Persona 3 Reload Is the Result of Fan Surveys Says Atlus
So they do work sometimes.
Persona 3 Reload, the remake of PS2 classic Persona 3 releasing next month, is a direct response to fan surveys Atlus has conducted over the years. Speaking to Xbox Wire, producer Ryota Niitsuma said that Persona 3 was always the first response the studio received when fans were quizzed on what Persona game they would like to see remade.
As such, the Persona 5 Royal team took on the task when its schedule cleared as "the stars aligned" for a remake to be its next project. The studio then got to work on figuring out how to bring Persona 3 back, making sure to preserve the core of the RPG while taking advantage of new tech introduced in the long time since its launch.
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