Persona 5 Royal Owners Will Have to Pay Full Price for PS5 Upgrade

gamerant.com:

Upon its release in 2016, Persona 5 became the bestselling game in the series, launching it to the top of many Game of the Year lists, and, as with Persona 4, a few years after launch the game received an ultimate edition with bonus content. Persona 5 Royal introduced a new party member called Kasumi, an explorable Kichijoji commercial district, new items, weapons, and two additional endings, among many other changes.

Unfortunately for players of the original game, there was no direct way to upgrade editions for a discounted price, forcing fans to shell out the full $59.99/£49.99 for a few more hours of Persona 5 content. Now, with an updated PS5 version of the game scheduled to release in October, it seems that ATLUS and Sony are heading down a similar path.

Persona 5: What The Tarot Cards Reveal About The Phantom Thieves

In a FAQ on the Persona Channel website, the developers state that there is no way for owners of the PS4 version of Persona 5 Royal to upgrade their game to PlayStation 5, meaning that players will have to pay full price for the remastered version of the game. It’s worth noting that owners of Persona 5 on the seventh generation of consoles didn’t receive a discounted upgrade to PS4; therefore, with Persona 5 Remastered,PlayStation 5 owners who first bought the game on PS3 will have paid full price for the game four times had they upgraded with each new release.

Given that fans have yet to see any Persona 5 Royal Remastered gameplay, it’s difficult to know whether the price will be worth paying. Nevertheless, Persona 5 first launched as a PlayStation-exclusive title, and it’s immensely disappointing that Sony isn’t offering fans any upgrades, while Microsoft, on the other hand, dominates the