Persona 5 Royal Launches in the West on March 31, 2020

Persona 5 Royal Launches in the West on March 31, 2020 - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 December 2019 / 1,668 Views

Publisher Atlus announced Persona 5 Royal will launch for PlayStation 4 on March 31, 2020 in North America and Europe.

View the release date reveal trailer below:


Here is the list of different editions of the game:

  • The Launch Edition is priced at $59.99 and includes a SteelBook case and PlayStation 4 dynamic theme download. Pre-orders for the standard digital edition will also include the theme. 
  • The Phantom Thieves Edition is priced at $89.99 and includes a Joker mask with stand, SteelBook case, soundtrack on CD, collector's box, art book, and the PlayStation 4 theme.
  • The digital Deluxe Edition will cost $69.99 and include the Kasumi Costume Bundle DLC.
  • The digital Ultimate Edition will cost $99.99 and include the Persona 5 Royal DLC Pack. The DLC Pack includes the the costume, battle, and persona DLC found in the Kasumi Costume Bundle, the Battle Bundle, the Persona Bundle, and 6 extra costumes. 
The following DLC can be purchased separately as well:
  • Kasumi Costume Bundle – $14.99
  • Battle Bundle – $9.99
  • Persona Bundle – $9.99
  • DLC Bundle – $59.99
Here is an overview of the game:

Prepare for an all-new RPG experience in Persona 5 Royal, based in the universe of the award-winning series, Persona! Don the mask of Joker and join the Phantom Thieves of Hearts. Break free from the chains of modern society and stage grand heists to infiltrate the minds of the corrupt and make them change their ways!

Persona 5 Royal is packed with new characters, confidants, story depth, new locations to explore, and a new grappling hook mechanic for stealthy access to new areas. With a new semester at Shujin Academy, get ready to strengthen your abilities in the multiverse and in your daily life.

Persona 5 Royal presents a unique visual style and award nominated composer Shoji Meguro returns with an all-new soundtrack. Explore Tokyo, unlock new personas, customize your own personal thieves den, discover a never-before-seen story arc, cutscenes, alternate endings, and more!

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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10 Comments

Liquid_faction
Liquid_faction (on 03 December 2019)

I bought the game full priced the first time around.... and I'll do it again!!!

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Cerebralbore101
Cerebralbore101 (on 03 December 2019)

I'm pretty surprised that there's not a Switch or PC version of this yet. Great game though!

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Rafie
Rafie (on 04 December 2019)

Why are you surprised? There has never been a mainline Persona game anywhere, but PlayStation. Switch is getting the original mainline game Shin Megami Tensei V. Hopefully there's news on that soon.

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Cerebralbore101
Cerebralbore101 (on 04 December 2019)

Switch is kind of the successor to the Vita/PSP in a lot of ways. Atlus always puts Persona on a handheld eventually, so I figured it would be the Switch. As far as PC goes, Sega has been throwing all their stuff on PC these last few years. But anyway I'm kind of glad it's not on PC. Just surprised that it wasn't ported over already like so many other JRPGs.

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Rafie
Rafie (on 04 December 2019)

You know what...I didn't look at it like that. The Switch definitely fits in the realm of a successor to Vita, yet is powerful enough for home consoling. You also have a point with the PC version. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised at a Switch announcement of a Persona game (not Scramble) and of the Yakuza series coming to Switch. If Xbox got it, why not Switch?!

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Cerebralbore101
Cerebralbore101 (on 04 December 2019)

Yakuza finally came to Xbox? Which game?

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Rafie
Rafie (on 04 December 2019)

The first 3 Yakuza games. Starting with Kiwami. All Kingdom Hearts games are going to Xbox as well. They should have announced a Switch version for them as well.

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Cerebralbore101
Cerebralbore101 (on 04 December 2019)

I wonder who finally woke up to putting those games on Xbox. Sega, or MS? My money's on Sega. MS is blind to pretty much anything coming out of Japan.

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Rafie
Rafie (on 04 December 2019)

To be honest, I think it was MS. They are desperately (not meaning this in a negative stance) trying to get more Japanese titles on their platform. They have fans there that appreciate the Japanese titles that may or may not want to opt getting another console. Phil's trip to Japan this time around was fruitful. He was able to negotiate getting those titles on Xbox. Sega probably would have kept them just on PlayStation.

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Cerebralbore101
Cerebralbore101 (on 04 December 2019)

MS might not be too bad off next gen then. There was a pretty big gap in the number of quality titles between Xbox and PS4 this gen. It was something like 20% to 30% more AAA games rated 8 and above on PS4. Half of that had to do with Sony's exclusives. The other half was MS not getting a lot of games that came to both PS4 and Steam.

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