Sales of Sega and Atlus’ Persona 5 and its spin-offs have surpassed 10 million copies worldwide, based on the latest information.
Atlus has announced on Persona Channel that sales of the Persona 5 series, including re-releases and spin-offs, have surpassed 10 million copies worldwide. Besides Persona 5, which sold 3.2 million copies, and its subsequent re-release, Persona 5 Royal, additional titles in the series include spin-offs such as rhythm game Persona 5: Dancing Star Night, action role-playing game Persona 5: Strikers, SRPG Persona 5 Tactica.
To commemorate the cumulative total of over 10 million copies sold worldwide, the definitive version of Persona 5 with new characters and new scenarios, Persona 5 Royal, will be put on sale on the PS Store and Steam in the near future. Starting today, those who are intereted can purchase the remastered version of Persona 5 Royal on the Nintendo eShop at 50% off, the biggest discount the game has ever received.
Persona 5 Royal DLC can be redeemed and used with Persona 5 Royal for free if you own a copy of the game on PS4. However, there is still no upgrade path available from PS4 to PS5 for those who already own the game on the former.
Persona 5 is the sixth installment in the Persona series, a subseries of the Megami Tensei franchise. Developed by Atlus’ P-Studio and released on various platforms between 2016 and 2022, the game is set in modern-day Tokyo and follows a high school student with the pseudonym Joker. As a member of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, Joker and fellow students wield their Personas—physical manifestations of their psyche—to battle malevolent forces within a supernatural realm called the Metaverse.
The game, directed by Katsura Hashino and featuring returning staff members such as Shigenori Soejima and Shoji Meguro, began development in 2011 after the completion of Catherine. The story, which focuses on themes of attaining freedom from modern society’s limitations, draws inspiration from picaresque fiction and rebellious literary characters.
