{"id":214789,"date":"2021-03-13T01:21:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T01:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/persona-xbox-ports-re-releases-atlus-sega-xbox-game-pass\/"},"modified":"2021-03-13T01:21:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T01:21:07","slug":"the-case-for-persona-games-to-come-to-xbox-game-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/03\/13\/the-case-for-persona-games-to-come-to-xbox-game-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"The Case for Persona Games to Come to Xbox | Game Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While it’s never been particularly confirmed or denied otherwise,\u00a0Atlus games have typically skewed towards PlayStation exclusivity in the past. Especially when it comes to mainline\u00a0Persona<\/em><\/strong> games, every entry (and enhanced re-release like Persona 3 FES<\/em>,\u00a0Persona 4 Golden<\/em>,\u00a0Persona 5 Royal<\/em>)\u00a0has released on a PlayStation console. Only spin-offs manage to branch out beyond PlayStation’s portfolio, with games like\u00a0Persona Q<\/em> and\u00a0Q2<\/em> releasing on the Nintendo DS and 3DS, respectively. The sole time a\u00a0Persona<\/em> game came to an Xbox console was the fighting game spin-off of\u00a0Persona 4<\/em> proper:\u00a0Persona 4 Arena<\/em>, followed by its re-release\u00a0Persona 4 Arena<\/em> Ultimax<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to argue that there’s any shortage of JRPG fans who don’t own a Xbox console, especially in recent years. Xbox Game Pass has added a slew of\u00a0popular JRPGs to the subscription, ranging from the traditional turn-based combat games, to more modern and contemporary alternatives. While mainline games in the\u00a0Persona<\/em><\/a> series have typically released solely on PlayStation, that trend has changed recently with\u00a0Persona 4 Golden<\/em> coming to PC last year, as well as\u00a0Persona 5 Strikers<\/em> releasing on PC last month.\u00a0Persona\u00a0<\/em>certainly wouldn’t be particularly out of place on Xbox consoles as well as PlayStation, especially in the wake of Persona 5<\/em>‘s enduring popularity.<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0Atlus Wants to Know if Players Want Its Games on Xbox<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Judging by the recent additions to Xbox Game Pass by Square Enix, and even Atlus’ parent company Sega, clearly there’s an audience for all kinds for JRPGs on Xbox. Square Enix in particular has proved this immensely, releasing games both old and new from\u00a0the\u00a0Final Fantasy<\/em>,\u00a0Dragon Quest<\/em>, and even\u00a0Kingdom Hearts<\/em> franchises<\/a>. Not to mention other less mainstream additions like\u00a0Tales of Vesperia<\/em> or\u00a0Code Vein<\/em>, which are far more niche compared to other JRPGs like the\u00a0Persona\u00a0<\/em>series. This is without even taking into account JRPGs not on Xbox Game Pass, like the\u00a0Ys<\/em> games or the\u00a0Valkyria Chronicles<\/em> series.\u00a0Persona\u00a0<\/em>would fit in alongside these games quite well.<\/p>\n

While the\u00a0Persona<\/em> series is a more recent addition to\u00a0mainstream popularity with\u00a0Persona 5<\/em>, that doesn’t mean the series as a whole is any less iconic than\u00a0Final Fantasy<\/em> or\u00a0Dragon Quest<\/em>.\u00a0Persona 3<\/em> and\u00a0Persona 4<\/em> are equally critically-acclaimed games that are also loved by existing\u00a0Persona<\/em> fans. With the\u00a0Persona<\/em> series arguably on the same level of popularity as\u00a0Final Fantasy<\/em> and\u00a0Dragon Quest<\/em> on PlayStation, extending the series to Xbox would only be good for the series.\u00a0Persona 4 Golden<\/em> kicked off a new leniency on platform exclusivity<\/a> that Atlus had never exhibited previously. There’s a whole new sector of JRPG fans on Xbox that’d play\u00a0Persona<\/em>, theoretically.<\/p>\n

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Another very important factor that could lead to\u00a0Persona<\/em> games coming to Xbox is Atlus’ parent company, Sega. Back in 2017, Sega and Atlus had reiterated that franchises like\u00a0Persona<\/em> and\u00a0Yakuza<\/em> would remain exclusive to PlayStation consoles for the foreseeable future. In particular,\u00a0the\u00a0Yakuza<\/em>\u00a0Kiwami<\/em> remakes of the first and second games, as well as\u00a0Yakuza 0<\/em>, were PlayStation console exclusives until February of last year. Not only were the first three\u00a0Yakuza<\/em> games released on Xbox One last year, but they also released day-and-date on Xbox Game Pass. The rest of the original\u00a0Yakuza<\/em>\u00a0series released on Xbox One and Xbox Game Pass this February<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

Even Sega is showing love to a JRPG series often thought as obscure or bespoke, a distinction often attributed to the\u00a0Persona<\/em> series until\u00a0Persona 5\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Persona 5 Royal<\/em>‘s release.\u00a0As recently as November 2020, Sega still considered the\u00a0Yakuza<\/em> series “niche,”<\/a> despite\u00a0the traditional JRPG reimagining of\u00a0Yakuza: Like a Dragon\u00a0<\/em>breaking sales records for the series.\u00a0Persona<\/em> could see a similar explosion in popularity on Xbox, especially if the series was added to Xbox Game Pass as well.\u00a0So far, Persona 4 Golden<\/em> is the only mainline entry in the series that’s made its way to a platform other than PlayStation, even if it’s on PC and not Xbox specifically.<\/p>\n

However, the specific success of Persona 4 Golden<\/em> could very well influence several legacy ports of the\u00a0Persona\u00a0<\/em>series<\/a>, which in turn could lead to Xbox ports later on. A similar situation occurred with\u00a0Kingdom Hearts<\/em> and\u00a0Final Fantasy<\/em>, proving that Xbox fans were interested in the JRPG genre.\u00a0Western acceptance of modern JRPGs has been slow-going in the last several years, but\u00a0Persona 5<\/em> has largely marked a turning point in that trend. The subsect of games affectionately referred to as “made in Japan” have seen an explosion in popularity among western audiences.\u00a0Persona<\/em> making its way to Xbox would further emphasize that trend, especially with\u00a0Persona 5<\/em>.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0Now That P5 Strikers is Out, Will Persona 6 Be Next?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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