Just when everyone thought that the release of Persona 5 Royal will be in February next year, thanks to leaked dates on the Indonesian and Taiwan PlayStation Store, Atlus came to set the record straight with their announcement that the western version of the game will instead be releasing on March 31, 2020.
The upcoming Royal edition will include a new playable character, a new area to explore as well as a new storyline, cutscenes, endings and more.
On their PlayStation blog post, Atlus stated there will be four editions of the game available for purchase, the standard Launch Edition as well as a Phantom Thieves Edition, as well as the digital Persona 5 Royal Ultimate and Deluxe Edition. Here’s what you can get with each Edition:
Phantom Thieves Edition, US$89.99
Official Joker Mask (comes with a stand)
Collector’s Box
Art Book
Soundtrack
Limited Edition Steelbook case
Dynamic PlayStation 4 Theme Code
Launch Edition, US$59.99
Limited Edition Steelbook Case
Dynamic PlayStation 4 Theme Code
Persona 5 Royal Ultimate Edition, US$99.99
Includes the game and all DLC bundles including 6 additional costume pack
Persona 5 Royal Deluxe Edition, US$69.99
Includes the game and the “Persona 5 Royal Kasumi Costume Bundle”
Persona 5 Royal DLC Bundles
- Kasumi Costume Bundle, US$14.99
- Battle Bundle, US$9.99
- Persona Bundle, US$9.99
- DLC Bundle, US$59.99
If the upcoming western release of Persona 5 Royal isn’t enough for you, there is still the musou action RPG Persona 5 Scramble which will be releasing on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
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