Many franchises in gaming history have been dubbed “niche” for a large chunk of their life until something big happens. Usually, that ‘something big” is when that series makes a title so great that no one can deny how good it is, and suddenly everyone wants to play the franchise. A great example of this is Fire Emblem from Nintendo. The game only did well in Japan for a long time to the extent that Fire Emblem Awakening was the “last shot” to make the series beloved by all. Thankfully, that worked, and the franchise is massive to this day. Another franchise that this applies to is Persona. It was initially just a spinoff of Shin Megami Tensei that some people played. Then, Persona 5 came out and changed everything, including how people looked at Persona 4 Golden and Persona 3 Portable.

Both of those titles were very much like what Persona 5 did, just with a slightly different visual style and different plots. You can even get Persona 4 Golden on Steam if you want. But to those who want that game and Persona 3 Portable on consoles and PC, you had to wait. Because while the most recent Persona title is about to get its multiplatform debut this month, the previous two titles had a mystery around their release date. That is until Atlus unveiled that they’ll come out at the beginning of next year: