How Persona 5 Became A Worldwide Success 

I adore this game, but the fact that there was never a big group hug with all of the Phantom Thieves is criminal

I think one of the great things about the theme is that it used the fact that the main cast are teenagers more than previous entries Teenagers have alot of energy and rebellious spirit compared to other ages

This was my first Persona game, I've never even heard of the series until Joker was added to Smash Bros, now I love it, I played both the base game as well as Royal, then I played Persona 3 Reload, and now I'm playing Persona 4 Golden, I really hope the first two games get brought over to modern consoles

I feel like people hate on it because it's a really really good game, that's kind of pathetic lol

i still believe that The game awards was the year for JRPG. The game of the year 2017 was a fight between Persona 5 and Breath of the wild(Copium)

11:13 partially correct, Sakurai has always been a fan of the saga and always wanted to introduce a Persona character in Smash, he could by taking advantage of the popularity of Persona 5

I remember reading somewhere that the 2,000,000 copies that Persona 4 Golden sold was a combined amount with the Vita, plus when it was released on Steam in 2020 (three years after Persona 5’s international release). There’s also the fact that the PS Vita only sold 10,000,000 units worldwide, so that number sounds insanely high for that one console in particular.

Persona 5 is me and my friends best game of all time, and from time to time we have long discussions about this game and what its done to the world, truly a masterpiece this game got my friends into games same as my sister

Expectations is what derails a game's real charm. Think of the recent Hollow Knight controversy with no news of Silksong for years. The expectations for Persona 6 are massive. About Persona 5, though, this game has actually grown into its own franchise as you say. The spin-offs (which I haven't played but found out there were A LOT of them) work to expand the lore and characterization of the main cast. There's something in all of these kids that you LOVE instantly. Maybe deep down we've all been in that spot: being taken advantage of by someone "more powerful" than ourselves, but we couldn't manage to gather the courage to face them off. I'm currently playing the Royal version for Nintendo Switch and, I need to say it, having it in portable mode anytime and anywhere is AMAZING. One of the most empathic stories I've experienced and one I'm looking forward to play to its fullest (as possible). I'm getting at least the direct two sequels, Strikers and Tactica, to experience more of this side of Japan that I've grown to love so much

....I think I like Persona more than Pokemon.... The stories go beyond anything I've ever played, they hook you. And it's almost impossible to see everything during one playthrough. Persona 6 is going to be huge.

My very first persona game. I played Royal for the first time a few months ago. And man. What a game. Landed in my top 5 favorites of all time. 135 hours to get the true ending and I still miss it now that it’s all said and done. Every part of the cast is unique and has their quirks. The game ooozes with funk and style with the soundtrack and visuals. I have never played anything like it before in my life and I have over 200,000 G’s on Xbox. It’s truly special and will always have a place in my heart. Can’t wait to play Persona 3 Reload!

This was such a damn good explanation on why the game stands out, and why it's so good for what it tries to show, instead of just talking about stuff everyone knows. Thank you for such a good video. You've earned my subscription, and a like.

When Persona 5 came out I literally fell in love. It had been so long before I played a very good RPG game like this. The story, music, characters, boss, and overall them is just top notch. I remember have to set aside a whole week to just finish the game because I was just trying to do all the side quest.

Persona. A game that I’ve clocked in over 500 hours on the whole series I can fully say that it has changed not just my life but others. This video really just shows why this game is that good and why people should play it (as of writing this I am currently playing persona 5 royal on my ng+)

Also, the ✨️noir aesthetics✨️ Noir isn't really common in the anime/jrpg sphere, and this aesthetic really made p5 stand out. Paired with the jazz ost, it's just *chef's kiss*

Bought this game on ps4 a few years ago but didn’t get to finish it since my ps4 stopped working. I re-purchased it for the switch & recently finished it. It’s one of those games that I didn’t want to end.

It’s a great game it definitely has flaws but the great things overshadow it atleast for me

In Persona 5, the Jazz is a unique type of Jazz that you've never heard. There are a bunch of bangers that can barely be called Jazz

Persona(l) story about me getting into the series: I went to the Japan in 2023 for my life-experience trip, one of my items that I bring from JP was Switch OLED. I was never convinced to buy this kind of portable console in my entire life (I never had also the PSP) so I started to check all the "best of" titles of Switch. As a regular PC and Xbox/PS player, I started getting into jrpgs (previously I played the FF7 on PSX only) - the first one was persona 5. I struggled much with conversations and interactions while playing, but after I noticed that my japanese skill level starts to get better I just felt totally to that kind of a game. The video is great done with explanations about the mechanics and gameplay, and I can say easily that that kind of a experience is for a small % of gamers. I still think that many people misunderstood JRPGs, but it's so cool that one day it can hit You like a stone with a new kind of a view for a video games. Love to persona, best greetings for an author 🥳🎇

3:05 "Damn brat, I'll sue!"

this game is peak. one of my only things i dislike about this game is that some of the writing is…interesting, but the rest of it is amazing

The MUSIC was the biggest reason for the success it is LIFE CHANGING

THANK YOU. It's so refreshing to see a video about a game like this that isn't critical or hateful. But acknowledges what this game means to so many people

Theres very little "typical" about persona. Tales Of, or Final Fantasy 4 is a typical jrpg. Persona is a dating sim, wrapped in a pokemon collector, wrapped in a city walk sim, wrapped in a dungeon crawler.

I recently got into the Persona series and I'm enjoying it. It all started when I watched Persona 4, the animation, and quickly became interested in the franchise. After pre-ordering Persona 3 Reload in December 2023, I decided to give Persona 5 Strikers and Persona 5 Royal a try in early 2024. I was hooked and ended up playing the older Persona games, particularly 1 and 2, which I also loved despite their outdated graphics. My personal favourite Persona game is Innocent Sin, and I have a soft spot for characters like Tatsuya, Yusuke, and Eikichi. I'm looking forward to the release of Persona 6!

Just a correction at 1:27 Persona 4 Golden came out for Vita in 2012 :)

I think a lot of Persona 5 success stems from the timing of when Atlus was bought out by Sega from their previous owners. Even when Index owned Atlus it never seemed like Atlus still ever got proper funding for some of their games often relying on exclusivity and and money from the likes of Nintendo and Sony who would pay for the exclusivity of their games. When Sega bought then they got a new parent company that actually cared about them, and I think it also helps Sega and Atlus have a pretty good history with eachother prior. I'd also argue if it wasnt for Sega the game likely would had not gotten a multi release across the ps3 and ps4 and like would had been only on ps3 and likely would had not gotten the exposure that it did

It's insane for me despite how popular and successful persona 5 got, there hasn't been a game that tries to replicate it at all, for all the 9 years I've been waiting for a game to try and make a social sim calendar system with a combat in between there hasn't been one game that tries to do this at all except persona.

Smash bros introduced me to the persona series and I couldn’t have been any more grateful

What I love about this Persona game is that this one is the one that hits home the most than the others since there are people like those antagonists in real life

1:28 Persona 4 Golden released in 2012 for the PSVita. 2008 was the release year of the vanilla P4 on PS2. PSVita didn't exist in 2008. Also, P4G sold over 2 million copies after it released on PC in 2020. It presumably sold more after it was ported to more consoles later on. Vita was a failed console so I doubt it sold on it much. But it was basically THE game to get if you owned a Vita or a Vita system seller if you didn't already have one.

Honestly I believe the rise in popularity in anime at the time is what got people into it. Along with the last game being well received and the hype surrounding Persona 5 from hardcore fans. I had previously tried to get all my friends to try these games but they would always reject them as “weird anime games” until it started to get the nods for GOTY and IGN giving it a positive review

These are my favorite games in recent years: The Witcher 3, The Last Of Us, Red Dead Redemption 2, Uncharted 4... As you can tell, I have a preference in a certain genre, and yet Persona 5 got be hooked in a few hours and has become one of my favorites as well. I'm not into jrpgs, and that's saying something. Can't wait what they'll do with Persona 6

While I really like the game a lot. This entry set itself a part with how engaging the theme was as well as the way they did the dungeons. It was more like fighting back against the society that has put them down. So it was fascinating "You are a Slave, Want Emancipation" . I liked P3 and P4 main characters better. The social link characters of 5 were awesome and it flowed well with the plot. I don't like the milking of entries that Atlus does. Having lots of people setting really high expectations for 6 will be a challenge for them. Well as Hashino and his team not working on Persona now. So it be a challenge for the current Persona team.

i don’t know how people can say that the gameplay isn’t anything special. P4 had the worst dungeons I’ve ever played

This game is so great that I literally cannot bring myself to replay it. This is an issue I've never experienced with the rest of the heavy hitters in the franchise, including 3 and 4. Unfortunately, once you know the major plot points, it becomes quite the chore to go through everything again. Granted, you may want to experience the 3rd semester and Maruki's arc, but even then, like all major Atlus re-releases, Royal has been watered down in terms of difficulty so that's one point in favour of the original. On the flipside, my first playthrough was pure magic that I'll always remember. It was on an old version of rpcs3 that still had a lot of the usual glitches associated with the game on that emu (e.g. the blackened portraits during dialogue sections) and yet, it still kept me glued. It takes a pretty special and masterfully done game for that to happen. It's a bit like The Sixth Sense - amazing the first time around, but not nearly as good on subsequent views.

Well, duh, it's the best piece of media and art ever created in the history of humanity, no wonder it got so successful

I think you underestimated Naoto in this one. I think it go this way: wgen Akechi shows Naoto and Kanji Yosukes headphones Naoto could suspect Akechi then she could make up a plan with Rise and Kanji to take advantage of Adachis plan and ultimately win the fight. I also think that it would be mad funny if teddie didn't appear up until the end and maybe in a deciding moment he would be the one person who makes the investigation team the last one standing thus winning.

I’m big fan of Persona Games and Persona 5 is the one of my favorite game than 3 and 4. I bought: Persona 5 for PS4 (it was exclusive on PS4 before) Persona 5 for PS5 (Steelboox Edition) Persona 5 for Switch (Steelboox edition)

i got persona 5 because i saw it at target and thought it looked cool i had no idea it was gonna be so good

Learned of Persona through smash, and I am sooo glad I did. Honestly my favorite parts about the game aren't even the story or the actual combat, it's the music, the day to day tasks, even shit like the menus is incredibly done. This is coming from someone whose favorite games are Mario games, games which practically live off of gameplay, so the fact I enjoyed a game with considerably less focus on gameplay shows how good persona 5 is at least to me

great video, deserves more views

I've been waiting for this!

Persona 5 for me was way too long and had way too much fluff in between gameplay. But what really made me dislike this game was the way it completely turns on its own themes. The game claims to be about "rebellion" and "changing the system" but I've never felt more chained by societal expectations when playing this game, especially when interacting with these conservative acting teenagers. I get that this game takes place in Japan which doesn't share the same progressive views as the west, but then maybe Persona 5 just shouldn't have existed in the first place? The concept should have been done by developers who actually believe in the cause rather than people who didn't feel like taking the themes past fighting these uninspired one dimensional villains. If it wasn't for the soundtrack I'd regret playing this game. If you want a game that actually embodies the themes this game claims to, play NEO: Twewy instead. But if you enjoyed this game, I'm happy either way 😊

Playing persona5 royal while watching this video its a very interesting thing I do rn

My only issue with Persona 5 is that it catapulted my expectations for the series moving forward and im 100% sure Persona 6 is not gonna meet my expectations at all lol.

You had to be there when all those secret marketing campaigns were happening. The marketing for the game was genius! Makes you feel like a real life Lupin III heist was happening in front of your eyes!

i like how there are spin-offs of the spin-off games

This is the only game I've gotten 100% achievements on PC

1:28, might have been just some sort of typo mistake on your end, but P4G came out in 2012, though the original PS2 version of P4 released in 2008.

Saying Persona 5 is the forerunner of the series becoming a global success is silly. Persona 3 was the forerunner of the success of this series, and it's the game that broke this series into the mainstream. Persona 5 is the "Skyrim level" of success of the series but Persona 3 was a global hit, probably when you were still in your diapers.

Good video, but a small note: on 5:12, the negotiation mechanic isn't a completely new method of obtaining Personas, as it already appeared in Persona 1 and 2, albeit very differently than how it is in 5: Persona 5's demon negotiations are a lot more watered-down and straightforward than 1 and 2's. I really like how funny and interesting the negotiations in the older games can get, but sometimes it's a pain to guess what a demon wants to hear, so overall I believe Atlus made the right call in making them significantly shorter and easier in 5. Honestly, I think that had Persona 5 used the systems present in 1 or 2, it might've have made battles more tedious for the general audience, and the game would've had a harder time breaking into the mainstream like it did.

P5 is a great game, I have over 200 hours into it (even thought I haven’t finished it yet). My favorite part of it is its critique is even more blatant than that of FF7.

Persona started to branch off into its own series surpassing it’s original SMT since I’d say persona 4, and funnily enough persona 4 during it’s hayday began to phase out the SMT title. (As persona 1 was ibenroku/revelations: persona then got re-released to SMT: Persona, Persona 2 continues it with SMT: Persona 2 innocent sin and eternal punishment, Persona 3 had a few like SMT: Persona 3, FES, Portable and then Persona 4 had SMT: Persona 4 and then golden where after Persona 4 arena began to phase out the SMT title making persona it’s own series not living under SMT’s shadow (ey) and then Persona 4 dancing onto 5 and onward have never had any SMT title) and it’s weird for a spin-off of a spin-off to get spin-offs cause Megami Tensei (the name sake of MegaTen games) is a book series that got adapted to a game, then when atlus took over they gave the SHIN Megami Tensei a new coat of paint having it be very Christian focused and making God and Satan have a duel. Then SMT: IF came out with the very barebones blueprints of persona and people liked SMT: IF so then atlus made persona 1, very similar to SMT that it basically needed the title/subtitle of SMT and thus my statement before. Thank you all for seeing my uber nerdness and very weird borderline obsession with atlus and SMT/Persona.

7:39 I love this game but that's not actually why they included this disclaimer in P5. A lot of Atlus's games actually have this disclaimer because their games frequently take place in modern day Tokyo, so they put that disclaimer there to legally cover their asses in case some wise guy claims that Atlus is slandering them and sues them for it.

they really made a game about my life

This game does have some real and apparent problems, but a lot of people seem to undersell how good it is because it's so mainstream

I played this game back when I was younger and it was fun for the first 100 hours and then I found myself thinking the story was dragged out a bit too much, I hit the 170 hour mark and finished it and I didn't really feel good about it, I felt more of a relief that I finished it and some enjoyment but most of it was gone because of the sheer length of it. Trying it again, and yup have no idea how nowadays people with a job and school would justify the game's length. I think that's the weakest part of the game and I know people say take breaks and go slow but at the same time it's like you're dragging it out from being a straight week long game to half a year and that's just not fun especially if you have other games you want to play. I think it was fun when I had more free time but nowadays it's better to just remember the first playthrough. Too much random dialogue and just too much to do which now as I am older find really annoying as I prefer a game focuses on one thing rather than try to add every possible feature to a game. At that point the game because busy work rather than an innovating game, yeah there's some people that will die on a cross and say these features are amazing, more power to ya. I started with P5 and ended with P3 and I have to say P4golden was PEAK P3R coming second, perfect pace, amazing music, and perfect length. I want to add that I don't hate the game, some characters were better than others, the music is PEAK, and some dialogue was just funny and interesting, I just feel the story was dragged and yes IK it's a jrpg but the length in these games comes from the grinding exp for a fight or farming for items, heck even the game+, it shouldn't be purely from an overstayed story.'

...WELL,IT actually REPRESENTING REAL STATE OF SOCIETY VERY ACCURATELY ...BUT STILL...LOTS OF PPL DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT

When you do your retrospective, make sure to consider how relevant the topics of game were/are. Teachers with students, money laundering, organized crime, and worker exploitation. The real reason this game spoke to me is that you could see the parallels to real world iddues that Atlus clearly had its fingers on the pulse of. Maybe not it's initial success, but its staying power is certainly based on the problems that still plague society to this day. Most have only become worse. Even if you haven't been personally impacted by some of these topics, likely, you know someone who has. Don't forget the main theme besides rebellion: Justice Good luck, and I look forward to your retrospective

Best rpg game

The message behind Persona 5 isn't "believe in conspiracy theories", it's "Don't turn a blind eye when something is obviously wrong". Kamoshida is not subtle about his abuse; the problem isn't that he was good at hiding it, the problem was that no one cared enough to stand up and stop him. The principal refused to stop him because his own heart was distorted by the recognition Kamoshida was bringing, and the parents were more or less in the same boat because they believed Kamoshida's horrible treatment was worth their kids getting scholarships. Then there's Shido, who is a textbook fascist- He may be scheming behind the scenes but it should be painfully obvious to anyone that he's a bad guy just from how he acts in public. He acts like a cartoon villain that bullies teenagers in public and the average person just turns a blind eye to it. And this is how actual fascists act- Shido is very unsubtly based on the late Shinzo Abe, and compare him to how any fascist acted throughout history and it's pretty much a 1:1 comparison.

Ah man dammit we need persona 6 soon enough, been waiting for 6 years for it. But I do want them to take their time and not rush it. Good things take time to come after all

i loved persona 2,3,4 to death, but i can never get into p5, due to its massive size, the max i can give in one playthru is less than 80 hours, even games like The Witcher 3, Rebirth, Infinite Wealth, Elden Ring that's massive i can get it done in less tha 74 hours, cuz at one point on those game i said f--- it and skipped the side-quest/activities that i dont really want to finish

Persona 5 strikers tactica 5 phantom x and Q2 are all great games but it's time for Persona 6. I think P5 phantom x global release will be the last P5 game until P6 comes out. Thanks to all the P5 spin-offs and P3 reloads made by smaller teams, Atlus has had a lot of time to make P6, so P6 will probably be very good

awesome video. God bless you brother ❤

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Short Answer: Its peak. Absolute Cinema. Best game ever made by far.

If it wasn't for Katsura Hashino, Shogenori Soejima and Shoji Meguro, the Persona series would have probably gone nowhere. (Atlus would have went bankrupt also). The fact that the trio basically left the persona franchise for Metaphor ReFantazio makes me really cautious about the future of Persona and also way more interested in what Metaphor has to offer instead.

Its not just Atlus, its actually Sega pushing the studios to create good content. LAD is a perfect example of it too on when studios push quality over sales, you get greatness. Persona 3 Reload was an absolute joy to play, and someone who didn't play the original the remake was better than what Square did with FF16 or FF7 so far. Though some is still a struggle, for example SMT just isn't there in terms of popularity, or direction. I know a lot of people like it but to me just feels boring, but I think I'll give it shot again after the next Ys game.

One thing that should also be mentioned, without spoiling anything, is that the Royal part's writing is absolutely excellent - even surpassing the main game, which is great in itself. You are probably not a human being if you don't feel for the characters, or have conflicting thoughts about the questions being asked.

Persona 5 is easily one of the best game I’ve ever played. However, P5R is more complicated. I feel like the extra story at the end in P5R didn’t really do the previous story justice, the story should’ve ended where it ended. Akechi’s storyline could’ve been a lot better if he stayed the original ending. Also there’s Kasumi, I must say I dislike her a lot. Although her character looks cute, but first of all, her whole existence really felt empty and pointless to me apart from doing some fan service. And secondly, she felt like pushed a lot, which makes me who only wanna romance Haru or someone like me who only wants to romance certain characters really uncomfortable.

The real reason it became popular was none of that it was memes and social media.

More pls

Anime cutscenes ❤

Thanks to Atlus and Sony

It's pokemon but good and jazzy. What's not to like

It became SO ANNOYING. you could clearly tell who was new to persona or SMT because as much as people put the cape on for 5 while vets like myself know the 2 duology and 3 are the best ones, there is a difference between persona fans and persona 5 fans.

Every single game should have the love and care that this game had then there would not be so many bad games out there.

For many years the Persona series prevented me from giving Final Fantasy a try. Now that I got my Persona fix, and Metaphor coming up, going to finally give Final Fantasy Vii remke a try. When i saw the Anime real like graphics i kept saying to myself, how long we gotta wait intil we get Persona 8 with Hyper Anime Graphics.

Persona 5 Royal is brilliant. I hope they release P6 soon (fingers crossed for a 2025 trailer)

W Morgana idc

Do a video on Nier: Automata

Persona.

Fatlus can't stop milking it

First time i heard about Persona was when Joker was announced for Smash, i was thinking Who the f.. is this guy? couple years later they released the game on Xbox Gamepass and i decided to try it.. and it had me hooked quickly! i ended up beating the game after many hours, and then thought.. let's try Persona 4.. but i ended up leaving it cause i needed a break from Persona. fast forward Persona 3 reload got released on Xbox Gamepass.. and it got me hooked quickly too! i really enjoyed 3R & P5R so much. i will buy the 4th game too and probably love it aswell.

P5 suscess is more of the fact the game is different for a lot of rpgs of the time and everything you do have impact of gameplay than a lot of rpgs of 2010.

Persona 5 dev ( game play) fans: ehhhh .... persona 5 dev ( you can get a girlfriend ( fans : GAME OF THE YEAR!!!!!!)

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My first persona game was p3 and it got me stuck on the franchise

You did great job with color correction. Can i have your config?

I couldn't finish Persona 5, the pace is awful. Shin Megami Tensei is where you get the stuff only without all the socialising stuff. All mainline SMT games are awesome. I especially liked Strange Journey, Nocturne and V: Vengeance

What about Persona 1,2,3,4

bro I thouth it was going to be an in-depth analyis how P5 beame this successful but you just listed off some pros what the average Persona fan likes about Persona. It's like asking fan what they like about it and then just take the argument and present it as proof to it's success.

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even the persona 5 is success or not, im still persona fan core since my first persona game in 2008, that is Persona 3 Fes. since then whenever Atlus bullshit come i buy it XD

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Besides annoying few dungeons its a good game