Persona 3 Reload has develop into the fastest-selling recreation in Atlus historical past with a couple of million copies bought in its first week.
This places the remake of the beloved PlayStation 2 recreation above the likes of Persona 5 Royal (which IGN deemed a masterpiece) and its spin-offs, plus the Shin Megami Tensei collection and extra. Persona 3 Reload additionally handed a million copies bought regardless of it being an Xbox Recreation Move title, which means subscribers did not want to purchase it in any respect.
Atlus’s dad or mum 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 per week and have become the fastest-selling recreation in franchise historical past.
Persona 3 Reload recreates the unique recreation with new voice appearing, up to date graphics, and extra model than ever earlier than, incomes it a 9/10 in IGN’s overview. “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, nonetheless, Persona 3 Reload instantly recreates the unique Persona 3 so does not embody any content material added by means of its subsequent releases Persona 3 FES and Persona 3 Moveable.
Persona Crew manufacturing supervisor Kazuhisa Wada insisted followers should purchase Persona 3 Reload with confidence they will not have to improve quickly, nonetheless, as Atlus presently has no plans to launch an up to date model.
Rather more than only a Recreation of the Yr Version or related 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, normally extending the already immense position 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 thus far, although Persona 3 Reload’s director Takuya Yamaguchi has mentioned it isn’t out of the query.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
