Atlus has been on a roll these past few years with the Persona series. We've had an amazing remake of Persona 3, a cool Persona 5 XCOM-like spin-off, and now we're getting a remake of Persona 4 along with the long-awaited Persona 6, both of which are headed for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Game Pass.
Needless to say, it's been a happy time to be a Persona fan...unless you happen to be a fan of the very first few Persona games like Revelation: Persona, Persona 2: Innocent Sin, and Persona 2: Eternal Punishment.
In which case, you feel like an abandoned puppy, as these PlayStation 1-era cult classics that helped shape the Persona franchise have not received substantial updates or re-releases in decades since the release of their PSP ports between the late 2000s and early 2010s.
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However, that may change, as during an interview with GamerBraver regarding Persona 4 Revival, an Atlus producer called Wada Kazuhisa was asked if Atlus had plans to remake the aforementioned games, as it did with Persona 3 and 4.
Wada Kazuhisa responded with, and I quote, “At this point, I can’t say for sure, but personally, I think it’s something we should definitely do. I think we have to do it.”
Windows Central's take
Revelation: Persona and 2 were very different compared to their more famous successors. There was no social link system where you bonded with characters, and there were no time management/high-school simulator gameplay elements.
These games were traditional, linear dungeon crawlers that had way darker storylines and themes that tackled psychological horror and apocalyptic scenarios that leaned more closely toward the franchise Persona originally spun off from: Shin Megami Tensei.
A tone that Atlus may be bringing back in Persona 6, judging by how creepy its announcement trailer shown at the June 2026 Xbox Games Showcase was.
Personally, I would like to see remakes of the first few Persona games, as I never got a chance to play them due to how rare and scarce they are to find where I live. Persona 2 especially, because the idea of playing a Persona game where we played as older characters instead of teenagers in most Persona games sounds really refreshing.
Heck, I'd even take a re-release of their PSP ports or even their original PS1 versions on Xbox and PC, especially considering that it will be impossible to do on PlayStation systems since Sony is shutting down the PSP's and PlayStation 3's PSN stores, making them even more scarce to find and own.
After all, if Atlus was willing to bring back a cult-classic like Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzonoha for modern systems, why can't it do the same for the games that helped shape this weird, wacky, deranged, dark, and heartwarming franchise we know and love today?
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