BODY: Persona 3 Reload has never been this cheap. Atlus's "October PICK UP Sale," running now across the Japanese PlayStation Store, Nintendo eShop and Steam, drops the 2024 remake to ¥2,303 from ¥7,678 on Steam — a 70% cut the publisher is calling its largest discount to date for the game.
The Steam leg is the most aggressive and the most urgent: it ends today, October 8. Alongside Persona 3 Reload, Metaphor: ReFantazio falls 60% to ¥3,951, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance drops 70% to ¥2,963, Persona 5 Royal and Persona 5 Tactica both land at 70% off, and Soul Hackers 2 is cut a full 80% to ¥1,975. The Etrian Odyssey I・II・III HD Remaster collection is 67% off at ¥2,992.
Console buyers get more time. The PS Store sale runs through October 21 and includes Persona 3 Reload at 60% (¥3,071), its Expansion Pass at half price, Unicorn Overlord at 50% (¥4,389), and the newly released RAIDOU Remastered Digital Deluxe at 45%. The Nintendo eShop sale ends October 20, headlined by a Persona 5 series game bundle at 60% off — ¥7,988 against a ¥19,970 list price — plus Catherine: Full Body at 70% off and Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster at 55%.
Atlus is also running a prize campaign through October 8: post a recommended sale title on X with the hashtag #アトラスセール開催中 for a chance at posters signed by Metaphor character designer Shigenori Soejima and Persona 4 Revival general producer Kazuhisa Wada. Shipping is Japan-only.
The insider take
Two things worth knowing from Tokyo. First, this is a Japanese-region promotion — the PS Store and eShop prices require a Japanese account, and the Steam yen prices apply to Japanese regional pricing, so overseas fans should check their own storefronts rather than assume parity. Second, the depth of these cuts is the real story. Atlus has a long reputation among Japanese buyers for holding its prices, which is why "過去最大割引率" (largest-ever discount) language carries weight here. The timing is no accident: the series is in its 30th anniversary year, and Persona 4 Revival is the flagship ahead. Clearing the back catalogue cheaply now is standard Japanese publisher practice for widening the pool of players who will be ready to buy the next big one at full price.
Originally reported by 4Gamer.net − 最新記事 (Japanese).