Rumor: Sega Is Working On Persona 3 Remake AND New Jet Set Radio
There’s a new rumor going around that Sega may have some major remake plans in the near future.
As reported by Gematsu, new footage has come up for both Persona 3 and a new Jet Set Radio. Sega has yet to confirm the existence of both projects, but they fall in line with prior rumors.
The Persona 3 footage dates from 2021 but surfaced only this month. Dataminers also found a new domain purchased this March 15, 2023. The domain name is p3re.jp, and it matches with an existing domain for a remake that did get released, p5r.jp for Personal 5 Royal.
The new Jet Set Radio was supposedly leaked three times in 2022. Sega supposedly accidentally let the word out on the new game via a 2022 survey. SegaBiits claimed they acquired the image of what is supposedly the new game in July 2022. Subsequently, Bloomberg reported that Sega was working on big budget reboots for Jet Set Radio as well as Crazy Taxi in April 2022.
A Persona 3 remake does seem to be the most likely project of the two. Sega has seen the massive success of the rerelease of Persona 5 Royal, and now recognize that there is a lot of money in remaking these classic games. In particular, they see the value in making the Persona games multiplatform instead of PlayStation exclusive. While it would seem ironic that PlayStation would still see a sizable number of those sales, the excitement mainly stems from the easier availability that a remake provides to these games. There are, of course, now bigger sales overall as the games are sold in more platforms.
It must be said that there is a version of Persona 3 that has already received a remake. Persona 3 Portable is available now on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S, and is based on the
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