Persona 5 Is Finally Coming To Switch So Please Stop Going On About It
Persona 5 Royal is coming to Nintendo Switch this October. The fandom’s prayers have been answered and Atlus is finally bringing its beloved JRPG to the hybrid console with all of its downloadable content and more. Job done, now we can start asking for something else.
The mammoth game takes hundreds of hours to complete, so on the surface it is perfect for the Nintendo Switch, and don’t we know it. Ever since the hardware was first released we’ve seen Persona fans clamouring to have this game ported onto the system, and now we’re finally getting our wish after a very long wait. It’s landing this October, although it will likely come with a handful of visual and performance compromises like most ports these days.
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It’s also coming to PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on the same day - meaning that what was once a PlayStation exclusive will soon be available on every platform under the sun. Persona 5 has long taken over the world, but now it feels like that reputation has superseded itself to become something more. I will admit that the constant complaints of the game not being on Nintendo Switch were a bit obnoxious, and I didn’t see the appeal of a game you’d already put 100+ hours into coming to another platform as a good thing.
New fans will no doubt discover Persona for the first time through this port and that’s awesome, but they aren’t part of the thousands of people spamming social media timelines and live chats with requests to bring Atlus’ golden child to Nintendo’s console. These are people who have done their time, amassed all the social links, and seemingly just want a way to swoon over their waifus and husbandos in bed instead of on
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