Deep Silver to Publish Persona 5 Europe Version, Along With Other SEGA/ATLUS Titles
We’ve been wondering for a while who was going to scoop up the Persona 5 Europe version after the NIS America / ATLUS split in Europe. Deep Silver have now just announced that they will be publishing Persona 5 in Europe, as part of a deal that will also include European/PAL publishing of other SEGA and ATLUS titles.
The publishing deal between Deep Silver, Sega, and Atlus covers both physical and digital games “, including the SEGA title 7th Dragon III Code: VFD, and the ATLUS titles Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, and the hotly anticipated Persona 5.”
“We are delighted to have signed this publishing partnership and look forward to using all our pan-European publishing network to maximize the potential of the ATLUS and SEGA games” said Dr. Klemens Kundratitz, CEO of Koch Media/Deep Silver.
”In entering this partnership with Deep Silver, I am truly delighted we will be able to release our titles in the European regions,” said Naoto Hiraoka, CEO, Atlus U.S.A., Inc., and senior vice president of Publishing, Sega of America, Inc. “Not only does the deal span multiple titles, but Deep Silver has a strong presence in European and PAL retailers. They have a strong passion for being able to deliver physical games to our fans in those territories, which we hold in high regard.”
It’s absolutely fantastic to finally, finally have some concrete news on Persona 5’s status in Europe. Now all of us over here can finally stop worrying about whether it will come out in Europe, and just get on with hotly anticipating the game!
Deep Silver have yet to announce a European release date for Persona 5, but now they’ve announced it we’ll hopefully hear more soon. Persona 5 will release on PlayStation 4 & PlayStation 3 on September 15th 2016 in Japan, and February 14th 2017 in North America. We hope to see Europe’s release around the same time as North America. Fingers crossed!
