Take a deep breath. Ok. Ready? Persona 5 has a release date in the Americas. The Phantom Thieves are coming to take your heart on Feb. 14, 2017. Exhale.
And because this is basically the biggest title in ATLUS’ history, we HAD to go all out and do one of our renowned special editions. Exclusive to the PlayStation 4 version of the game, the Persona 5 “Take Your Heart” Premium Edition is going to arrive in a massive, collectible box, and will contain the following:
- Soundtrack CD: A selection of music from Persona 5 by legendary series composer, Shoji Meguro, in a CD sleeve featuring special P5 artwork.
- 4” Morgana plush: Morgana the Phantom Thieves’ cat is not just the mascot of the Phantom Thieves, but also a member – and also not just a cat! The premium edition includes an exclusive 4” plush of Morgana.
- 64-page hardcover art book: This art book is full of concept sketches, character art, and more by character designer Shigenori Soejima.
- SteelBook: As strong as a vault, the game disc for the PS4 will come specially packaged in a SteelBook collectible case, emblazoned with Persona 5 designs.
- School bag: Designed after the traditional school bags in Japan, the exclusive replica bag comes complete with the Shujin Academy crest.
The Persona 5 “Take Your Heart” Premium Edition will be available for $89.99!
For those just interested in the PlayStation 4 version of the game, we’re releasing Persona 5 in a special SteelBook® Launch Edition! All pre-orders and a very limited number of launch copies will come in an official, collectible SteelBook case, adorned with glorious Persona 5 art (identical to the one in the “Take Your Heart” Premium Edition). It’ll be $59.99 at launch! Just a reminder, this will be exclusive to the PS4 version.
And for all the rumor-mongers out there, I’m just going to go ahead and confirm this here and now. (What better place than PlayStation.Blog?) Persona 5 is 100 percent still coming out on PlayStation 3. And at launch, it’ll be $49.99 and come in a regular game case.
Now, even after all that, if you still are thinking: “Why 2017!? You promised us 2015, and then 2016! Now it’s 2017?!!!?!” Well, the biggest factor in the 2017 release date is attention to detail. When we show off Persona 5 at E3 next week (Next week!), I think you’ll understand what we mean. We’re making sure every bit is in place. Persona has exponentially grown as a franchise, and considering that this is our first numbered sequel since 2008, ATLUS is taking its time to ensure this is the best possible experience.
I know the wait is agonizing, but I hope you’ll look forward to all the amazing news when Persona 5 infiltrates E3 next week!
Persona 5 and horizon on february 2017, my poor wallet. Oh well I’ll preordered “Take Your Heart” edition for sure :)
Thank you Atlus for the great news and I am eagerly awaiting February 17th. Even though I wanted it sooner, I am glad that you took the time to make it the best game it can be. Will there be any benefits for buying the game on the Playstation Network Store?
Sigh.. No Japanese voice over again? Well, I am certain this game will get localized to Chinese and they always keep the original voice over.
In the past Atlus USA has said that they have absolute faith in their English dubs.
This is actually true. In fact, they have more faith in them than original developers do in the Japanese actors.
Think about, with each Persona game new characters are voiced by different actors, and no actors are shared between characters. That is in Japan, at least. This is because developers don’t have enough faith in actors to give them more than one role. The actors are unreliable.
But in West, they keep using same actors for different characters in series, sometimes even in the same game! Clearly the western voice actors are more reliable, and it’s easier to keep re-using them than getting new talent that’d be arguably cheaper!
In fact, the Japanese voice actors are so unreliable that simply including their work in western version would put it at risk. Atlus is only being sensible by giving us English dubs that feature same actors over and over again.
Darn, I thought it was going to launch in 2016… At least I’ll have FFXV to wait till 2017 :( I can’t wait to play Persona!!!
While I am also upset about the lack of dual audio, I’m still really looking forward to this. Hopefully something will change concerning that in th 9 months we have to wait. Also, a question: out of curiosity, will the MC we play as actually speak this time? Like something similar to what Tales of Xillia 2 did, where you could pick an option and actually hear the MC say it.
Any chance of this coming to Vita like P4 did?
I don’t really have time to sit and devote time to console games these days, but I can usually find time to whip out a handheld on breaks and stuff. Probably won’t pick this up if it’s console exclusive, unfortunately :/
i just hope the EU release isnt that far behind the US one.
question: who was the one who decided valentines day? cause whoever it was has a good sense of humour :P
also idea: for 2 possible themes 1: dynamic velvet room considering the velvet room plays a huge part in the entire persona franchise. and 2: dynamic hangout of the main group.
also john good work so far with being the voice of atlus on here :P considering a number of people here are doing nothing more than insulting atlus and complaining
I definitely second a Velvet Room dynamic theme. That would be amazing.