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Sega want all future Atlus games to launch at the same time around the worldPersona 5 on PC when, Sega?
Persona 5 on PC when, Sega?
Yakuza: Like A Dragonwas the firstYakuzagame to be a multi-platform release in the west at the same time as it launched in Japan, which publisher Sega reckons is the main reason it’s the most successful Yakuza game to date. Thanks to that success, Sega’s chief strategy officer Shuji Utsumi says that going forward, they want Persona developers Atlus to release their games at the same time around the world, and on multiple platforms, too.
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This reminds of John Walker’s (RPS in peace)No Oceans campaign. His gripe was more with US vs UK release dates, but the fight for completely globally synchronous launches is a just one.
In the west, console players had to wait ages to get their hands onPersona 5in 2017, because it launched in Japan seven months before anywhere else. It’s also still not on PC,which pains our resident Persona fan Ed. Here’s hoping if Sega goes through with the simultaneous multi-platform releases going forward, Ed might be saved from that pain in the future.
We do already have the spin-offPersona 5 Strikersin PC land, though according to Alice Beethat one’s not quite so stylishas its Playstation-exclusive predecessor.
Utsumi also mentions in the interview there might be news of a new Sonic game soon as well, so that’s fun. I hope it’s a sequel to Shadow The Hedgehog.
