Persona 5 Royal won’t let you upgrade from PS4 to PS5 for free

Those who want the new version of Atlus JRPG will have to go through the box even if they already have it.

Not everything about Persona 5 Royal was going to be good news. In addition to other platforms, the acclaimed JRPG atlus confirmed its arrival on PlayStation 5 in the next period Octoberhowever, those who already own the game on previous generation Sony consoles will not be able to update.

No free or paid upgradesThe Persona website has a FAQ section listing who owns the game on PS4. They won’t be able to get the PS5 version for free, but as we have seen in other recent examples, it will not be possible to access it with any extra payment. Of course: official confirmation on whether it will be different in other regions outside of Japan is missing.

This way Persona 5 Royal owners on PlayStation 4 will have to review the box if they want the new version of PlayStation 5 and if they don’t they will have to settle for playing the previous generation version on their next game. gene console. For now, it remains to be known in detail what improvements this new version of JRPG brings, so it will be more or less painful when the time comes.

In addition to this fifth chapter with different extras, both the third and fourth will be coming soon to Xbox, PC and PS5. With texts translated into SpanishThose who prefer to play the latest Atlus game on Switch will also be able to do so. October 21When Persona 5 Royal comes to hybrid console.