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eager to conquer a couple hundred floors of Tartarus. At least, that's what the sales figures forsuggest. Atlus announced earlier today that its gussied-up remake of the first modern-style Persona game has sold 1,000,000 copies across the world since its release on February 2, making it the fastest selling game in the company's history.
But despite the games being locked up on PlayStation island for so long, they've been building more and more momentum with every release. Persona 3—the original one—established the series' current model, Persona 4 gathered more fans for the cause, and it really feels like Persona 5 finally pushed the games over into something resembling mainstream popularity.
That momentum only built as those games came to non-PlayStation platforms in dribs and drabs over the last few years, and now it feels like Atlus is cashing in its accumulated chips with P3R's stonking performance., calling it"fabulous, engrossing, and ridiculously deep." By all accounts, it sounds like it's earned those sales. Sign up to get the best content of the week, and great gaming deals, as picked by the editors.