Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Has Topped 500,000 Sales In Just Three Days

Would be interested to see the platform split. I'm assuming it's mostly Playstation and Steam but you never know!

Haven't personally double dipped (sort of) myself. Probably after a sale.

Well deserved!

Well-deserved. They made so many improvements to this version, and it runs so much more nicely on stronger hardware. It's easily my GOTY so far, although I'm open to Metaphor: ReFantazio impressing me as well. Banger year for Atlus!

@Nontendo_4DS All someone has to do is look at how many times they've re-released games on the same system over the years to know that's a lost battle. Nocturne technically got THREE different releases in Japan on the PS2, as I recall. Heck, even recently, Persona 5 enjoyed almost identical treatment to SMT with Persona 5 Royal. And, of course, there are four different versions of Persona 3, with two of them on the same console (technically also true for XSX/PS5 with Portable HD and Reload). This is a long-running trend with Atlus.

@Kimyonaakuma Japan weekly sales came out today and the Switch version was the highest selling game this week. If that pattern holds true in other markets it looks like it's about 50% Switch, 40-45% PS4+5, and some leftover for Xbox.

What a disgusting anti-consumer practice. A paid expansion would’ve made MUCH more sense, but as I still own the original game, and because now is virtually impossible to sell it bar for pennies — I find this new release a slap on the face to all Atlus’ customers. It’s no exaggeration that I cannot picture myself purchasing any more of their games.

@Nontendo_4DS
I doubt the bulk of the sales are on Switch by owners of the original release when we consider its sold in 3 days 62% of what the original sold in 50.

Yeah, good for them, but it sucks for me who bought the original edition day one and got shafted 'cause there's no upgrade path for early adopters. I arrived late to the party on P3, and bought the FES Edition, I got P4 first day, and many years later, a whole generation away came P4G, so that didn't bother me. P5 was worth the double dip for P5R, as I hadn't beaten P5 base to begin with... but yeah.

P3 FES, P4G, these I can forgive, you can't upgrade a DVDROM for a PS2. However, this is 2024. They have options to deliver the full experience to consumers AND to profit richly by it. However, as long as the SMT and Persona franchises continue to not do this, I'm done with them.

@SalvorHardin yeah I swear I saw the general break down someplace as PS 60, Switch 49, Xbox 11

I will likely buy original versions of Persona games as those tend to be better story-wise in my opinion, but I'm waiting for the inevitable second version of any other Atlus game from now on. TBH I'm not even sure why I jumped on SMT5 right away.

I too am one of those folks burned for the sin of supporting Atlus early. If ever I get Vengeance, it will be a heavily discounted used copy.

@Alesund, Atlus is now on my list of "wait for the inevitable GOTY/Gold/DLC included/Definitive" edition of every game, along with Capcom and Ubisoft

@Nontendo_4DS My point is the strategy has worked for them for decades. No reason they would stop now. Even if Vengeance flopped, it wouldn't make a difference.

Heck, even NDS/3DS owners were hit with expanded versions of both Devil Survivor games and Strange Journey.

The way people are acting like this is literally anything other than what should be expected of Atlus at this point is weird to me.

All the double-dipping and full price for DLC stuff aside, the actual game is incredible.
I was really into the original but this new version is just so much more enjoyable.

They’re different price points of course but how did ya’ll feel when you got Pokémon Red/Blue back in the day only for them to release Yellow one year later? This Vengeance upgrade at least released a few years after. The jump from red/blue to yellow was ~1 year

@Nontendo_4DS My thoughts exactly. Atlus is never going to stop their re-releasing strategy. I've learned to never buy Atlus games until they've been out for 2-3 years.

I'll buy the game used instead.

atlas games come down in price in a few months even at best buy unicorn overlord is selling for $39:99 this week.

Regardless of not being able to buy just the extra added stuff on the original, this is still well deserved.

Cyberpunk JRPG goodness.