There Is "No Plan" To Bring Persona 5 Royal To Other Consoles, Atlus Reiterates

Well that’s dumb.

"No Plan at present"
Doesn't mean won't

You do get the impression (especially as a Nintendo fan) that sometimes games developers just hate money.

Maybe they will do it under a slightly different name or something? Like Persona 5 Switch instead of Royal

A shame. I was interested in Persona 5 after playing as Joker in Smash Bros (and that was my only Persona experience ever). But I barely touch my PS4, Switch is just so much more convenient. I hope they change their minds, but maybe Atlus just doesn't like money.

Guess I'm not playing Persona 5 then, because I've no plans to get a PS4.

I have no plan to buy it again for PS4. I had the original. I want it portable now.

Well, that's some BS and makes the Joker character addition to Super Smash feel like a waste. I personally would have preferred a character to fill that DLC slot that feels like it belongs there and not a way for Atlus to grab some advertisement and recognition for a game that isn't even coming to Switch. I hope this is one of those dumb "no plans" announcements that ends up with them not being able to say something as Nintendo plans to reveal it at E3 during their Direct.

Do basically Joker shouldnt of been one of the DLC characters for smash..

That's why these rumors are ridiculous. How long did people hold on to this ridiculous notion that Switch would be getting Fallout 4? GTA 5? Dark Souls Trilogy? Persona 5? Final Fantasy XV? A company can't allow their IP to be used in Smash Bros without people expecting that company to throw their full weight behind the Switch, and that's unrealistic. Just take it for what it is: a new character to play as, instead of it being a sign of things to come.

I fully support/welcome third party releases, but there is no point in dwelling on what ISN'T released.

“No plans” is not the same thing as “never happening.” And as mentioned, it’s entirely possible to release the vanilla P5 on Switch instead of the R edition (especially since that version released on the PS3 and would be a simpler game to port to Switch). There’s got to be some logic behind Joker being in Smash (remember, Nintendo itself chose him and not Sakurai), and I’m not believing Scramble is that reason. I’ll remain skeptical, thanks.

I recently got Persona 5 on PS4 last week and I love it. Honestly I wouldn't mind rebuying it if it came to Switch.

I would like to see more information on Scramble though.

This industries’ ability to idiotically leave big bags of money on the table is why it deserves a serious culling. This isn’t the Wii you can jump right in and be rewarded.

People are still yapping about this? Buy a bloody PS4.

Sooo disappointed! I think persona games are perfect for handheld. Really not sure how much I'll enjoy on a big TV!

LOL Some people can't take the hint. It's mainline Persona. Mainline Persona is a Sony thing. End of story.

@Arminillo Same. Original was a great experience, but I don't feel the need to own it twice on the same TV-tethered console.

Guess I'll just have to miss out.

@SBandy A lot of us already own the original on PS4. We want a portable version.

Granted, I never expected it to happen, and told people as much, but it doesn't stop me from feeling somewhat disappointed.

In other, unrelated news, Atlus announces that they don't like money.

There’s other RPGs to play on the Switch. And some great ones, already confirmed, have yet to be released.

The Switch is so successful now, Switch users shouldn’t have to beg for anything. If the game comes, then it does. If it doesn’t, then that’s that. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@Ralizah

Were you ever led to believe by Atlus it was a possibility?

@SBandy

Thank you! We're not owed the same library that the PS4/XBONE have (and Persona 5 isn't coming to XBONE either). Persona hasn't seen a mainline release on a Nintendo console since the Super Famicom days.

And the logic that "Atlus just doesn't like money" makes absolutely zero sense. It's not like porting the game doesn't cost anything, and there is no guarantee that it would sell like crazy. On PS4, it sold a little over one-and-a-half million, and that's on a console with nearly three times the install base! Why would Atlus go to the trouble of releasing a game that would most likely sell a million copies or less?

There are likely several reasons as to why this isn't being released, and it has nothing to do with "punishing" Nintendo fans.

I'll wait til after E3 to choruses of leaving money on the table. As the article points out, this possibly could be a fake out for a surprise announcement

@BacklogBlues

That's your problem. Persona 5 has been out years now and if I want a game that badly I buy the console it is out on.

@SBandy Nope. Which is why I'm inclined to disappointment instead of anger. Mild disappointment, since I didn't think it was going to be a thing in the first place. But, y'know, improbable Switch ports have happened.

Like I've said multiple times, Atlus never encouraged people to believe in a Switch port, they just never ruled it out before now.

I can kind of (barely) understand why it's not coming to Switch, but they could at least bring it to PC or something. The PS4 is on it's way out, and keeping it exculusive is not a good long term cvoice.

Already played it... Do not want to play it again. Most Persona fans have a PlayStation.

Use E3 or TGS to Give news on Shin Megami Tensei V on Switch!

This kind of stuff has been typical of Atlus since forever and if they say it won't happen then won't happen, they are way behind the times when it comes to everything and now with Sony's censorship frenzy at full force I'm afraid they might butcher stuff from P5R, which wouldn't be surprising considering how awfully dodgy they've been about Catherine Full Body (then it flopped so hard nobody cared or talked about it). In fact I'm getting quite sick of Persona this, Persona that, they love milking each entry to death, instead I want to hear about SMTV, Project Re Fantasy (whatever that will be), 13 Sentinels or any other forgotten franchise under their belly that could potentially be resurrected

We could at least maybe get the original at least, or could get it as a...

LAST SURPRISE!

Because if there's one thing the Switch library is starved of, it's more Warriors and Warriors-style games.

@BacklogBlues

Well I am sorry to hear of your circumstances but I can't change how the games industry works for you.

Also I can't buy whatever I want whenever I want, I pick and choose what I spend my money on like everyone else.

I swear even though I am a Ryu main, I miss back when smash was Nintendo only and it felt like a celebration of games on Nintendo systems. I am a little concerned about the rest of the fighters pass. However despite my misgivings I understand that these are companies full of people with different interests and influences. Just because they are Nintendo/sora/bamco employees that doesn’t mean they only care about games from their job. Also Nintendo greenlit this so there is that. So I guess I am annoyed but it isn't the end of the world.

(granted this is Atlus/Sega, they could change their minds or this could be marketing speak. I'll get Royal eventually but I'll wait until the absolute last moment to buy it for PS5 (yay BC).)

Port #FE Atlus and all is good.

@AlphaElite Was Cloud's inclusion in Smash 4 a "waste?"

Also, Joker is showing up in at least two Nintendo games, so it makes perfect sense to include him.

@Ralizah Cloud represents a franchise that had its first six entries on Nintendo. Even though he himself wasn't on a Nintendo console until recently, he's the natural representative for the franchise as he is the most popular and recognizable character.

So no, not the same situation at all.

Even when Atlus flat out says no plans to bring it, you people still cry about it. Jesus tap dancing christ you people need to get the hell over this. Joker is in a Muso game and a series exclusive on Nintendo systems. Doesn't seem like a waste that he is in smash, unless it's not the thing you want so you can cry how a publusher isn't kissing your ass.

Still happy Joker is in Smash, and will be playing Royal on PS4.

How about showing anything for SMT 5?

Well that's a bummer. If it really never does come to Switch i'd buy a PS4 used in a couple of years and play it then. In the meantime why not focus everyone's attention to Shin Megami Tensei V?

Yeah, yeah like i need any more Persona milkage, what about SMT V Atlus?

@Ralizah Yes it was, because we could have gotten Terra instead.

Just buy a PS4 if you wanna play persona 5.

Should have made the Jack Bros a playable character instead of Joker.

@AlphaElite Warrior of Light, Cecil, Kain, Terra, Lock, Celes, Firon, Kefka, Garland, Exdeath, Golbez, Rosa, Edgar, Sabin

...Yeah Cloud was a good choice....

@Mgene15 I own a ps4, but no internet, and I'm not sure if I even plan on getting it soon. It's literally gathering dust since everything has to be downloaded. With my Switch I take it to work and use the wifi there for downloads. Everyone's situation is different and the obvious road isnt always straightforward when people want other avenues to open.

@Arehexes

And every halfway decent console since the dawn of the hobby itself has had amazing EXCLUSIVES! Colecovision had the first great port of Donkey Kong, NES had everything except games like Phantasy Star, SNES had Final Fantasy and the Mega Drive had Shining Force. Hell, even Sega CD had Lunar and Vay! No audience is entitled to anything but first party content! Anything else is either a bonus or a deciding factor.

I bought a PS4, knowing full well that it would never receive Mario, or Zelda, or the then-recently announced Rare Replay, just as I bought the Switch knowing that most of the more graphically/online intensive games either wouldn't properly translate or simply couldn't be done justice. It's for that reason that I'm never disappointed by a console's library. I know what I'm getting, and everything else is a total bonus!

So, Switch may not be getting Persona 5......but it IS getting Dragon Quest 11, and it just received a plethora of Final Fantasy games, and Octopath, and so forth. There are plenty of options for jrpg fans on Switch, and there are plenty of Switch games that will never see the light of day on PS4/XBONE. That's how it's always been.

@AlphaElite sorry, I’ve never entirely bought that logic. Yes, Cloud represents all the FF series, but he can also be seen as representing the exact moment Square took the series away from Nintendo and their relationship broke down. And then again he can be seen as Square making up for that exact same thing and rebuilding the relationship.

Joker in Smash doesn’t mean anything other than Nintendo and Atlus would like Joker in Smash. Same argument for Ice Climbers, ROB, Mr Game & Watch, Captain Falcon, Ness/Lucas, K Rool, Snake and Richter Belmont.

@AlphaElite You're right, they're not the same. Unlike Cloud during the Wii U era, who represented Playstation-era Final Fantasy, Joker actually has substantive representation on modern Nintendo platforms.

Considering Joker is the main character of the best-selling Persona game, you could easily say he's representative of an entire series as well.

@BanjoPickles Hell Shin Megami Tensi has a lot of games released on the 3DS. The Devil Survivor 1/2 remakes, Strange Journey Remake, Devil Summoner (which was JP only until this release as far as I know), Shin Megami Tensi IV and the sequal Apocalypse, Persona Q and Q2. We have Shin Megami Tensi V coming to Switch and a Persona Muso game. As of right now all exclusive to Nintendo systems. One game not coming to X system isn't going to kill people, so I don't understand why people are so angry. Minus the whole kissing ass thing.

It makes me honestly not like Persona fans at this point. I kinda get why SMT fans hate them now.

Don't know why people still ask them for Persona 5, if anything ask them how Shin Megami Tensei 5 is doing cause that's the true exclusive for the Switch.

I just need my family to go on a long vacation then so I can find 100 hours to play my PS3 copy with the telly to myself.

@LUIGITORNADO @illmatic20xx Joker is in Smash because Sakurai loves P5. Cloud has been in Smash and just recently made it to Nintendo.

Smash is now about video game culture and not just Nintendo. The console wars are over. You buy a Nintendo to play Nintendo games. Everything else is incidental.

@Arehexes You just listed of bunch of characters that most people under the ages of about 25-30 aren't going to recognize. Does it make sense to pick one of them, or to pick the one character everybody knows?

@Arehexes

Honestly, it makes me dislike half-arsed loyalists. If you're going to commit to only one company, do it the right way and stop whining about the games from other consoles that you didn't get!

And you're absolutely right! Atlus has done an incredible job supporting Nintendo! Since the beginning of 2000, Atlus has released fifty-five games on Nintendo consoles/handhelds. Granted, the number is higher on Sony's hardware (88 releases), but.....poor Microsoft!

Atlus was supporting Wii U, long after nearly every other major player had jumped ship!

@Arehexes The stupid thing is that Nintendo pretty much gets EVERYTHING else MegaTen related. We get various spin-offs alongside the main series games. Literally the only MegaTen franchise Sony consoles get are the Persona games. Yet people act like Atlus completely excludes Nintendo from the games they develop.

During the 3DS era, probably 90% of Atlus games went to Nintendo.

Not sure where this weird sense of entitlement comes from.

@BanjoPickles Mainline Persona was never on a Nintendo. The first game is Revalations: Persona on the PS1.

@321gofast PlayStation is different than Nintendo. Consoles are still supported after the successor comes out. PS5 will have the same architecture as the PS4 and will be backwards compatible. Think of it like a "new" 3ds.

P5 was also on PS3.

@Trajan Unless you retroactively count SMT if... as part of the series.

Which you probably shouldn't, but I'm sure someone somewhere might make the argument.

@BanjoPickles Yeah exclusives exist, doesn't mean they don't suck, and they particularly suck when there is literally no reason for them to be exclusives at all. Atlus isn't beholden to anyone, one would think they'd want as many people as possible to get their hands on their excelent offerings.

Atlus scattered releases make it a major pain for their fans, like myself, to keep up.

To keep up with their major releases on the last few years you need: a PS4, a PS Vita, a 3DS and now a Switch.

And it's not just the barrier between Sony-Nintendo, Atlus is just a stubborn goat for no real reason, Persona 4 Golden and the Muramasa DLC are STILL buried with the Vita despite the demand, Persona 4 Golden sold tons on a still born system like the vita, imagine just how much more people it could have reached on an actually commonly available system like the PS4? but of course Atlus couldn't be bothered to let someone handle the port of a damn PS2 game.

Persona 5 AND SMTV should be on as many systems as possible, period.

I love Atlus, i truly do, but it's a taxing devotion.

@HikaruKitsune Even then, IIRC none of the SMT games back then were released in the west because Nintendo wouldn't allow it.

@Ralizah From the top of my head the only games not on a Nintendo system is
Revalation Persona
Persona 2
Persona 3
Persona 4 (Golden)
Persona 5
The two Raido games on PS2
NINE on Xbox
The two Digital Devil Survivors
I know I'm missing some but...come on there is so many on Nintendo already.

@HikaruKitsune

Why not, the hero from If... is in Persona 1 and makes reference to If...

@Trajan

You’re right. My bad.

Thanks to the Switch, I have a great deal of trouble being tethered to a TV for my gaming anymore. I rented P5 for PS3 and PS4 on separate occasions and couldn't get into it because I wanted to play it portable as I did P3P and P4G. I'd already settled in my mind that P5 wasn't coming to Switch, but I still wish that it would someday.

I would love Persona 5 on Switch (who wouldn't?) but there was never a hint or indication that it would be coming. Atlus is not accountable to every false rumor and innuendo.

With everything on the Switch docket for 2019 (I am grateful we are getting Dragon Quest XI - definitive, no less), there is no chance I'd have time to complete this 100+ hour epic anyways.

A real missed opportunity for Atlus in my opinion. With Joker now playable in Smash Ultimate as DLC, many newcomers are likely curious to see Persona 5. Guess ya gotta get a PS4! The part I don't understand is why. Persona 5 is not a particularly graphics heavy game, it could easily run on Switch.

No loss for me, I own a PS4. Sucks for dedicated Switch owners though.

@BanjoPickles Ah the Atlus E3 trailer for WiiU still irks me. Let's show the MCs from the main line series, with a dark tone. Now it's J-Pop the game yay. Yet people are mad they got their hopes up on no official announcement.

@Arehexes If you're counting PS2 games, then you also need to count DDS1 + DDS2. And SMT: Nocturne. And the original Devil Summoner on the Sega Saturn.

and this is why you should never limit yourself to just one system or one family of systems, you miss out on so much

@Arehexes Because it would be the same as arguing that Nocturne Maniax is part of the Devil Summoner sub-series because Raidou shows up as a bonus boss.

@Ralizah Haha how did I forget Nocturn, I just bought the OST for it.

@Onion I'd say even us PS4/Switch owners got shafted, Persona and handheld devices is a match made in heaven. After playing literally every other entry in the franchise in a handheld, i can't say i enjoy the thought of P5 somehow being the exception.

Sides, i don't want the family to see me making the MC flirt with a variety of older women, that's just awkward haha.

Well, we probably have Devil Survivor 3 to look forward to, with an even more integrated Social Link system and 29 endings?

@HikaruKitsune Except one was commenting on why she knows how she can handle what's going on. Not just a bonus boss...

@Trajan im just saying spot could of been better used i have all 3 consoles so my comment had nothing to do with console wars.

Don't understand, surely releasing on Switch, especially in Japan, is a no brainer!!

Final Fantasy VII was not released for Wii U even though Cloud was released in Smash. Some things just take time to develop.
We have two other Persona spin-off games in the meantime featuring Joker, and Shin Megami Tensei V which is the real deal anway.

Well that’s too bad, but that’s how it is. If you need to play it so badly then there’s the PS4.

@Bunkerneath I suspect we will get a Persona 5 game at some point but it'lllikely depends likely depends on:
A: Phantom Striker's ability to get people interested in the Persona name when there's plenty of Warriors-style fans on Switch but how much of them could be "confirmed" Persona universe fans is still an unknown. A side-game like "Strikers" in this case could thus be a perfect "bridge" game to introduce people already used to the warriors-style games to the IP before introducing a formal Persona game later.

B: It could also thus be a different updated port. For example how Dragon Quest XI on Switch is known by the "S" updated title. Whatever the Switch port might be might follow a similar thing to let it stand aside from the Royal and thus let their "no plans for The Royal on Switch" still be "true" on a technical level. Could even be a version of original Persona 5 especially if "The Royal" extra content doesn't prove as successful or liked than hoped compared to the original game.

This said I wouldn't be surprised if such a release didn't happen until well into 2020 or even 2021. By which time a lot of time might have passed to truly dissociate Persona from the Playstation and give it a true "second breath" in the form of such a Switch port. If might even become a perfect "year line-up filler" game that could release in an adventageous period of the year with less visibility conflict with nintendo first party games or such which is a clear hurdle in the summer-to-holidays period so far where the first party or nintendo published games takes all the place.

Unless such a port ends up literally nintendo-published itself to make sure space during that crucial period is filled by a title solid enough to fulfill that high visibility/quality title's role. However, since the remainder of 2019 already seem pretty booked on that front(Mario Maker 2, Luigi Mansion, Animal Crossing, Daemon Ex Machina, Pokemon, Smash DLCs/updates to not mention Dragon Quest which Nintendo really seem to want to be a Switch success on the jRPG front ), I really don't expect anything like this until 2020-21.

disappointed but not surprised

I do laugh for all the people that insisted this would come to Switch because Joker is in Smash. No, not everything is a hint for something else. Sometimes a guest character from a popular game is just a guest character from a popular game. Really hate how people hear rumors and just run with them.

After re playing Muramasa and Odinsphere I am more inclined to ask for 13 Sentinels and seeing that Persona is incredibly overrated SMTV news would be more welcome imo.

@BacklogBlues Well Sony always do real deals and tomorrow the PS4 slim is gonna be cheaper than a Switch only 200 not to mention the games are cheaper all the time and with this deal that they do annually the games are dirt cheap like 20 for God of War which is one of the best games of the generation, so there's no excuse for you since you pick up the expensive console of the generation and saying that u cannot afford a PS4 must be a joke and the same can be say about anyone begging for a port of persona 5 just buy a PS4

@Coffee_Drinker Blessed man of culture, i thought i was the only one crossing fingers for 13 Sentinels on a handheld that isn't in a necrotic state.

That's disappointing. There's many people on the PC and Nintendo crowd that would buy a P5 port.

But Atlus hates money i guess.

Would’ve happily bought this for Switch to run through it since I’m on the go more often than I’m home anymore. Oh well, guess they won’t get my money and I’ll just have to finish the original version when I actually get some time to be home.

@Starcakes Agreed we havent even gotten the demo yet for 13 Sentinels which is a crime in its own right.

I was buying this for my PS4 anyway and even as a Switch owner would have bought it for PS4, the original Persona 5 just looks amazing on a big screen. It's a shame that not even the original version of P5 isn't coming to the Switch so that more people get to play it but anyone here with both has absolutely no reason not to get it on PS4

Jesus again with Persona 5? Just get the system its on if you really want to play it. There is no reason to stick with one console and complain about the other getting a game.

@BanjoPickles Since the Super Famicom days?

You sir, don't know what you're talking about.

Shin Megami Tensei as a franchise started on the Super Famicom, and Persona didn't even happen until the PSX era. Over the years, SMT as a franchise has been on many consoles, including the failed Saturn by SEGA, with the mainliners mostly being Nintendo exclusives with the only exception being SMT III Nocturne, which was exclusive to the PS2.

Persona as a franchise has been Sony exclusive with the exception of 3 spin-offs including the upcoming P5 Scramble. It may be a Sony thing, as someone mentioned, but the overarching point everyone else, including port beggars, are making is that it doesn't have to be.

They have this super popular niche franchise that could be making even more money by branching out to other consoles besides the Playstation, and could even do better by it by doing what Namco did with Tales of Vesperia by releasing the Definitive Edition on Switch with the older games like 3 The Answer and P4 Golden. They have so far chosen not to do this, so when it comes to the fact that Atlus at the end of the day is focused on making money, it really does make one wonder why they would refuse to take the obvious opportunity presented to them.

Especially when exclusivity deals expire.

I'm more a PS4 than Switch fan. And even in my point of view, Atlus' decision is dumb. I'd say, that P5 would be more popular on Switch than on any other console. The Switch will become the number 1 JRPG machine, also fired up by Sony's censorship policies regarding anime'ish games. Atlus doesn't seem to like money. What a wasted opportunity.

Didn't SEGA post a significant financial loss recently? I can't imagine holding games back on certain platforms helps matters. Sony doesn't even fund or have an exclusive deal with Persona, so why not put Royale on Switch and PC, introducing the series to new audiences??

I’ll reiterate what many have already said on here. This is an incredibly stupid move by Atlus/Sega. Apart from selling to a new install base, they would be reaping the benefits of Joker’s inclusion in Smash. That all seems pretty obvious. Why they remain so obstinate in refusing to port it over is beyond me.

Personally, I own P5 on PS4. I love it, and it ranks among my favorite games of the last few years easily. Having said that, I have no desire to buy the Royal version on PS4. Had it been released on the Switch, with the added benefit of being portable, I would have gladly double dipped. I don’t think I’m unique in that sentiment in any way.

@MegaVel91

You'll notice, long before you decided to be a jerk about it, that I humbly acknowledged that I mixed up the SMT series with the mainline. I falsely believed that the series' origins began with the SF, and when I was corrected I looked it up and found out that I was wrong.

I stand by my original statement: Atlus isn't doing this to punish Nintendo fans. They have a board of directors, and executives within the company who most likely know more about the reasons why than we do, and those reasons are probably due to more than loyalty that would have an adverse effect on their bottom line.

@Desa we don’t always get what we want.

Never played Persona 5 or persona In general so this is sad news I guess. I dont want to spend so much money on a console for one exclusive that interests me...

@GoombaGreg Same situation here. I'm not too bummed out over P5 not coming to the Switch as I already played it on the PS4. However, I will not double dip for P5 Royale to get the same game on the PS4 again. I would have definitely bought it for the Switch though.

For the people now being angry about Joker being in Smash: Smash is not just a platform to advertise games, it's a platform to celebrate videogame history. Persona is a great series and Sakurai loves Persona 5. And if you really want to go the advertisment route: Both, Persona Q 2 on the 3DS and Persona 5 Scramble on the Switch, feature Joker as a playable character. There you go

I love this game and don't mind it staying as a PS4 exclusive, after all, this is what makes the PS4 the greatest console out there. It's exclusives.

@Swindla Sounds just like the same reason as the Nintendo consoles!

@Magrane Without a doubt! That's exactly why I bought a Switch, it's great exclusives 😁

I guessed it would never appear on the Switch, but I feel their teasing of Persona S have upset a lot of people and now people are quite resentful to that game. Not clever marketing.

Persona 4 is a Playstation exclusive, not a PS4 exclusive like PS4R. I bought it on PS3, and its just as good. I would love to have it on a portable but i guess this wont happen anytime soon....

Oh and Persona 5 Royal wont come to any other console, we could compromise with old Persona 5 Atlus!

The word Royal being key. I don't doubt that Persona 5 is coming to the Switch, but it probably won't be the Royal version.

@BanjoPickles we'd have to be pretty naive if we believed Rockstar didn't even attempt to get GTA 5 running on the Switch. Bet they just found too many performance issues to ultimately feel comfortable launching it on the system though.

I would have double dipped for a switch version, but for a ps4 version again, probably not. Especially with Sony's current censorship craze.

Of course not. I didn't expect it at all. I'm ok if it's sony exclusive as it is now since other hardware have their own exclusive titles. You can see which gamestudio sticks to the old and doesn't accept the other brands. They could earn much more money if they did. A lot of Switch owners today...

@BacklogBlues yet you'll buy a cell phone that cots twice that and the replacement, too, will be out in a year. anyways, PS5 is at least 2.5 years out from release. if you pickup a PS4 for $200 to play Persona 5, you will get your moneys worth.

@Mgene15 Buying a PS4 won’t help me play Persona 5 on the toilet.

@LunarFlame17 technically you still could play it on the toilet. Bathrooms have wall plug ins😀

@PunchNpie where do you get 2.5 years out for a ps5? A year and a half is almost every major forecasts prediction.

Lol all these fanboys getting there panties in a bunch over persona not coming to the switch. At this point you should be use to the lack of big titles coming to Nintendo. Some of you are being mature about it. Others with the “screw X developer for not bringing it over” relax kiddos...

"We have no plans to release Personal 5 Royal on switch" -releases Persona 5 on switch with Royal content as DLC-

@duffmmann You're stating that you believe Rockstar couldn't get a game that runs on the PS3 and Xbox360 to run on the Switch?

@Mgene15 lol I think my wife would be a little upset if I had a TV and a PS4 in the bathroom. But yes, technically you are correct.

@LunarFlame17 I ran that by my wife a few years ago,she gave me the old eye roll. Attempt failed miserably

@duffmmann

Most likely, yes. I mean, if Saints Row The Third can’t run properly, how could anyone expect GTA V to?

Then why did Nintendo allow him in smash? Seriously tho, Nintendo has so much great first party characters.

@idrawrobots yup, i know that sounds ridiculous, but yes i imagine in some ways the Switch can't handle the PS3/360 version. And considering the different structures of Online from the original games compared to the modern version, very likely couldn't handle GTA Online

After reading these news in other outlets, turns out The Royal won't even include the DLC for the vanilla P5 even if you bought them.

I might just skip The royal, PS4 or not.

They said P5 Royal wasn't coming to switch. Nothing about the vanilla version not being ported to switch however so hope springs eternal.

@DarthFoxMcCloud I mean

If you actually have a PS4

It would be a sin not to play it

Mainline Persona will probably not leave PlayStation for the foreseeable future

but the same is true for Mainline SMT on Nintendo platforms

Hopefully they can at least bring the original Persona 5 to the Switch

@Timsworld2 Roy didn’t get an English voice in Smash 4 because his game has never been released in English. He never spoke official English dialogue until Fire Emblem Heroes. Cloud is another story, though. His lack of English dialogue in Smash is likely due to Square Enix and their draconian licensing policies, which is also why there are only two Final Fantasy songs in the entirety of Smash.

Let's release a slight update of a game we already released on the same console...what's that? Put it on a console outselling the competition 5:1 with an ENTIRELY new base to sell to? Ummm....No.

People are really getting mad because they're not getting a game that was promised to come to the switch in the first place

Saw this coming right from the start, just because the character is in Smash Bros, doesn't mean we are going to get a new game from it. I mean look at the lack of Metal Gear games on modern Nintendo systems, besides that bad 3D remake of MGS3...and the twin snakes on GameCube

@graysoncharles That wasn't Solid Snake. He hasn't been in a Nintendo game since The Twin Snakes in 2004.

Atlus refusing to port their games is nothing new.

Still disappointing, but not surprising.

-Portable versions of 3 and 4 did very well.
-Switch basically absorbed the Vita market, and also outsold the PS4.
Don't know what's keeping them.

Well it's their IP so they can do what they want with it, all this whinging is sad, people need to get over it and move on.

@BanjoPickles I wouldn't use "sale data" or "install base" to disregard if a port will be successful or not on the Switch.

@LUIGITORNADO look at all the downvotes you got for speaking the truth.
Seems like that is usually the case here on this website.

Joka.... Joka? Jo-kaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Considering there is a version of P5 for the PS3, a Switch port should be technically possible, even if they have no plans for it now.

Then why did they put that "Joker' guy in Smash?

I'm so glad that I didn't buy the season pass for characters that I dont know or care about.

I'll still buy it again on PS4 even though i prefer on Switch, Persona 5 is just too big to pass

People are mistaken about who's to blame. Atlus is dying to bring P5 to Switch. Nintendo is holding P5 out, they have something cooking.

I'm fine with P5 being an exclusive, but don't troll us.

Ain't NOBODY need hyping for a damn warriors clone. Even fans of the series are getting tired of the constant supply of these games with little to no changes to it's format.

Screw P5 Scramble. I'll buy P5 if it comes, but I honestly don't think it will ever come after this.

I'm not upset that it was a warriors clone, I'm annoyed that they hyped up a warriors clone to be something bigger than it was. You don't hype up warriors games, you just announce them, lol.

@AlphaElite you could argue it’s still the same situation because Persona is a spin-off of Shin Megami Tensei, which had its origins in the super famicom. Joker, being the most recent protagonist and most recognizable to mainstream audiences due to Persona 5 being game of the year, puts him in a similar position.

Persona 5 - the Schrodinger's cat of Switch releases.😄

As someone still on late P1, I'm in no hurry. And if Atlus finds this period of "having no plans yet" a feasible time slot to go and put a Tokyo Mirage Sessions port into, all the better.

@Timsworld2 Roy hadn’t spoke English by the time he was released in Smash 4. I already told you my theory as to why Cloud still doesn’t have a dub. And as for Marth, it seems they just migrated his clips over from previous games. I remember seeing that as a massive missed opportunity.

@MegaVel91

It actually started on the Famicom as just Megami Tensei, but otherwise yeah it's pretty much a Nintendo classic.

@Starcakes

Yeah, I get ya on that one. P3P and Persona 4 Golden were fantastic, so if P5 doesn't get some kind of handheld release, that really blows.

@graysoncharles if we could we would. 🤷🏽‍♂️

They probably have an exclusivity contract with Sony. There is no way they wouldn't have announced it yet.
E3 2019 is probably our last hope, at least in a while.

Insert angry and disappointed comment

@Timsworld2 A little extreme, don’t you think? Hearing a Japan-exclusive character speak Japanese isn’t exactly getting a middle finger.

I honestly never expected it to come to Switch. Sony had a deal with them hence why it's a PlayStation exclusive.

@Timsworld2 He “suddenly speaks English” now because in 2017 he appeared in an English game. He was given an official English voice actor in Fire Emblem Heroes. It actually makes sense.

@Timsworld2 What’s keeping them from updating a five year old game that is no longer selling on a system that is no longer available in stores? Kind of a silly question, don’t you think? You are literally the only person who was bothered by hearing Japanese spoken by a Japan-exclusive character. You sound xenophobic, my friend.

@Timsworld2 You do realize Ness and Captain Falcon don’t have Japanese voices even in the Japanese version, right? If anything, Smash caters to the English audience more than anyone else. Getting bent out of shape over one character from a game only released in Japan speaking the only language he has ever spoken is a massive overreaction, and saying Sakurai “doesn’t do his job properly” (after he worked himself into hospitalization during Smash 4) is the epitome of entitlement.

@Timsworld2 You do realize that if you played his existing Japanese GBA game, you wouldn’t understand him, either, right? The fact that he only spoke Japanese until he received an English voice in Heroes is actually very, very true to his character. It makes perfect sense to have a character who has only appeared in Japan speak Japanese. I’ve never met a single person in my entire life that was bothered by that besides you.

You knew based on his reveal trailer that he was going to speak Japanese, so why did you purchase him if it bothers you so much? Nobody tricked you into buying Roy. It wasn’t “greed” as you say it was.

Hmmm, looks like my Switch will continue to collect dust once I beat Fire Emblem when it releases then. Besides Xenoblade 2 and Bayonetta 2 the Switch so far has been a purchase I kind of regret (yes I have Zelda and Smash, but the less I say about how quickly I lost interest in both the better. Glad others are enjoying them a lot but apparently they're just not for me)

Wait, have a ps4 but want it portable? Just spend 215 dollars on a 1080p screen, along with a big battery that’s probably 80 dollars, a copy of Persona 5 which is 20$, and there you go! 315$ just to play Persona 5 on the go. Do we really need to spend 315 dollars just to play Persona 5 on the go? Oh yeah, don’t forget the PS4! So great, now 615$. And a micro sd card is half of the size of a NS cartridge. Micro SD cards can hold up to 1 terabyte. So I don’t see a problem with Persona 5 (R or not) on Switch. Atlus, are you really that dumb? I can wait a little longer or I can abandon all hope and get it on PS3 just like @Rohanrocks88.

I know that there aren't any plans and Persona 5 wasn't announced at E3 this year but there's still the possibility of it coming, who knows maybe it'll just be a random direct, maybe something else entirely, ports take time, and plenty of money, and since Atlus is a smaller company owned by Sega it could take a while to make ports, it is sad that Atlus isn't very "open" about Nintendo at the moment but who knows, a lot of fans want it and only time will tell.

Switch only fanboys: "PERSONA 5 is coming to the Nintendo Switch"
[30 December '18 rolls round] Start of the video (PlayStation Logo pops up)
Me: (Laughs)
Switch only fanboys: "They will announce it at the P5 concert"
[PERSONA 5 Scramble The Phantom Strikers title drop turns out to be a musou game, PERSONA 5 The Royal: PlayStation Exclusive]
"Fanboys dislike Japanese scramble trailer" 6.1K (salty people gets mad at ATLUS for something that wasn't promised in the first place)
Me: (Laughs & Facepalms)
Switch only fanboys: "Wait till E3, They'll show it there"
(E3 '19 rolls round) ...Nothing!
ATLUS: "No plans to port at all"
Switch only fanboys: "So royal ain't coming but they did not say anything about the "vanilla" version..."
Me: (Facepalm) "Just ...STOP!"

How many times these fools shoot themselves in the foot and crying "rivers in the desert" when they don't get what they want?
Wish they stop making excuses (like Smash bros and money) for portability & trying to mess with the natural order of exclusives (because they ain't happy) and take a damn hint already! Not every game will come to Switch.
SONY even states that the PERSONA IP is important to PlayStation. (If that doesn't spell it out for them that the spin-off of Shin Megami Tensei is staying on PlayStation then the earth is of serious need of purging the stupid ...Just kidding) It's really not hard to grasp, people just need to wise up and leave it be and ask what's going on with Shin Megami Tensei V. THAT'S WHAT THE FOOLS SHOULD BE ASKING ABOUT! Preferring one system is stupid in this day and age. (and the majority agrees)

The pathetic YouTubers and Twitter fake leakers should read this. You know the type, the YouTuber who make an exactly 9-11 minute video about a 1 minute subject stretched out and all of it consists of IMO or "it would be great". It'll always end with "what do you guys think!?". Then it gets replicated by another useless YouTuber person, who has no inside information, and the message boards where the fake information came from talk about the rumour being "legit" now that more people on YouTube or Twitter are talking about it.

Think about it for a moment. It's like Ouroboros.

Made up rumour PERSONA 5 IS COMING TO ANOTHER PLATFORM on a game forum.
YouTuber picks it up, dead air of 11 minutes repeating IN MY OPINION THIS WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE, with no actual insider knowledge of any kind or industry background.
Game forum repeats this as a "source" for the rumour now being real.
Twitter rumour person continues to be wrong but no one fact checks them because the next juicy fake information is replicating itself again

So now you have pedantic portbegging and fake news all rolled up into one obnoxious toxic tantrum mentality. And portbeggers will still insist they're not a cancer to video game discussion. I don't know why PERSONA 5 has made portbegging THE worst its ever been in video game culture but it is truly impossible to discuss PERSONA 5 without someone crying about no port on their platform, I am going to invoke it as Goldwin's law. Any discussion about PERSONA 5 will reach portbegging within the first 20 replies on Twitter/YouTube/Game forum, call it the Insolent Portbegging Law.