opinionated]

I have been highly impressed with the Japanese games this year. They killed it.

[noprin]

tbh they deserve a lot more than that
P5 is one of the best game I ever played and definitively is my GOTY