Persona 3 Reload has grow to be the fastest-selling sport in Atlus historical past with a couple of million copies bought in its first week.
This places the remake of the beloved PlayStation 2 sport above the likes of Persona 5 Royal (which IGN deemed a masterpiece) and its spin-offs, plus the Shin Megami Tensei sequence and extra. Persona 3 Reload additionally handed a million copies bought regardless of it being an Xbox Sport Cross title, that means subscribers did not want to purchase it in any respect.
Atlus’s father or mother firm Sega has had a powerful begin to 2024, with Persona 3 Reload’s a million gross sales joined by Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, which achieved the identical quantity after every week and have become the fastest-selling sport in franchise historical past.
Persona 3 Reload recreates the unique sport with new voice performing, up to date graphics, and extra type than ever earlier than, incomes it a 9/10 in IGN’s evaluate. “With a stellar visible overhaul and numerous small however impactful modifications, Persona 3 Reload tells a timeless story of tragedy and hope with sharp emotional sincerity,” we mentioned.
In contrast to Persona 5 Royal or Persona 4 Golden, nevertheless, Persona 3 Reload immediately recreates the unique Persona 3 so would not embody any content material added via its subsequent releases Persona 3 FES and Persona 3 Moveable.
Persona Staff manufacturing supervisor Kazuhisa Wada insisted followers should purchase Persona 3 Reload with confidence they will not have to improve quickly, nevertheless, as Atlus at present has no plans to launch an up to date model.
Far more than only a Sport of the Yr Version or comparable product, the likes of Persona 4 Golden and Persona 5 Royal added a good portion of story and gameplay to the bottom numbered titles a couple of years after launch, often extending the already immense function enjoying video games by 10 to twenty hours.
Persona 3 Reload arrived February 2 on PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Sequence X and S, and PC. A Nintendo Swap model hasn’t been introduced to this point, although Persona 3 Reload’s director Takuya Yamaguchi has mentioned it is not out of the query.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.