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Being delayed this long is a red flag
She's slipping away...
>>333086030
Nah, it's going to be released this year.
Only one problem though:PS4K exclusive :^)
>>333086030
Is anon just shitposting again or has this been confirmed?
>>333086407
>Wanting a gluttonous, slutty, Quarter-Irish, smoker
Pretty mad, familias. I ain't buying a PS4 anytime soon and I wanted to play this.
>>333086568
Considering I'm waiting for P5 to come out to buy a PS4, I honestly would not give a fuck.
>>333086698
Ann is perfect.
So when does Persona Magazine usually come out again?
Also my bets are on a release date coming at E3 or sooner, probably for July or August in Japan and 2017 for North America provided the VA Strike ends in the next 3 months.
>>333086698
Where are people getting the smoking bit from?
Her persona smoking?
Yosuke isn't a ninja nor a frog.
>>333087135
It's not regularized. It basically comes out a little after a major event. And I see America getting a release date at E3, but there's no way Atlus Japan will wait that long for a game coming out in summer. They need an advertising cycle.
>VA strike
It's only authorized, not happening. Besides, it never would've affected Atlus. The only game Atlus has ever made union is Catherine, and I doubt they'll go union for a long RPG. It'd be significantly cheaper, and they'd still be able to work with the same pool of usual talent with no problems. That means no Baker, but him going union has kept him out of weeb games for years now, so it barely changes anything.
>>333088413
*Going nonunion like usual would be cheaper
>yfw this game gets released on PS3, PS4 and PS5
>>333088413
Baker has a personal aversion to weeb games and wouldn't do them anymore even if he could. You'll never see him in anything more Japanese than Metal Gear.
>>333088609
Does he seriously dislike them? I thought it was just a matter of AAA paying better.
>>333088609
Who cares? I'm sick of that fags voice.
>being excited for fujoshit
>>333088609
This, he's allegdly a fucking tit nowadays.
>>333086030
Please no...
>>333088785
This isn't the FFXV thread.
>>333088785
>Persona
>Fujoshit
Pick one.
>>333086030
I don't understand. why has it taken an entire fucking decade to make persona 5--a low budget jrpg? I can't think of any game in dev hell this long that came out good
>>333086030
is this thing still coming out for the ps3?
i bet they regret even developing a ps3 version now
>>333089000
>>333089027
>Anne is the only girl in the party
>male MC
>not fujoshit
>>333089101
They only started work on it in 2011 and it was intended to come out in 2014. The extra two years are probably a result of the PS4 port and something blowing up.
>>333089101
Because it's clearly going to be a directionless shit game.
>>333089128
They could have released this on PS3 years ago and be nearly done on Persona 6 by now.
>>333086030
I don't really pay attention to Persona but is Winter 2014 really when the game was originally slated to come out?
>>333089101
>a decade
According to interviews they only started working on it in 2011-2012. Remember they made Catherine before that.
>>333089186
Rather than make 4 subpar waifus they decided to make one excellent waifu.
They must have fucked up something monumentally to delay it this long.
Either that or they were being deliberate assholes when they couldnt even release it winter 2015 even in Japan. How did they miscalculate that?
>>333086261
No, it just means that they announced it too early. If they had waited a year then this would just be the usual "AAA game comes out almost two years after it's released" that happens for everything except game series that are released yearly.
>>333089280
Yes
>>333089280
Yes. Then it was a vague 2015. Now it's Summer 2016 and we're in April with no release date and no news or substantive content for the past 7 months.
>>333089393
You are in denial. Lower your expectations son.
>>333086030
Delaying for the PS5 or PS4.5 whatever they called it.
>>333089401
>>333089432
What the fuck are they doing then? That's the kind of delay you'd expect from a Zelda game, not a low-budget RPG.
>>333089101
Probably being strong-armed into porting it to the PS4.
Hopefully the delay means that they're doing a good job porting it.
>>333089565
I guess dropping the PS3 exclusivity and working on a simultaneous PS4 version really fucked them hard. Keep in mind the only HD console game they have ever made is Catherine for the PS3/360.
>>333086030
>let my schoolfriend play persona 3 and 4 whenever he came over 5 years ago, he loves both games
>told him to get a ps3 2 years later because persona 5 is about to come out
>graduate HS
> 2 years later I see the regret in his eyes as persona 5 is coming out on ps4 as well
>>333089186
They probably have more party members that you find later on. Also there will probably be romance S. Links outside the party. Calm your tits m8.
>>333089565
>not a low-budget RPG
Weebs will be triggered.
>>333089476
I won't be lowering expectations until I know a release date. I can't think of anything else about it other than "when's this damn game coming out?"
>>333088596
>atlus will still stay true to releasing games on outdated hardware, because PS6 will be out by then
>>333089721
No they won't. Atlus has always been low budget to the point where they re-use models and assets from 20 year old games.
>>333089795
Is this really what happens when you don't shake his hand? I've never tried it.
>>333089186
2016 in the year of our lord
And people still think a waifu game will have one waifu in it.
I bet you think it's not going to have demon fusion either, since we haven't explicitly seen it.
>>333089904
As far as I know you can't turn her down, they shake hands without any prompt.
>>333088609
Has he said something, or is that an assumption? Full union actors are strictly forbidden from being in nonunion games. Pretty much the only Japanese union games you'll find are those by Square and Konami. It's why Crispin Freeman hasn't been in a JRPG in years and will only break the streak with Star Ocean 5. It's also why Mercer's been taking his old roles – he's ficore (union but able to work nonunion gigs, in exchange for giving up things like health benefits).
>>333089101
Dingo was a big part. Atlus isn't that big, so when Dingo fucked up DAN and forced P-Studio to basically remake the game from scratch, they had to divert a lot of key people to do it, which cost some of the development time.
>>333090018
Shit, who am I thinking that you can refuse to shake hands with? I know Yu has a bunch of dick choices that I've never bothered to try. Has anyone played Yu as an asshole?
>>333086261
This
Name a game that was delayed across a console generation and ended up being good
>>333090081
*Mercer's been taking Baker's old roles
With FFXV announced, they may be able to finally decide on a release date since that game is their biggest competition.R-right guys?
>>333090260
>Delayed across a console generation
>Announced after the PS4 came out
>>333090260
Blood Money was great.
>>333090469
That was the original rumor, that now Atlus knows about FF they'll plan their release date accordingly.
Currently praying for an E3 announcement, but I'm not expecting it.
>>333090726
Atlus doesn't give a shit about western events. We could get a North American release date at E3, or at the very least an English trailer, but no new information about the game or Japanese release date would ever be announced at E3.
>>333090864
Sony could force it out of them. Depends what other big highlights they have at their conference.
Hell, SEGA owns Atlus now, so they could make them do it.
>>333089027
You're kidding right? Persona 3 and 4 are notorious for that kind of shit.
>>333090864
Never say never, but it's not happening without Sony asking them to reveal something at E3. I still remember the first PSX showing a completely unedited version of the first TGS trailer, complete with Japanese website and not an English one.
>>333091098
Is P3 really? The only fujo bait I remember is Yu and Yosuke.
If we don't hear anything till mid April, expect it delayed till 2017.
FUCKING FATLUS GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER
>>333088413
What exactly are the rules for union and non-union? We know Naoto's original actress can't be credited because she doesn't want to get in trouble with the union but Bailey seems to dip in and out of union jobs all the time.
>>333090864
Unless it's aworldwide release
>>333086904
But it's going to be on the PS3
Remember when we invaded 2chan and 2ch last summer to demand a trailer that barely showed anything new? Good times.
>>333091389
Most Persona games come out a few months after they announce they release date. Now if we don't hear anything by July, I'll go for the 2017 angle, especially considering they'll need time to localize (probably).
>>333089221
I love these "PS4's port fault" conspiracy theorists.
>>333086030
2017 release for europe maybe
>>333092034
Hashino straight up said that's the cause of the latest delay. Not much of a conspirancy theory.
>>333092196
It'll be 2018 for europe if they're lucky.
>>333092390
Source?
>>333089186
>Anne is the only girl in the party
We still don't know the full cast. There's at least one person we know nothing about. In the TGS trailer there's a character that isn't given a face (they're wearing a fox mask).
>male MC
A male MC that, if P3 and P4 are any indication, will be drowning in Social Link pussy. Female party members in 3 were Mitsuru, Fuuko, Yukari, and Aigis (with eight male party members). Female party members in 4 were Naoto, Yukiko, and Chie (with four male party members).
>not fujoshit
It's not.
>>333092604
Pretty sure yusuke is the one in the fox mask.
>>333092604
>8 Male party members
>>333091548
That's because, at least for right now, Bailey isn't fully union. She's ficore like Mercer and a bunch of prolific Atlus actors like O'Brien are. There's basically three levels of unionization:
>Nonunion - Able to take any kind of work that you want, with absolutely no regulations. However, after working in three union gigs, you're forced to go ficore or full union, or else you can't be in anything union ever again.
>Union - Granted access to union gigs with no word factors. You also get union benefits like health care, but you're forced to pay dues, which is a couple thousand on top of a percentage of what you earned from union gigs that year. You are also strictly forbidden from being in anything nonunion without risk of some heavy penalties from the union of they find out.
>Ficore - The middle ground. You get to work both, but you give up health benefits. While you'd ordinarily be treated like a scab if you tried branching out into other acting venues like screen acting, producers are usually more understanding for full-time VOs. You still get some people in casting who hate working with ficore people because it requires more paperwork and hoops to jump through on their end.
I get the feeling Naoto's old actress was union, but she didn't usually work in games. That's what let her get away with the role for so long. Baker could do it if he wanted, but he's so prolific that the union would hear about it in no time. Considering how on top of his game he is right now, it could be career suicide.
The reason why Burch has been taking Bailey's old roles like in DAN and Zero Time Dilemma is strictly because of scheduling conflicts. She's even gone on record saying that she was crushed about not being able to come back as Rise.
>>333092604
>(they're wearing a fox mask
This guy? We already know who he is.
>>333088596
>gets bundled with The Last Guardian
The hero we need
>>333092960
Yeah, it's scheduling conflicts, but she's probably going to have nothing but scheduling conflicts from now on now that she's Female Troy Baker.
>>333092604
>Fox mask
Have you not been paying attention to much discussion or media? That's obviously Yusuke. You even see him summon his mask in the latest TGS trailer.
The only unknown is the extra head running down the pyramid with everyone else.
They will delay it again to 2017 in order to release it with a TV anime for it.
Spring 2017 incoming
the last delay killed any hype I had.
>>333093314
Well then you aren't going in with any expectations and will like it even more.
Or you'll be back to full hype once there's a new trailer.
>>333092849
MC, dude who dies, the dog, the kid, Akihiko, and Junpei. My bad. Six male party members. Where the fuck did I get the other two?
>>333093148
I didn't to say it, but yeah, pretty much. I see her going full union in the next 3–4 years. I doubt she'll be like Lowenthal, who deliberately stays ficore because he likes acting so much and because he's too prolific for unregulated pay rates to make a dent in his living.
>>333093102
>tfw I looked just like Katsuya before I got my hair cut last week.
Aren't Japanese supposed to be, like, efficient or something?
The fuck are they doing with all these games never coming out?
That can't be cheap.
You would think they would commit sudoku after missing their milestones and disappointing their senpais.
No honor left in this world.
>>333093469
>Or you'll be back to full hype once there's a new trailer.
Unless the ending of that trailer ends with news of another delay
>>333093569
Maybe you had Ikutsuki and Ryoji in your head?
>>333089027
>He doesn't know.
>>333093662
I was under the impression he isn't full union because he is paid in literal peanuts and needs all the work he can get.
Literal peanuts.
>>333086030
Was it really 3 years ago?
>>333093304
>Putting out an anime that spoils the game within its release period
I doubt even the promotional OVA will cover that much in the game itself.
>>333093671
Any pics anon? Did you get theside burns?
My hair generally goes into Tatsuya's bowl when it gets long enough
>>333093715
>Brand new trailer
>Looks awesome
>Ends with "Spring 2017"
The tears would never stop.
>>333093684
Japs are extremely inefficient in the videogame business these days. They have superior game design skills and philosophies but they are retarded in business and ona technical level.
>>333093864
Just imagine if it was actually cancelled or somethingnot that it'll happen but still
>>333093684
Nah, they're terribly inefficient. That's why they have 16 hour work days that equates to 4 hours of work.
>>333092535
His ass
What if they made Katherine instead
>>333093805
He's in a ton of stuff, especially when you branch out of games. He's just made enough of a name for himself that union producers still ask for him by name, even if he's ficore. I don't expect him to ever go full union, unless he has to deal with health issues for himself or Platt on really short notice.
>>333093862
No pics, but I nailed those sideburns, man. I'll need to remember to take some the next time I let my hair grow out, as proof.
>>333086407
>>333086905
>>333089337
>1/4th white, 3/4th nip gook
>Blonde hair, blue eyes
Holy fucking kek, my sides. Are Japs that delusional? Even if she was 3/4th white and 1/4th nip she'd have dark hair and probably chink eyes too.
>>333094028
I think the worst case scenario, they pull a Lily Bergamo, and do a completely different 5, while they work on "Persona 5 Versus"
Any chance they're delaying this long for a global release?
>>333094203
I'll be waiting for that day anon, I'll keep posting Katsuya to signal you.
Don't forget to get /fit/ and max your Strength for authenticity.
>>333094441
I don't think Atlus would ever do that.
>>333094441
That is a possibility. We know the initial delay was because they added a PS4 version.
>>333094441
Atlus still prioritizes the Japanese sales, even if the west is increasingly the bigger part of the overall sales. I think they're starting to realize they need to target the Western markets better, but they're still really slow going.
>>333094648
Didn't they say it was specifically to add more content and polish?
>>333094390
You do realize everyone in anime/jap games is white anyway, right?
They sure as hell don't look like gooks.
>>333094390
There are some rare cases of recessive genes like blonde hair blue eyes winning over dominant gook genes. It's not impossible, but it is like a 1/100,000 thing.
>but they are retarded in business and ona technical level.
this
that's the reason you see westerns being CEOs of nip companies
>>333094793
First delay was when they announced a PS4 version. Second delay was when they said they were adding stuff and polishing the game up.
Also don't be surprised if the PS3 version doesn't survive the dev process.
>>333094887
Look up mukokuseki.
>>333094397
>lily bergamo
i am still upset
>>333095305
At least it seems like Grasshopper's let its killer die.
>>333095305
What the fuck even happened there? That's beyond Overstrike/Fuse levels of fuckery.
>tfw it's now being published by Sega instead of Atlus USA
>no more godawful dub because most Sega games get dual-audio
>2 year delay because of a PS4 port
>Persona 5 will be released for the PS5
it's like pottery
>>333095305
Did that thing even released? I think it died
>>333095846
>Atlus USA can get a good dub for DDS and Catherine
>But not for their flagship series
Why can't this game come out so I can quit gaming already. Nothing will ever top it tbqh
They are delaying it until the PS4K is released
>>333095589
>>333095932
you two must be the soul of the parties you go to anon.
>>333095673
Not even sure honestly. Let it die just doesn't seem like a game Suda would put out. I am sure GungHo scrapped lily bergamo for let it die.
>>333096138
It will probably just be a slight upgrade to Persona 4, you know.
>>333096138what if it's bad
>>333096138
the same thing was said about MGSV
calm down
>>333094390
its just so they can retain some pride. also asians have no fucking variance so its pretty boring.
>>333096138
FF XV will be better
>>333095846
>implying
Sega came out and said that they aren't going to interfere with Atlus USA and that all the move does is put Sega America as the publisher instead of Atlus USA. So don't get your hopes up.
>>333095673
It's so different i don't even know why they said it came from Bergamo. Lily was like a teaser, just let it stay like that, and maybe 5 years from now, if you're into it, do that.
Insider here I've worked on some of the localization stuff, they're delaying it to add more diversity to the cast, a black female character and a trans character
>>333096465
Better at what? Not being a jrpg?
>>333094887
>spikey hair of impossible color
>glass marble eyes
>looks white
You're also delusional
Might be a long shot, but does anyone know the game of a Japanese-only game that basically did P4's menus years before it did? All I remember is that it was either for the PS1 or PS2.
>>333096465
I gave up FF while playing X. Fuck that series.
What exactly are the persona games like? Are there any other games it could be compared to?
I generally don't like "anime" games but the idea of playing as a teenager in japan and hanging out with your friends seems super comfy
>>333096649
It's a weak JRPG with some weak social sim elements.
>>333096649
Persona 1 and 2 are traditional JRPGs set in the modern day.
Persona 3, 4 and 5 are life sim/JRPG hybrids where you spend half your time living out life however you want, and half your time in dungeons doing JRPG combat and such. Time advances based on what you do and the games take place over a little under a year.
The core mechanic is the Persona system. Your attributes, elemental affinities, and skills you can use are determined by your equipped Persona, and you can fuse them together to make new Personas and carry over skills.
>>333096504
Thank g-d.
>>333096243
>>333094793
There is also the possibility that the all the trans media nonsense they have planned for the 20th anniversary is another reason for the delay.
Is Atlus japan releasing anything for spring 2016 ?
>>333090260
Resident Evil 4
>>333097525
>Is Atlus japan releasing anything for spring 2016 ?
Not that I'm aware of. FINAL came out two months ago. Persona 5 and Etrian Odyssey V are both set for Summer.
>>333097525
Nothing announced. Odin Sphere and IV Final already came out, and Etrian V is in August. Assuming that Japan still gets the game in summer and that Atlus doesn't want to compete with itself or with Square, that'd mean either June or July. Atlus announced P4 in April before launching it in July, so it's not unheard of.
Wheres that atlus usa guy who was here yesterday? Didnt know if real or fake but fuck it sounded believable.
>>333098259
What'd they say?
>>333098509
They were working on it, atlus japan has a persona stream coming out by early may at latest, well get an english release date at e3, sega is in talks for getting the contract/license to dual audio, and so on.
>>333099131
Probably preying on wishful thinking, but it does sound nice.
>>333097993
Seems like the P4 annoucement trailer was release in March for that July Launch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJt2ZnL9eTQ
July is looking pretty unlikely if they don't say something soon
>>333099819
Persona 5 won't be releasing Fall of 2016 because of Final Fantasy XV. So, even if it were to come out in Japan this summer, then the localization would be November/December 2016 at the earliest.
That being said I don't know what the holiday season looks like for 2016 releases so they might hold off till 2017.
>>333094390
Yeah man, they did some lazy research for this real-life documentary on japanese culture.
>>333086030
Sucks, but I think it'll be great.
>>333100130
You think atlus gives a fuck? They released p4g and p4 in november and december, when its all sales and marketing for big aaa games. If they want november its theirs. Its a month off from ff15 and more than enough
At least release some of the music already
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM5L9Zyk3UQ
>>333099131
I just looked up the thread.
> We do have some english translated trailers prepped for summer though.
The same company that prepared an E3 trailer for Etrian Untold 2 and never uploaded it to their official channel, despite commissioning VO specifically for it? The same company that accidentally uploaded the first two Persona Q character trailers with audio compressed for the 3DS and never corrected them? The same company that has John Hardin make all the videos? Unless they're planning to release worldwide this summer, which isn't happening if the English release date is only coming in June, then they don't have trailers ready.
>>333101559
mind linking the thread? I'm up for a nice big cup of bullshit
>>333102186
https://boards.fireden.net/v/thread/332976090/
>Mr Lowenthal is certainly a popular and well known actor, no doubt about that. He's easy to work with, very polite and always manages to have a versatile schedule.Even if I can vouch for the first two bullet points,what does "versatile schedule" even mean?
>>333102616
It means they can move him around if something comes up unlike Laura "I can't do DAN I got gears of war now" Bailey
>>333096206
Even a slightly better P4G would be great phenomenal.
>>333095934
I love how people praise the dub for Catherine when it's chock full of the VA's that have been in previous Persona games and knock the Persona VA's.
>>333105317
Performance is based on direction and treatment just as much as the actors themselves. It would seem that a union production in which people are dubbing over real-time, 3D scenes results in a better performance than a non-union production where they sit in a booth and read lines in one-take with minimal context.
>>333105317
I find it hilarious how he praises DDS dub, hell praising that shit game at all is a joke.
>>333105317
>>333105467
Characterization can have a lot to do with it too. Certain actors do better with certain types of characters.
