A suspicious listing has emerged on a retail website, showing Persona 3: Reload pre-orders for Switch, priced at £64.99.
Nameer from eXputer: "With Persona and Like a Dragon, SEGA delivers a bold middle finger to the idea that turn-based games are outdated and I couldn't be happier."
I love RPGs and spent 151 hours with Infinite Wealth. Currently playing through Rebirth and Reload, and I have to say I'm far more engaged with Reload because I prefer the turn based combat. I'm not a fan of the real time combat in Rebirth. If the game and story wasn't so good, I likely wouldn't entertain it at all. I much prefer turn based games.
Persona 3 reload and infinite weath boasts sales of 1 million at launch on multiple platforms.
https://www.ign.com/article...
https://personacentral.com/...
And Rebirth launched to 2 million which is seen as concerning on one platform.
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Why is it more viable to make turn based games when they sell half as much?
Theses articles should at least highlight turn based games that sell the same or more than non turn based games to make a coherent argument. Like Pokemon or Honkai Star Rail.
The author acts like turn-based RPGs are a dying genre. Recent successful games such as Octopath Traveler series, Sea of Stars, the Trails series, Honkai Star Rail, and Baldurs Gate 3 (mentioned in the article) would prove that there is still market out there hungry for them. I’m blessed enough to love both turn-based and action rpg games.
The expansion pass for Sega and Atlus' role-playing game, Persona 3 Reload, is free to keep for subscribers of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
The Atlus RPG is the first PlayStation 5 title in eight months to take the top of the sales charts.
But of course. Its going to be revealed at an upcoming direct. The same thing happened when Persona 3,4 & 5 were finally announced for Xbox but not Switch. Fast Forward to a Nintendo direct not long after and the Persona ports were announced for the Switch.