mrmickfran
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Can our Atlus/SEGA threads be civil now? Instead of people wishing for companies to die/people lose their jobs
I said "probably" !
And I think 3-4 million copies is a reasonable expectation for Persona 5. I know 3 and 4 sold in the hundreds of thousands but it seems to me that the series is about to blow up with 5. I might be wrong of course but I believe Sega and Atlus are leaving a lot of money on the table.
Oh well, as long as I get to play the game sometime in 2017...
It won't even do half that.
Look, I love Persona. I was there Day 1 for Persona 4 back in 2008. But it's not going to hit 2 million, never mind 3-4. That's a completely unreasonable expectation.
For those saying more sales in Europe now... Have you noticed that deep silver suck at it? Marketing that is, what about them and no localisation then(FIGS)? The quality of their "CEs"?
Nah this isn't super great but better than nothing.
Hoping to be proven wrong.
Edit: also those millions numbers? What crack are you all smoking?
Deep Silver getting dat free money
The only thing I can think of is that the P5 deal comes with a long term commitment to ATLUS games, including small 3DS titles, and SEGA Europe wasn't down for that.
And SEGA Europe isn't a small time publisher, they are MASSIVELY successful with their PC games
Now all we need is a release date and dual audio.
For those saying more sales in Europe now... Have you noticed that deep silver suck at it? Marketing that is, what about them and no localisation then(FIGS)? The quality of their "CEs"?
Nah this isn't super great but better than nothing.
Hoping to be proven wrong.
Edit: also those millions numbers? What crack are you all smoking?
So how many months until Atlus burns their bridges with Deep Silver, like every other EU publisher? I guess at least Sega Europe can breathe a sight of relief and go back to localising nothing, they must have been pretty scared for a while there about having to release some products.
Still better than Sega Europe, who would maybe publish these games if they feel like it and then push them out with little to no marketing.
People that wanted to buy atlus games will buy them even with bad marketing, and it's not like previous ones had marketing with different publishers as well.
So it's going from nothing to plssibly bad in terms of ads here.
I'm giving it 2 good years at least. They're going to publish at least 3-4 titles, and more are implied, plus there's not many options left for now...
Deep Silver doing a lot of good things lately. MNo9 aside :Lol
Yeah, I own multiple copies of each of Persona games (and SMT) so I love the series, but expecting more then say 1.5 mil, maybe up to 2 mil lifetime if it does really well, that's just crazy talk.It won't even do half that.
Look, I love Persona. I was there Day 1 for Persona 4 back in 2008. But it's not going to hit 2 million, never mind 3-4. That's a completely unreasonable expectation.
Read the first sentence again.
And no, I'm not expecting that DS do more than just distribution.
Edit: a speedy localisation here would enable them to dick ride the hype from across the pond and are they still present at the bigger conventions?
What I find crazy is that Sega Corporation can't get its subsidiaries Atlus USA and Sega Europe to distribute a fairly big release for them in Europe. What's also crazy is that Sega couldn't get Atlus Japan to work with Atlus USA on localization during say last whole year of dev. That's also crazy. I just don't get the mentality.
Edit: I don't work in gaming but I do work in a large multinational Corp. Heads would roll if that kind of shit would be pulled.
Deep Silver is usually at gamescom, so maybe P5 will actually be there next month?
Sega Europe must be a fax machine in a broom closet that somehow also occasionally tweets "we have nothing to announce about the EU release of that title at this time" at this stage.
Sega Europe must be a fax machine in a broom closet that somehow also occasionally tweets "we have nothing to announce about the EU release of that title at this time" at this stage.
Yeah, I own multiple copies of each of Persona games (and SMT) so I love the series, but expecting more then say 1.5 mil, maybe up to 2 mil lifetime if it does really well, that's just crazy talk.
For sales expectations, it just depends. It has to hit just right. Frankly Spanish/Italian together will probably net only a few thousand copies (that Xillia thread is crazy). French/German is probably worth translating though.
What I find crazy is that Sega Corporation can't get its subsidiaries Atlus USA and Sega Europe to distribute a fairly big release for them in Europe. What's also crazy is that Sega couldn't get Atlus Japan to work with Atlus USA on localization during say last whole year of dev. That's also crazy. I just don't get the mentality.
Edit: I don't work in gaming but I do work in a large multinational Corp. Heads would roll if that kind of shit would be pulled.
Sega Europe must be a fax machine in a broom closet that somehow also occasionally tweets "we have nothing to announce about the EU release of that title at this time" at this stage.
Also, "We're looking into it.".
Untill I see product I don't see any cause for celebration.
i know its not their own games but do Deep Silver get some type of cut from publishing these Sega/Atlus games for EU only?
That would be the icing on the cake. Etrian Odyssey in german.Can we hope for multi 5?
I would seriously be chocked to play a Persona 5 in my language.
Even if they don't, I'm really happy about this news.