
Shin Megami Tensei V Sales Top 800,000 Units - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 January 2022 / 3,309 ViewsAtlus in an article posted by Famitsu featuring 60 developers celebrating the New Year revealed Shin Megami Tensei V has sold over 800,000 units on the Nintendo Switch since it released in November.
"In November 2021, Shin Megami Tensei V, which was released worldwide at the same time, made a good start with a cumulative total of over 800,000 copies," reads a message from Atlus translated into English. "Thank you for your support and patronage.
"In 2022, the remastered version of [Persona 4 Arena Ultimax will release] in March, the Nintendo Switch version of 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim April, and even more surprises.
"We are also preparing an unreleased new work. In addition, the 25th anniversary of Persona, which has been developed since last year, will enter the next new phase. Please look forward to it!"
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SMTIV on 3DS sold 600k in 2 years. So this selling 800K in 2 months is a HUGE win for Atlus. Making the game more open and on Switch helped a lot and SMT III a few months prior.
Hopefully it can make it past 1 million. It deserves it.
Given that both Fitness Boxings did it, I don't think it will be too long.
It should definitely be able to do so.
Not bad sales, but I think this game deserves much more considering all good feedback. I will be playing it next january 6th
Have you played it on Switch? Constant loading screens, low resolution, bad frame rate, blurry visuals. The game itself might be ok, but the Switch hardware ruins it.
Insanely great sales for this series. SMTIV on 3DS sold 200K less in 2 years.
I've had this since launch and still haven't checked it, far too many games, I cant keep up.
now i get, but the game backlog is a problem
Very happy for them. Loving the trend of JRPGs upping the production scale and being paid back with a much larger western audience (Yokai where are you!?). This game looks great, I'm still gonna wait a bit to see if there's a ps4 version coming. The resolution+frame rate look a bit rough but otherwise they done an amazing job making use of UE4 on Switch
Very impressive. Gonna play it soon.
Is the story good?
You don't play SMT for story. It's the world-building and themes.
Short answer: No
Long answer: No, but if you want to experience the gameplay you can check Persona, it has inherited most of SMT core mechanics but also have compelling story and characters
Press Turn?
Plus fusing deamons/personas to create another deamons/personas. The process of acquiring new monsters is also quite similar, although SMT has more depth