The recent launch of Persona 3 Reload on Steam marks a significant achievement for Atlus and Sega’s beloved JRPG series on the PC gaming platform. By optimizing the description with SEO in mind, we can enhance its visibility and reach a broader audience. Here’s the revised version: “Discover the groundbreaking milestone as Persona 3 Reload, an exceptional JRPG series by Atlus and Sega, debuts on Steam, revolutionizing the PC gaming platform.”
Persona 3 Reload already has a solid start on Steam, as it broke through the franchise's concurrent player count record on the PC gaming platform. Persona 3 Reload is a remake of the original 2006 JRPG, adding a number of quality-of-life tweaks, redone visuals, as well as updated mechanics to bring it in line with other games like Persona 5. While one of Persona 3's re-releases, Persona 3 Portable, got ported to multiple platforms last year, the remake's announcement caught gamers' attention rather quickly.As a result, Persona 3 Reload became one of 2024's most highly anticipated releases, with longtime fans being excited about re-experiencing the game with a fresh look, while newer fans were looking to jump into the series for the first time. While prior PC ports of mainline Persona games on Steam were successful, Persona 3 Reload manages to surpass the franchise's last peak concurrent player count on Steam.
This is based on a recent chart cataloged on SteamDB, a database that has statistics on the latest games sold on the Steam platform, including concurrent player counts. This chart shows that Persona 3 Reload managed to reach over 42,000 players a couple of hours after its launch. This high number is likely due to Persona 3 Reload launching globally on all platforms right out the gate, unlike the prior mainline games like Persona 4 Golden or Persona 5 Royal, which were ported to other platforms or brought to the PC after a few years of exclusivity.
Despite the games being brought to the Steam platform much later after their original launch, both Persona 5 Royal and Persona 4 Golden held impressive concurrent player counts during their launches before being supplanted by Persona 3 Reload. For reference, Persona 4 Golden had an all-time peak of nearly 30,000 players right as the game launched in 2020. This was later surpassed by Persona 5 Royal when it was brought onto Steam two years later, having a peak player count of a little over 35,000 players.
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While the momentum behind Reload is already pretty strong, it's rumored that Atlus isn't slowing down on it. Recent leaks suggest that Persona 3 Reload's post-launch DLC will include The Answer playable epilogue from Persona 3 FES. Other DLC allegedly being worked on are cosmetic and music packs, with plans to release this content during Atlus' 2025 fiscal year. Outside this rumor, Persona 3 Reload has also managed to do very well critically, with fans and critics praising the changes made and how the story was refined with the remake.
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