@Petiew: Sure, but I wouldn't say any of these dilutes the strength of the P4 brand (except for maybe that Naoto off-shoot; that remains to be seen). So specifying that they wouldn't pull an FFX-2 is important as I think Atlus still finds importance in how they treat the franchise and they won't just do anything for the sake of profit.

Nah, terrible idea you should probably die for even suggesting it

I want a Persona 5 that just features a bunch of cameos from the casts of 4 and 3 as adults.

Like, some background characters comment on Rise's new album. Or they have the full-on field trip to Inaba and whoever the new Yosuke/Junpei is gets in wacky trouble with the law and Chie shows up as a cop.

The idea of checking in on these characters to see where their lives went after the game ended is way more interesting to me than just another adventure.

@Nux said:

Well everyone pretty much said what I was going to say so I'll just say that Persona 5 needs to come out already.

Agreed. Unfortunately the Persona games have a history of coming out late in the console cycle. We may have to wait another year or two.

I'd rather Persona 5. They've done cameos in all the other games so I'm sure we'll see someone from inaba again.

I just want more Lotus Juice.

I'm just going to chime in that I'm really happy that there is no P4-2. I want to move on to a new story and characters. There's enough P4 stuff out there to satisfy even the most rabid fans at this point.

With Japan milking Persona 4 maybe? But I still doubt it, P4 Arena is already a Persona 4 game that is suppose to expand the fiction. I rather see something new in Persona 5.

@Jason_Bourne said:

How do you think they should do it? I'd personally like to see Charlie return to Inaba a few years later, when all the characters are in their early twenties...

Persona 4: The College Years.

the persona 2 games weren't exactly as linked as you would think ..pretty much alternate universes playing with different ideas with similar (or in some cases the same) characters , which is something they tried to do in persona with the snow queen quest etc .. and also to a lesser extent with p3 fes

i think a direct sequel like digital devil saga 2 wont ever happen in persona games but an alternate universe version of p4 seems plausible .. but also unnecessary

pesonally persona hasnt been topped since p2 innocent sin , and woudl much rather new SMT games or proper localizations/remakes of the older or more obscure games

smt9 ???

I would rather have a completely new Persona game than 4-2. They've done so much side stuff with the P4 characters already so I'd rather see some new ones.

Love Persona 4, ready for Persona 5.

@envane: Well, Atlus has already announced that they're working on a 3DS remake of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, so it's likely we'll see that game in a localized format sometime within the next year.

As much as I love Persona 4 they seem to be just milking it dry, it's like they are in a meeting to discuss Persona 5 when they all chicken out because Persona 4 was so popular and they just say "Why not just make a Vita port instead"

I doubt it. I think we'll just see Persona 5...eventually.

@ArbitraryWater said:

If Persona 4-2 stars Rise, Chie and Yukiko as a J-Pop singing trio who have elaborate costume changing animations and defeat evil with the power of love, I am on board.

Duder, now I'm on board.

I'd rather have Persona 5 than a new 4. And maybe the new Persona 4 The arena will work like a sequal? I'm really looking forward to P5!