SEGA Sammy released their Japanese Annual Integrated Report 2021 which gives numbers for franchises including the Persona series and the Megami Tensei series.
Sales numbers
These include things such as pachislot and pachinko machines, amusement machines, and toys. The report says that the Megami Tensei series has shifted over 17.7 million games along with merchandise over the past 35 years. These figures also include the free-to-play mobile game Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2.
The report also notes that the beloved Persona series has now sold 15 million games and merchandise over the past 25 years.
About Shin Megami Tensei
The first two titles in the series were published by Namco (now Bandai Namco), but have been almost always published by Atlus in Japan and North America since the release of Shin Megami Tensei. For Europe, Atlus publishes the games through third-party companies.
The series was originally based on Digital Devil Story, a science fiction novel series by Aya Nishitani. The series takes its name from the first book’s subtitle. Most Megami Tensei titles are stand-alone entries with their own stories and characters. Recurring elements include plot themes, a story shaped by the player’s choices, and the ability to fight using and often recruit creatures (demons, Personas) to aid the player in battle. Elements of philosophy, religion, occultism, and science fiction have all been incorporated into the series at different times.
About Persona
Persona previously known as Shin Megami Tensei: Persona outside of Japan, is a video game franchise developed and primarily published by Atlus, and owned by Sega.Focusing around a series of role-playing video games, Persona is a spin-off from Atlus’ Megami Tensei franchise.
The first entry in the series, Revelations: Persona,[b] was released in 1996 for the PlayStation. The series has seen several more games since, with the most recent main entry being 2019’s Persona 5 Royal.
Persona began as a spin-off based on the positively-received high school setting of Shin Megami Tensei If… (1994). Persona’s core features include a group of students as the main cast, a silent protagonist similar to the mainline Megami Tensei franchise, and combat using Personas.
