Persona 3 Reload has develop into the fastest-selling sport in Atlus historical past with multiple million copies offered 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 offered regardless of it being an Xbox Game Move title, which 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 model than ever earlier than, incomes it a 9/10 in IGN’s evaluation. “With a stellar visible overhaul and numerous small however impactful adjustments, Persona 3 Reload tells a timeless story of tragedy and hope with sharp emotional sincerity,” we mentioned.
Not like Persona 5 Royal or Persona 4 Golden, nevertheless, Persona 3 Reload instantly recreates the unique Persona 3 so does not embody any content material added by way of its subsequent releases Persona 3 FES and Persona 3 Moveable.
Persona Crew manufacturing supervisor Kazuhisa Wada insisted followers can purchase Persona 3 Reload with confidence they will not have to improve quickly, nevertheless, as Atlus at the moment has no plans to launch an up to date model.
Far more than only a Game 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 just a few years after launch, normally extending the already immense position taking part in 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 Change 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 discuss The Witcher all day.