With almost 1.5 years’ worth of free updates and content additions, it stands out as one of the best third-person shooters and Warhammer titles available, either solo or with friends. If you prefer other less stressful co-op titles, there’s Astroneer for PS4 and PS5 and The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria (PS5 only) that offer some survival crafting fun.

EA Sports Madden NFL 26 on PS5 is for the sports fans, while Metal Eden may suit those looking for more fast-paced, first-person shooter action. If that wasn’t enough, PS4 and PS5 players can dive into Persona 5 Royal, which features new additions to the battle system, numerous quality of life improvements and an entire new story act over the original, complete with a new ending (with previous-gen players getting the Ultimate Edition).

Meanwhile, Premium subscribers get exclusive access to none other than Tekken: Dark Resurrection from the PSP era.

The developer has announced that as of today, March 5, the Persona series has sold a total of 22.6 million units worldwide across all platforms, including all mainline games and their many spinoffs and re-releases.

Of course, that number did receive a recent boost with Persona 3 Reload, which launch last month and sold 1 million units in its first week, becoming Atlus’ biggest launch to date. Atlus has also released a special trailer for the remake to celebrate the series’ latest sales milestone. Check it out below.

A significant portion of the series’ sales are also thanks to Persona 5 and its spinoffs, which have collectively sold over 10 million units to date.

Though Atlus has said that it doesn’t plan to release an expanded version of Persona 3 Reload similar to Persona 4 Golden or Persona 5 Royal, a recent datamining leak suggested that Persona 3 FES’ The Answer will nonetheless be added as DLC, which is something that a hidden easter egg in the remake seems to suggest as well. Meanwhile, leaks have claimed that Atlus is also working on a Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game.

As for what’s next for the series beyond that, if rumours are to be believed, Persona 6 is targeting a 2025 launch, and is going to be a semi-open world experience. Atlus’ parent company Sega has said it expects the game to sell 5 million units in its first year, so clearly, the company has high hopes for Persona.

The Persona 4 Golden Yasogami High School Costume Set allows changing their uniforms to that of Persona 4 Golden’s protagonists. Each costume set retails for 440 Yen. As for Persona sets, Persona 5 Royal Persona Set 1 offers the likes of Arsene, Captain Kidd, Zoro and more (including those belonging to Goro and Kasumi). Set 2 provides Satanael, Seiten Taisei, Mercurius and so on. Each set costs 880 Yen.

The Persona 4 Golden Persona Set is slightly cheaper at 550 Yen, granting access to Izanagi, Magatsu-Izanagi and Kaguya. Finally, you can change the background music with the Persona 5 Royal Background Music Set to tracks like Rivers in the Desert, Last Surprise and Takeover from Persona 5 Royal. Costing 550 Yen, there’s even an option to randomize which tracks play.

Persona 3 Reload will be available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and PC. Stay tuned for more details in the meantime.

Atlus has announced that the Persona 5 series has now sold over 10 million units worldwide across all platforms. That includes sales for Persona 5 itself, Persona 5 Royal, Persona 5 Strikers, Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight, and the recently released Persona 5 Tactica. As of June, prior to the latter’s launch, the series’ sales stood at 9 million units, so clearly it has enjoyed a healthy bump thanks to the tactics RPG’s release.

Currently, there’s no official word on whether Atlus has more Persona 5 spinoffs planned, though series fans do have Persona 3 Reload to look forward to, which is out for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC in February.

In a recent press release concerning the announcement of upcoming turn-based tactics title Persona 5 Tactica (spotted by Persona Central), Atlus confirmed that the Persona 5 series has now collectively sold over 9 million units worldwide. That includes the sales of Persona 5, Persona 5 Royal, Persona 5 Strikers, and Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight.

As of the end of 2022, the Persona 5 series’ sales stood at 8.3 million units, with the total franchise sales for Persona standing at 16.8 million units. While Atlus hasn’t provided an updated number for the franchise’s total sales, the fact that Persona 5 Royal has continued to sell well since it launched for additional platforms last year would suggest that that figure stands at close to 18 million units or thereabouts. That, in turn, would also suggest that the Persona 5 series accounts for roughly half of the entire franchise’s sales.

Persona 5 Tactica is set to launch on November 17 for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Meanwhile, Persona 3 Reload will release in early 2024.

More specifically, the recent remastered release of the JRPG on Nintendo Switch, Xbox consoles, PC, and PS5 is posting strong numbers. In November, Atlus announced that the remaster had sold a million units across all platforms, and in the time since then, it sold another 700,000, with total sales of the release standing at 1.7 million as of the end of March.

Sega did not provide an update on where the total sales for Persona 5 Royal and the Persona 5 series stand. During the quarter, the series as a whole sold 1.23 million units.

As of November, the franchise had sold over 16.8 million units worldwide, while the Persona 5 series’ total sales stood at 8.3 million units.

Alongside the trailer, Atlus has also discounted all three Persona games across various platforms. On PlayStation, Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden are available at a 20% discount, while Persona 5 Royal is available at a 30% discount.

Xbox players can pick up the Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden bundle at a 25% discount, and Persona 5 Royal on its own at a 30% discount. PC players will find the franchise discounted as part of the Steam Spring Sale, with Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden being available at 20% discounts each, and Persona 5 Royal available at a 35% discount. Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden can be picked up as a bundle for an additional 5% discount on the individual games’ prices.

Neither Sega nor Atlus have announced a new mainline game in the Persona series. The closest to a mainline Persona release was 2021’s Persona 5 Strikers, which acts as a direct sequel to Persona 5.

First released in March 2020 for PS4 before arriving last year for PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC and Nintendo Switch, Persona 5 Royal is an enhanced version of Persona 5. It includes two new Confidants, a new playable character in Kasumi, a new Palace and the Third Semester with new story quests, Mementos requests, and more.

There’s also the Thieves’ Den which players can decorate with statues and concept art while watching commercials, trailers, cutscenes, and more. This is in addition to numerous quality-of-life changes and improvements, including 60 FPS gameplay at 4K resolution on PS5. Check out our review here to learn more about the game.

As for what’s next in the series, a Persona 3 remake and Persona 6 are rumored to be “pretty far along” in development. Both titles will allegedly be revealed this Summer, so stay tuned.

Persona 5 Royal was first released in March 2020 for PS4 worldwide, with combined shipments and digital sales now over 3.3 million worldwide, according to the publisher. Furthermore, the entire Persona 5 series – which includes the original game, Persona 5 Royal, Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight, and Persona 5 Strikers – has crossed 8.3 million shipments and digital sales as of November 30th.

The Persona franchise has surpassed 16.8 million in shipments and digital sales, up from the previously reported 15.5 million sales. For more details on the game, head here. You can also read our review of the Nintendo Switch version here.

Elden Ring

It’s easy to dismiss Elden Ring as little more than open-world Dark Souls. But it takes the sheer freedom of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and packs it with weapons, Incantations, Sorceries, armor, enemies, mini-bosses, side quests, lore and quirky characters. Elden Ring is a dense experience that goes from one spectacle to the next.