Apparently there was another interview in Dengeki magazine
  

Initially, Atlus had considered making the MC’s personality a little more optimistic this time but considering the way the story develops, they thought a dark and introverted personality would be more appropriate. Thus, they’re letting his hair hide one of his eyes and he will be slightly slouched.

Aegis will be also appear as one of the characters and will also be the MC’s closest friend. She comes from before Persona 3: FES so you probably won’t be able to find more story taking place after “The Answer”.

 
Source:http://lhyeung.net/lang/en-uk/2010/04/30/atlus-teases-with-more-persona-5-details/comment-page-1/#comment-28363  
 
I hope this is a case of internet trolling or a mistranslation, this sounds terrible. 
 
Don't let me down Atlus:(
 
EDIT:
 
Forum bug lol
 
Please move this to the Persona 5 board.

Cheers for the post.
 
I'm rather curious about how far into development they are, particularly with the story considering these very specific design decisions they're deciding to release. I don't want to speculate too much though since I'm still yet to finish P3 and I'm not entirely sure of the role Aegis plays in the answer. So I'll wait a little longer for a proper reveal I suppose.

  @Kowbrainz said:

" Cheers for the post.  I'm rather curious about how far into development they are, particularly with the story considering these very specific design decisions they're deciding to release.

" Sounds like they are describing the MC from P3 rather than a new one. Just hope it isn't P3-2. "

Very interesting.  I'm a bit confused if this story takes place before or after the events of Persona 3, but I guess eventually we'll find out.  I am still hoping that it takes place after P4.  Unless I missed something Aegis is still a robot and therefore doesn't age.  She could still be living life as a human student.  The news piece seemed to suggest that she takes a major role in the story and is not just a cameo character.
 
Another thing which disappoints me (I admit we are working of nothing but rumors) is that the hero's sex might be limited to just male again.  I was hoping they'd take the P3P idea and apply it to the next game as well.  And, is being introverted really new since that's how the protagonist was in P3.  He was much more social in P4, but I didn't find him so outgoing early in P3.  Also, he too had hair over one eye. 
 
Anyway, any news is good news on this subject and I eagerly await more.  Thanks for the heads up.

I wouldn't mind a Persona 2 remake. Both of them.

Aigis before P3?  That makes no sense.  She's been in a lab since, well those who've played P3 know and P3 follows the typical make an android human story arc for her.  Unless the androids used dead humans in creation but that still puts us in a strange place in the Persona timeline.  Possibly before even the first Persona.

" Sounds like they are describing the MC from P3 rather than a new one. Just hope it isn't P3-2. "

It sounds exactly like the MC in Persona 3.

yea, sounds like Persona 3 to me, in that the character doesn't exactly have the best history, and i'm pretty sure his hair covers one of his eyes most of the time.

Personally, I think the "hair covering one eye" thing is overdone/cliché.

dark and introverted personality, hair covering one eye?

Day 1!

 
 @Lawrens said:

" dark and introverted personality, hair covering one eye?

Day 1!

"

" Another thing which disappoints me (I admit we are working of nothing but rumors) is that the hero's sex might be limited to just male again.  I was hoping they'd take the P3P idea and apply it to the next game as well.  And, is being introverted really new since that's how the protagonist was in P3. "

Looks like this is just about P3/P3P during development as “Duckroll” over at Neogaf says… Sorry about the stir-up for nothing. Think my site will end up on the gamer’s blacklist for news after this (— — ;

  @FluxWaveZ: My problem with the P3MC was, that despite the fact that he ACTED introvert, like most anime, the world REACTED completly the opposite of how they really would. 

when Junpei introduced himself to the MC by saying  he knew how it felt to be'' the new kid'' and was greeted with a ''what do you want'',he just shrugged it off and continued to talk with him normally.I assure you, if that conversation had taken place in the real world, that conversation would have ended there.
 
Also: 
 
 

No, seriously, it's because I think that it would be better for them to concentrate on dialogue and story with only 1 possible character gender.  I wouldn't care if it's exclusively female or male, I just want it to be one or the other.  

" @FluxWaveZ said:

Reading the update right now:  

Looks like this is just about P3/P3P during development as “Duckroll” over at Neogaf says… Sorry about the stir-up for nothing. Think my site will end up on the gamer’s blacklist for news after this (— — ;

Wow.  Wonderful.  Well, that was useless.  I know Eirikr would have raged if this was true, though! :P "

That was what I was suspecting and hoping it was. Sounded way too similar to really be anything else. "

Yeah, but now we still don't have any information about Persona 5 at all! >:(

"  My problem with the P3MC was, that despite the fact that he ACTED introvert, like most anime, the world REACTED completly the opposite of how they really would. 

when Junpei introduced himself to the MC by saying  he knew how it felt to be'' the new kid'' and was greeted with a ''what do you want'',he just shrugged it off and continued to talk with him normally.I assure you, if that conversation had taken place in the real world, that conversation would have ended there.

" Actually I'd take it a step further: I'd love it if the next Persona had a non-silent protagonist.

Just cause i gotta ask, Ya'll think this is gonna be on PS2 or PS3? And do ya think it'll be an exclusive? o_o I really am hoping it's on PS2 still..Cause then they gotta worry about porting to a crappy console, worry about trophies, which would make people buy it for that more than an "oh shit, persona!"..If it's on the xbox i'd be mildly less annoyed, mostly because of the install-to-HD feature (I don't care what ya'll noobs say, 2 seconds off -every- load time DOES add up.)..but then the classic PS controller feel would be gone..I really never cared about the graphics of the persona series, it was always about the phenominal music and the great storyline, for me..but i mean, if they put too much on their plate, they might end up bruising what would have been a gem of a game, you know? o_o But, then again, i guess they have to move on eventually..o_o

 
@mutha3 said:

" Actually I'd take it a step further: I'd love it if the next Persona had a non-silent protagonist.

Hm, not sure if I agree with that, though.  I guess I wouldn't have any problem with it, but I'd still want the multiple choices in dialog and other things to be present.  I still want some of the player's personality being present in the main character. "

 Yeah, but now we still don't have any information about Persona 5 at all! >:( 

Considering that I absolutely loved P3 and P4 I hope they don't change too much stuff. The dungeons sure could use some redesigning and such, but character- and story-wise those two were some fine JRPGs fo' sho'.

i Heard a rumor not long ago is that it's going to be around P3 in a sense in a quest to save the origional MC from his fate, which I'd LOVE.. the end of p3 makes me sad (and kinda don't wanna beat it cause of the sadz)

Looks like the info wasn't right and I wouldn't think atlus would plan to do this. The Persona series had allows change things up after every game so making a P3 MC like character would be a step backwards. I wouldn't mind a Aegis cameo just to make a connection with the other games just not make her get too involve with the New Persona storyline. 

Emo shit, I loved the characters is P4. They were the best, dont change it please.

" Emo shit, I loved the characters is P4. They were the best, dont change it please. "

" @animateria:  Ummmm.......no. "

"I really wouldn't mind a college life Persona, I'm so over high school.  I don't mind P3 tie ins either. P4 already happened after the P3 incident, hence Margaret looking for her sister Elisabeth. And they go to the P3 school on that one trip.  P3 seems like the central game of the newer Personas, since the main character sacrifices himself to save the world. P4's events are very local and small compared to P3. "

The P4 Endurance Run has SOLIDIFIED my plan to purchase a new persona game on DAY 1. I never heard of the series before them and now any new Persona games, im getting!

sounds very redundant and I am an Atlus fanboy through and through. I really hope that the new popularity of the franchise doesn't make Atlus overproduce these games too fast (which is why P3P makes me scream and die a little inside). Personally I want nothing more than a new main line SMT game (Strange Journey was good, but give me the long rumored PS3 Shin Megami Tensei already!!!)
 
edit: Sorry, didn't realize that it was much a do about nothing but my feelings stand unchanged

Junpei, while P3P may seem like it's not worth making, P3 was a great game. DX It had some issues, however. Issues such as your allies deciding to go for the last hit on a boss when you have less than 20 HP and missing, verses healing you and you finishing said boss off..Unless i was the only one who experienced that. T.T Not to mention, now you can take the persona-ey goodness on your trips to your grandmothers house. Sure, some things are dumbed down, like it's not going to be free-roam, but, now you can't become god at the start of the game merely by farming til you're drop dead out of health, going to the bottom of Tartarus, healing, and repeating. They turned it into a sort of P4 thing where you must pay, so, if they do it correctly, there might actually be a REASON to leave. So your allies get tired. If anyone here knows how to play Persona, they obviously know that by the time they get "tired", you can kill stuff solo. Now, the second protagonist might be a  bit..funky, but they had to add something to the game, aside the technical stuff, to make it seem like it's a newish game. But, i mean, I'm definitely going to buy it. It sounds like they fixed all the things wrong with P3. You can actually PLAY your characters, you CAN'T farm forever anymore. Not to mention, heck, now it's portable! No more lugging around your PS2 to show people your awesome file (though, that might just be me..i'm a slight masochist and like to make my chars uber in games i love o_o)

" @Belonpopo said:

" Emo shit, I loved the characters is P4. They were the best, dont change it please. "

What? P4 was all Emo... Aside from Chie. "

Everyone was down and depressed whenever you social link with em.