>Devil Survivor / Etrian Odyssey remaster staff>SMT 4 / Raidou staff>Etrian Oddysey / SMT 5 staff>Tokyo Mirage Sessions / Soul Hackers 2 staff>Persona 5 Tactica staff>Persona 3~5 / Metaphor Refantazio / Digital Devil Saga / Catherine staffI'd imagine they'd want to leave it to the usual Persona staff but with the tone being different and Hirano seemingly wanting to try new things I wonder if they'd leave it to someone elseAs far as I'm aware the only leak so far is these two party members and that Cloverworks (the studio that did the Persona 5 anime) will handle the cutscenes this time instead of the usual Production I.G.
>>740542784>Devil Survivor / Etrian Odyssey remaster staffHopefully not this one so they can focus on a new Devil Survivor or Etrian Odyssey
>>740542915is there any hope left for that happening?
>>740542784The persona team, obviously. Only a handful of staff went to Studio Zero, but most of the staff that worked on P5 is still there at P-studio.
>>740542784>>Etrian Oddysey / SMT 5 staffI'd imagine it'll be them since that was just an expansion and not a whole new game like MetaphorI guess they could also leave it the the newly founded Persona studio but those are mostly just a bunch of new guys that entered the company after Persona 5 and big chunk of said the team is making Persona 4 remaster, there's the other part of the team that made Tactica or maybe another chunk of the team that we haven't seen yet since that sub-studio is apparently massive
>>740542915>on a new Devil SurvivorYou're dumb.Most likely that team is doing a Persona Q/Q2 port, then will move to EO4/5/N HD.
>>740543040No, but I can dream
>>740543165Isn't the P-Studio spread thin between finishing Metaphor not that long ago and Persona 4?
>>740543560Isn't a Q3 that includes Persona 1 and 2 likelier given how much they've been included in the collages lately and that they'll need to reveal something new in September due to the anniversary?
>>740542784P-Studio still exists, you know. Hashino switching and taking a couple people with him doesn't mean that most of the team isn't still there.
>>740543690P-Studio did not work on Metaphor. That was Studio Zero, the new one that Hashino put together. Also P6 has obviously been their main project this whole time. P3R and P4R were likely given to junior developers
>>740543690Nah keep in mind that Persona 5 released 3 years after the first vague teaser that told us nothing, so if this started development right after Metaphor, kept the same engine and will release in either 2028 or 2029 then that's natural development cyclehttps://youtu.be/2mZssK05WYo?si=L8WoRHr-NhG8IxOZ
>>740544287>Also P6 has obviously been their main project this whole timeDidn't Metaphor start development immediately after Persona 5:https://youtu.be/1e4vOxUIsRs https://youtu.be/Azw3yq6YinQAt that time they wouldn't have known the phenomenon and influx of employees they would get so unless Persona 6 started development after Metaphor I don't see it being Hoshino at least
>>740542784With Microsoft releasing this teaser I hope the Nintendo direct reveals a teaser for SMT 6, I need both to be revealed as early as possible since Atlus always take very long to develop their games I still remember the painful wait I had when SMT 5 and Persona 5 were revealed: https://youtu.be/pIIu_kcWXpA
>>740544071>Hashino switching and taking a couple people with him doesn't mean that most of the team isn't still thereBut wouldn't that mean that Persona 6's director would be an old employee that worked on Persona but hasn't actually directed anything before? I feel like Atlus themselves wouldn't mind a new director due to their culture and they're talented enough that it'd honestly trust a new director but wouldn't that be too risky for SEGA which is currently shitting their pants because multiple ventures of theirs failed miserably recently?
>>740546359If it's a new director I could see it being Atsushi Watanabe since he worked on every Persona since 2, Metaphor and directed the Persona 4 Golden PC port/remasterySo he'd be a new director but a reliable old fag so not as risky
>>740546686My guess is Daiki Itoh because he was the director on both Golden and Royal. Hashino knew he was gone after P5 and was likely preparing him by giving him Golden and Royal.
>>740546913That makes a lot of sense, he has more than the Persona remake guys, is part of P-Studio, been here since Nocturne, has experience as a director and that way he could have at least started pre-production during Metaphor's development and probably have the game ready for 2028
>>740542784Probably the Persona staff?Duh.
>>740545319atlus was virtually under liquidation during that era and apparently p6 has been in development since 2022. they won't make the same mistake they did here.
>>740548860So 6 year development cycle for 2028 then?
it being "day one on gamepass" makes me think it's maybe a year out. it's a weird level of commitment this early otherwise.2 or 3 years? xbox or gamepass might not even exist. something like that.
>>740542784Those look like Kubo's design
>>740550971The gal on the right yeah but the one on the left not reallyI think it's still Doi? According to this leak Mai Yoneyama is the character designer but that seems to be more for the cutscenes handled at CloverWorks rather than the game itself since this leak came from a CloverWorks pic
>>740542784>it only took them fucking 10 year to release a sequel.
>>740551293>I think it's still Doi?Doi hasn't done any design work for Persona since the PSP ports of 2. Soejima had two apprentices that are likely taking over (they already did heavy work in Tactica).
What is his type of girl?
>>740551512i dont have any desire to play as this character
>>740551565you will. you have a lot of time to conform.
>>740551512Foreign exchange student with a fat ass
>>740551669Did the leak say if he's the protagonist or just a party member?
>>740552060Protagonist.
As long as it is better than the temporary dip into almost DC/Marvel tier levels of bad writing from 5 and elevates itself back to form it will be fine.
>>740545319I find it hard to believe that P6 didn't start until after Metaphor, considering they're made by different studios. I'm no insider but if I had guess, full scale production started after Royal in 2019.>>740546913That's what I'd bet on. If that does end up being true, that gives credence to the theory that development really picked up around Royal's release.
>>740552296>back to form
>>740551512But that's a guy?
>>740552713Anon
>>740552871Yeah? He looks like a guy I mean you have a girl for reference on the right here >>740542784
>>740551682his canon girlfriend will be a pawg
>>740551512flat chested black girl with a huge muscular ass
>>740542784their hair and the "retro" filter of the teaser tells me this Persona will be different to older titles, they kinda look like 90s kids
>>740542784The blackhaired girl isn't the femc?
>>740553591No, there was never any indicator that she was a femc
>>740553591No just a party member>>740553513I see theories saying that it will go back to being rumor centric like 2 due to the butterfly in the teaser or that it will be more focused on occultism culture like the whole 2chan urban myth sharing but to find the target who'll you have to explore the heart of
>>740542784I bet the Director is the same guy put in charge of P5R's third semester arc. If so, then we're in for something truly great.
>>740551512lolis
>>740555028peak trash?
>they actually cancelled metaflops royal editonkwab
>>740555610Why is that the conclusion you arrive from all of this?
>>740551565and you had a desire to play as the P5 protag?
So identity theft is the focus right? Think rumors will come back?
>>740543690>Nobody responded with the correct info yetOkay so P4R is completely outsourced. It's being made by an outsourcing company called Tose and they were put to work sometime after P3R came out; P-Studio developed P3R alongside P6. They shifted full scale development onto P6 once they had gotten their "practice game" out of the way, which they decided they needed after P-Studio leadership left to make Metaphor. Metaphor was done completely by Studio 0 and Hashino had no hand in P6's development outside of answering questions whenever they required guidance.FYI this is why Persona 6 took so long to come out. It was team restructuring and the passing of the torch.
>>740558443>ToseSource? I've seen 0 mentions saying Tose are heading the project, everywhere I've seen says they're just assisting and that Persona 4 Revival are being headed by P-StudioThe company restructuring after the influx of employees part is true but it's far likeler that Persona 6 will also be done by P-Studio with the same director as Persona 5 Royale
>>740542784tranny game
>>740559204Why?
>>740559378Everything has to be
>>740542784So the themes are>Death>Identity theft>Defamation>Occult>Identity crisis>PhilemonAre transfer students supposed to be part of it too? Every protagonist is usually an outcast of sorts in the beginning and the blondie on the OP looks like he's a transfer student but I feel playing as a transfer student would alienate the Japanese audience a lot so I feel Atlus wouldn't do that
>>740559654But death was already the theme of P3
>>740560235Yeah but not people pretending to be a dead person nor the defamation of dead personThere are different ways to iterate on death as concept
>>740542915Hardcore DeSu fan here and I don't want a sequel or a remake. I have no faith in Nu-Atlus. It's going to be censored, woke, and gay.
>>740542784Right now between the teams shown in the trailer, the track record with Atlus, how 5 and the remakes fixed the Persona dungeons and this allegedly being in development since 2022 I'm honestly feeling quite hopeful for this oneMy biggest fear right now is the combat, I still don't get why Atlus doesn't imprement the mainline press turn system into Persona, but even then I'm afraid they might simplify the combat even further for 6
>>740551512>bowlcut>femme eyesLet me guess, this is going to be the one where they give us the option to be gay again. It's always with disgusting femme characters.
Collegesisters... is it over for us?
>>740551512Why does he look so zesty?
>>740563863>againThere has never been a gay option though?>>740564082It never begun, I still find this insistence on wanting a college cast insane, I originally thought it was due to Eternal Punishment but it's really just people that never played the games just wanting to not feel bad about flapping to characters that aren't real people
>>740551512>this humiliation ritual all over againDo your thing voices38.
>>740564631>There has never been a gay option though?Lmaoooo
>>740564790I don't really care about crossdressing but femJoker is extremely hot.
>>740564631I'd fap to characters based in real people, actually is her the reason IF and the first two Personas don't get remakes?
>>740542784I like these two, I wonder if we'll have disguises like 5 or if they'll just be normal like the rest
>>740567042I hope they're normal, I'd like the disgusies to be a one-off thing so that the phantom thieves are unique
>>740542784I have faith in Atlus, I'm sure it'll work out.
>>740564631P2 was the last time a persona game had a bisexual MC
>>740568618I had somehow completely forgotten about this since I went with Maya just like everyone else, doesn't help that I was pissed off that he replaced Yukino since I love the Snow Queen quest from 1
>>740559654>>Death>>Identity theft>>Defamation>>Occult>>Identity crisis>>Philemonhow do people even identify these themes from the limited things that have been released
>>740542784if 4 is next year when the fuck is 6 gonna be
>>740569019>DeathHiganbana, graveyard>DefamationThe finger pointings, topical theme>Identity CrisisFace changing from foreigner, to japanese to man, headless statue>PhilemonAnniversary, butterflyDon't know about the rest
>>740543165This, also their teams are interlinked at Atlus. There's no "THE" Persona team. Tons of the Persona 4 people worked in Catherine
>>740559654>playing as a transfer student would alienate Japanese people a lot.THE SAME FUCKING PEOPLE WHO HAD PROTAGONISTS FOR ANIME!? 24/7 AS TRANSAFER STUDENTS, in 2000-2012-ish??? Someone get this stupid guy into a mental asylum before he pollutes the world with his crazy talk. P4 and P5 had transfer students back to back. "You suddenly moved to X place due to family issues, you re now a transfer student." Also the foreigner was always a romanceable character in a harem series and a lot of time if there was one, the main chick if not the best chick. (Anyone remember that one harem/romance shounen anime with the female overseas aristocrat love interest?) Almost all teenager-facing mystery manga also start with: you are a transfer student or you visited your old town with your family you haven't been to for ages or you are visiting a new haunt with your friends and something bad happens. Its a core to Japanese mystery story telling.
>>740569123Official announcement in 2028, release date in 2030
>>740555610There never was going to be one. Hashino knows he barely salvaged a profit for the game by making it a shameless shadow Persona, even though that's what he spent about six and a half of the last eight years trying not to do. Everyone at Sega knows they barely got away with it too, and they just want to put as many miles behind them as they can before people realize Metaphor was three midgets in a trenchcoat that fooled game critics and influencers.
>>740569123Leaker said september 2027
>>740569483The leak said that the planned release was September 2027, but considering Atlus' track record it will most likely get delayed to 2028
>>740569654I believe it because that means they had 8 fucking years to make the game (assuming they started after Royal), so they probably waited until it was basically done before revealing it.
>>740569347I meant transfer foreigner students should have been more specific
>>740569721That seems to be how Atlus is operating now. Teasers prior to 2020 aside, Atlus has been on a pretty set schedule of revealing a game and then getting it out in a year or so after the reveal. Metaphor was fully revealed and out about a year later. P3R was revealed and was out a year later. P4R was teased and was out about 2 years later. P6 will probably be 2 years with a full reveal possibly end of this year.
>>740569791There's zero issue in Japanese culture with this, only a Chinese would think this is a problem.
>People wanted FeMC>Leaks confirm Male MC only>People wanted it set outside of Japan>Xbox blurb confirms Modern Japan>People wanted no High School>Xbox blurb confirms school lifeGET FUCKED
>>740570142which people? the ones in your head? the ones in resetera chatrooms? Persona devs are 4channers2ch users by the way.
>>740542784>>Persona 3~5 / Metaphor Refantazio / Digital Devil Saga / Catherine staffIt's this one.Why do you think "P-studio" is a thing? They're the PERSONA STUDIO!
>>740570270The heads of that staff created studio Zero to make Metaphor meaning they aren't part of P-Studio and Persona 6 started development during Metaphor so it's unlikely it's themP6 is most likely going to be made by P5 Royal's staff which OP didn't include for whatever resson>>740569967Which country do you think the protagonist is from, France? Maybe US due to Lovecraft
>>740570427French 100%, or a meme of "Quebecian who decided to fuck off to Japan." Both would make sense and be funny.
>>740542784bro how the fuck is it just a logohalf the people alive today will probably be dead by the time this fucking game comes out
>>740543690remakes are always outsourced to pajeets, that's why they always suck. they're soulless cash grabs anon. imagine thinking the main studios are making them LMAO
>>740570630Fatlus might be fat but they don't tease something they aren't going to work 2-4 years max in as a release to the market. Have they ever been later than 4 years to releasing something?
>>740570216notthatanon, but on instagram reels and youtubeshorts, there are a lot of weird secondaries brimming with weird fake fan energy decrying the game as having characters that are too young and shouldnt be in highschool. I assume a lot of the gay side of the normienet has people like thisculture warriors who fight on behalf of subversion and faggotry just for the sake of doing so. Persona especially has this problem. Sonic and pokemon do too to a lesser extent. Something about Persona having attractive highschool characters draws out these western self-hating virtuesignalers. They expose themselves as they lash out.>methinks thou dost protest too much>>740570142something doesnt add up with those people. Why engage with Persona if they claim to hate everything about it? It reminds me of the comic where the kid who hates anime and nerds passes up facebook and reddit to settle down in 4chan then is baffled he hates everyone here. >I hate beautiful anime girls, heterosexuality, and high school. Which game series should I play?
>>740570795I mean Atlus used to make whole-ass games in under 2 years, forget counting from when they tease something. Persona 3 came out in 2006 and persona 4 came out in 2008 for christ's sake. We don't live in that world anymore, because if we did it wouldn't have taken 15 years for a persona game to come out after p5
>>740570758Anon you can literally look up the credits, Persona 3 Reloaded was made by newbies from Atlus, presumably 4 is the same: https://www.mobygames.com/game/216878/persona-3-reload/credits/playstation-5/?autoplatform=true
>>740570795Didn't Soul Hackers 2 release a year after it was announced?
>>740571239so it wasn't the main dev team like i said? thanks for verifying and confirming my point
>>740571239Reload's staff got pulled off to work on P6, so episode Aigis was largely outsourced, with P4R predicted to be largely outsourced as well (although not to overseas like that other anon said, but to a JP company, Tose)
>>740571515Isn't Tose a japese studio that does programming support? Also it's been confirmed already that they're working on Persona 4 so it isn't speculation anymore >>740571454It includes the credits for the main studio and all of the substudios except Tose but allegedly all they did was additional programming and nothing else, considering all the other substudios where they did individually credit each employee it doesn't seem like Tose could have done much
>>740570579Disgusting.
>>740571156it was easier to make a game back in those days with a company these days you require a lot more effort to put together a game with full quality, times are tough.
>>740542784>>740551512I feel the design is good but he looks worse than all prior Persona protagonists
>>740568618I still don't understand why they gave us one in 2 but won't give us one again when fans have been begging for it for years
>>740551512Futa
>>740575989Different writers, I don't think the directors particularly care about gay romance but would allow it if a writer came up with one but none has since 2
When a nigger insists P-Studio made Metaphor it really makes me want to kill a nigger for real IRL.
>>740576460why that's so minor
>>740576508Because it's the type of information even a retarded swamp dwelling mongoloid would know. So I know the OP is just acting like they don't know.
>>740576591but op didn't say that, >>740543690 did
>>740542784I hope Persona 6 doesn't look as ugly as Reload and Revival
