The Persona games have been around for awhile but they only really gained widespread popularity here with Persona 3 and Persona 4. These games have been popular enough to make Atlus a fairly loved company and allowed a game as strange as Catherine to actually sell really well. Remakes of each of them have come to the PSP, with P4 coming to the Vita later this year, and fan fervor over Persona 5 is rather intense.
I remember playing through Persona 4 first (thanks to the Endurance Run of the game found at Giant Bomb) and immediately wanting to track down 3. That was probably 2 years ago now and the only place I could manage to find a copy was on PlayAsia, paying way too much for shipping and having to wait almost three weeks to get it. It has been easier to find at various points in time but can still be pretty tricky to track down.
This is why I was so amazed at Atlus when they announced that Persona 3: FES would be releasing on the Playstation 3 store as a PS2 Classic download. I was even more amazed that the price would be only $10! For a game that amazing (and hard to track down), this is an amazing deal. While I stand by my assertion that Persona 3 Portable is a better game (even without all the running around town, the fact that you can control your whole party is way more crucial to enjoyment in that game), this is still a great way to get into the Persona series for a cheap price.
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