COMG!, a major retail chain in Japan, published sales data for Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers which recently released in Japan.
Persona not selling as expected
According to the retailer, Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers sold the best on PlayStation 4. PS4 version sales are double of those on Switch. In addition, the retailer added that Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers sold about 66% of what Persona 5 Royal sold in Japan. For reference, Persona 5 Royal had sold 201,000 copies in Japan.
While this might seem like an issue, a lot of people have not been realising it is not just a musou title. It is in a lot of ways a successor to Persona 5 Royal.
About Persona 5 Scramble
“Persona 5”, which has surpassed a total of 3.2 million copies worldwide, has emerged as a long-awaited action RPG for fans.
An original story about six months after the ending of “P5“! A mysterious mysterious incident occurred in various parts of Japan. Palace revived, distorted adult cognitive world?
The ghost band of hearts reunited during the summer vacation wears phantom clothes again and set out to solve a new case! In this work, not only the main character but also the members of the Phantom Thief can be directly operated! Ride through the city full of shadows in a dynamic action that makes full use of personas! Exciting and exhilarating stylish action RPG bombs set in various parts of Japan!
Persona 5 Scramble is crossover between Koei Tecmo’s hack and slash Dynasty Warriors series, and Atlus’s turn-based role-playing game Persona series. As a result, it features gameplay elements from both, such as the real-time action combat of the former with the turn-based Persona-battling aspect of the latter. The game is set six months after the events of Persona 5, and follows Joker and the rest of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts as they end up in a mysterious version of Tokyo filled with supernatural enemies.
