first released in 2016, which means the last time we saw something truly new out of the series was nearly a decade ago. Well, kind of – we’ve also had two Persona rhythm games (Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight and Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight), Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Persona 5 Strikers, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Persona 5 Tactica, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Persona 5 Royal, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Persona 3 Reload. But in terms of maiꦓnline games, it’s been a while.

Many expected the next game we’d see from Atlus after 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Metaphor: ReFantazio would be Persona 6, but it seems like we’ll be seeing🉐 a Perso🧜na 4 remake before that.

Does Persona 4 Even Need A Remake?

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For context, Persona 4 came out in 2008 for the PlayStation 2. Persona 4 Golden, an enhanced version of the game, was released for the PlayS🎐tation Vita in 2012 and later ported to every modern console under the sun alongside Persona 3 Portable.

You could easily argue that Persona 4 doesn’t need a remake. Sure, it launched nearly two decades ago, and Golden still has 2010s-era graphical fidelity, but it holds up pretty well. A remake would certainly interest people like me, who haven’t played it before and are used to Persona 5 Royal’s improved graphics and more experimental gamepღlay mechanics, but it’s not a necessity. I’m not sure anybody who plays Persona is really in it for graphics.

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The fact is that 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:remakes and remasters pay the bills. We might be tired of seeing them, but they’re easy money and a surefire way to get new players interested in an old game. Atlus isn’t as guilty of this as, say, , which 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:remasters games incessantly and unnecess⛦arily,ꦇ but it does still do this, alb🥂eit generally for older games.

Whether Persona 4 needs a remake isn’t really the right question – it’s whether we꧒ should be seeing one before we see something new.

Persona 6 Should Have Been The Priority

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Remakes make money, but so would a new Persona, and it’s been a long time since we’ve seen a proper one. It seems like a sure thing that there is a Persona game in the works, with 168澳ꦅ洲幸运5开奖网:an insider even pegging its release date to 2026.

If this turns out to be true, there will have be🔯en ten years between Persona 5 and 6, so I can understand why fans are so sour about it. Many hardcore fans have already played all these titles, even multiple times through their enhanced🐼 editions and repeat playthroughs to see everything they have to offer. How long can they be expected to wait between games, fed only remakes and remasters?

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Here lies another problem: Atlus is happy to creat⛦e better versions of its existing games and sell them to playe༺rs for more money. These better versions do have a lot of added content, to be 🌃fair – they often add characters, additional plot, even more gameplay mechanics. But why launch an enhanced version of a game so soon after its original and make it obsolete? These could be free updates, but the company chooses to charge full-price for it.

Which brings me back to the point, which is that Atlus is likely releasing a Persona 4 remake before Persona 6 because it’ll be more profitable to do so. In a perfect world, things wouldn’t be this way, but here we are,🐼 getting another reminder that even if a studio makes incredible games, it’s still gonna grab at your wallet whenever it can.

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Persona 4
Released
July 10, 2008
ESRB
💜 M for Mature: Alcohol Reference, Animated Blood, Language, Partial Nudity, Sexual Themes, Violence
Developer(s)
Atlus
Publisher(s)
Atlus
Engine
RenderWare
Franchise
Persona

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