Announced alongside the latest PlayStation Plus title for May was the detail that the PlayStation Plus Collection--a lineup of 20 games that PS5 users can access so long as they have PS+--will be losing one of its games. In May, Persona 5 will be removed from the collection, with no official reason being given for its removal. However, so long as PlayStation Plus users claim the game prior to May 11th, they'll be able to keep it and still play it, so long as they have an active subscription.

The PS Plus Collection first kicked off in November 2020, to celebrate the launch of the PlayStation 5 and to celebrate its backward compatible capabilities. The other 19 titles will still continue to be available, even after the upcoming rebranding of PS Plus.

Persona 5 will leave the PS Plus Collection on May 11. Add the game to your game library before then to continue to access it while you have an active PlayStation Plus subscription.

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[the_randomizer]

As someone who played the original at launch... nah, I agree, It's just bad, and from what I've seen of Royal (as far as late September in-game), none of the major flaws have actually been addressed. They gave that one guy a proper social link, but I haven't seen any indication otherwise that things'll play out differently for him in any meaningful way, and the ridiculous editing to make the player party look dumber in favor of a dumb twist down the line is still there as well. The pacing's actually worse, with all the added minor side-content and the absurd number of days/nights you can't actually do anything for no reason in particular. Party members get even more gimmicks to negate any difficulty battles might've posed, and the grappling hook only exists to make a few exploration bits look flashier. The only 100% positive change is that the new Mementos music is less ear-grating then the original, which is still partially negated by the gimmicks with the robot kid encouraging the player to spend more time grinding there.

Persona 5 had a great soundtrack and good dungeon design, and including negotiations and extra elements again was a nice change as well. Everything else needed a lot of work, but Royal just gives it a couple minor touchups while piling on a bunch of extra baggage.

I still don't agree

 

[Plazorn]

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Announced alongside the latest PlayStation Plus title for May was the detail that the PlayStation Plus Collection--a lineup of 20 games that PS5 users can access so long as they have PS+--will be losing one of its games. In May, Persona 5 will be removed from the collection, with no official reason being given for its removal. However, so long as PlayStation Plus users claim the game prior to May 11th, they'll be able to keep it and still play it, so long as they have an active subscription.

The PS Plus Collection first kicked off in November 2020, to celebrate the launch of the PlayStation 5 and to celebrate its backward compatible capabilities. The other 19 titles will still continue to be available, even after the upcoming rebranding of PS Plus.



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Persona 5: Extra Golden

 

[McPringles]

At any rate, I don't really see this removal as anything noteworthy; May 12th marks 18 months since the launch of the PS5, so it's likely Atlus negotiated for a shorter deal than the other devs and publishers with their titles in the collection - in the short-term, especially in the US and EU, it was useful for marketing Persona 5 Strikers, but in the long term it'd only drive sales away from Royal. I suspect as November approaches we'll see more games getting phased out of the collection, and I'd be surprised if it lasts past November of next year at all.

 

[Davycrockof]

persona 5 is the best turn based jrpg i played since ps1 days, im dying to know what others think is better

 

[SugoiEndeavor]

persona 5 is the best turn based jrpg i played since ps1 days, im dying to know what others think is better

Just about any other turn based rpg is better lmao. Even within the Persona series, every other game is better than it lol.

 

[Sworly]

Hate to be that guy, but you can get the physical for like, $10; unlike the BS that Nintendo is pulling right now with the 3DS/Wii U eShop, it isn't hard to get a copy of P5 at all, although it sucks that PS is already pulling games off the table, especially with how much of a pain it still is to get a PS5.

 

[Xzi]

persona 5 is the best turn based jrpg i played since ps1 days, im dying to know what others think is better

I've only played two Persona games so far, but I'd say Persona 4 Golden is a fair bit better. Hoping the earlier entries all get Steam ports eventually.