Persona 5's Development Took Almost Ten Years, but Persona 6's Shouldn't
Early conceptual development onPersona 5began in 2008 following the release ofPersona 4, but the bulk of development began afterCatherine’s release in 2011. The engineCatherinewas built on ended up serving as the foundation forPersona 5’s custom engine, and thus the nextPersona’s unfortunately long-winded development began. Originally intended to release on the PS3, Atlus saw multiple circumstantial roadblocks that unintentionally extendedPersona 5’s development far longer than intended.Persona 5did eventually release in 2016 in Japan (2017 in the west), though not without development experiencing its fair share of hurdles....