2008 was an odd time to release a PlayStation 2 RPG. The next generation was already in full swing and in a year known for Dead Space, Metal Gear Solid 4, Fallout 3, and GTA 4, publisher Atlus offered something very different when Persona 4 launched on the increasingly obsolete PS2.
And the game suffered for its odd launch, only selling 110,000 copies in North America. Persona 4 missed Atlus’s modest sales targets, and UK stores were so keen to shift copies of the vibrant rural murder mystery they sold it on release day for the bargain price of £9.99 – including delivery.
