'Persona 5' Update: Worldwide Release Brings Shipment Record to 1.5 Million
"Persona 5" developer Atlus announced that they have already shipped 1.5 million copies of the game just a couple of days after its worldwide release.
The said game had been released in September 2016 in Japan while its worldwide launch happened just last April 4. "Persona 5" is a role-playing, social simulation game that revolves around characters attending the fictional Shujin Academy.
These characters will later on realize the "Persona powers" they have and will be obliged to act on it and become vigilantes. Their main goal is to remove evil motives from people's hearts. They will also need to tackle supernatural beings that try to jeopardize their mission.
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Last April 6, or about two days since the worldwide release, the Japanese website of Atlus posted an official statement to announce that the game has sold an accumulative 1.5 million copies already.
The developer acknowledged that the game had already been patronized so well since the Japan launch. However, the shipment to other regions of the globe clearly made it possible for them to reach the said figure.
By the end of the statement, Atlus thanked all the gamers who supported "Persona 5," and in return, they promised to continuously work on expanding the franchise. The company also promised players that a concert will take place at the Yokohama Arena on August 2.
Meanwhile, just like other games, "Persona 5" has been the subject of many leaks and spoilers. Since the game is much of a story-driven type, that does not sit well with the developers. Although they probably want every player to explore and uncover the narrative, the widespread emergence of plot leaks and spoilers tend to tamper with that experience.
With that, Atlus was obliged to take action and sent a stern warning to players who keep on streaming plot spoilers without consideration to the many people still exploring the game.
"Simply put, we don't want the experience to be spoiled for people who haven't played the game. Our fans have waited years for the game to come out and we really want to make sure they can experience it fully as a totally new adventure," Atlus explained in a recent blog post on its website.
On the same blog post, Atlus set clear guidelines on what is okay to post about the game and what is not. And for players who not adhere to those, the developers have a warning: "If you decide to stream past 7/7 (I HIGHLY RECOMMEND NOT DOING THIS, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED), you do so at the risk of being issued a content ID claim or worse, a channel strike/account suspension."
