Persona 4 Revival Crushes Past Atlus Records with 2M Wishlists

Sega and Atlus released their latest earnings presentation, and even without any surprises, it has plenty worth digging into. The second-quarter report for the fiscal year ending March 2027 covers how the year is going and where Sega and Atlus are headed next.

Looking back first, 2026 was a quiet year for Sega and Atlus, particularly on the Atlus side, where the only notable release was the Metaphor: ReFantazio port for Nintendo Switch 2. That came after a slow 2025 that delivered P5X, Raidou Remastered, and Persona 3 Reload on Switch 2.

The biggest number in the presentation belongs to Persona 4 Revival.

The game has passed 2 million wishlist registrations, and a chart in the report compares that against Metaphor: ReFantazio and Persona 3 Reload around their first reveals. Persona 4 Revival sits at roughly four times what either of those reached.

That matters because Metaphor went past 2 million in sales, and Persona 3 Reload was the quickest game to sell a million copies at launch. Persona 4 Revival arrives in February on every platform except Nintendo Switch 2, which gets its version in May.

Another slide shows what the reveals did for older games. After the remake debuted in the second quarter and Persona 6 followed in June at Summer Game Fest, sales of Persona 5 Royal and Persona 3 Reload both rose. Revealing the two titles close together built momentum for the series, which is what Atlus wants ahead of a mainline entry that has spent years in development.

Persona 5 Royal sits in the top ten games ever for plenty of players, so Persona 6 has high expectations to meet. It also lines up with what Sega and Atlus say about next year: the presentation mentions major titles ready to release in 2027. That could mean games already announced or unannounced ones like Persona 6.

A late 2027 release, around autumn, seems plausible, so a 2027 launch isn't off the table yet.

Either way, 2027 looks huge for Sega and Atlus. On the Sega side, Stranger Than Heaven launches in January. The report compares its registrations to Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the latest mainline Yakuza entry, and Stranger Than Heaven has ten times the wishlist numbers.

Sega and Atlus have promoted both games well. New trailers and short clips keep appearing across social platforms. Registrations show that it's working, and sales will tell the rest, but beating Infinite Wealth, which did very well at launch, before release is a good sign for Sega.

The release slide gives the full picture. Sonic Frontiers Definitive Edition is already out on Switch 2, while Football Manager 27 and the Metaphor: ReFantazio Switch 2 port are coming soon. Stranger Than Heaven arrives in January, then the Atlus remake lands in February on PlayStation, XBOX and PC, with Switch 2 in May. Sega and Atlus are packing the fiscal year with releases.

Sega and Atlus also have undated games. Crazy Taxi: World Tour is set for 2027 and is getting a heavy push, so an April or May release seems more likely than a late-year drop. Alien: Isolation 2 also looks strong, and Sega recently held a developer Q&A that shared a lot about it.

Virtua Fighter Crossroads is also slated for 2027, with a quieter promotional push.

Virtua Fighter Crossroads is slated for 2027 as well, but with less promotion than Crazy Taxi: World Tour, so late August or early September fits the busy season. It's reportedly more story-focused, with a single-player mode. The Game Awards is the next big showcase, and the likeliest appearances for Sega and Atlus, in order, are Crazy Taxi: World Tour, Alien: Isolation 2 and Virtua Fighter Crossroads.

Persona 6 could appear too, but it would land a month and a half before the February remake, so only a small teaser makes sense. The Power Surge titles could show there or at an early 2027 XBOX showcase. After two quiet years, Sega and Atlus are lining up a big slate, and Alien: Isolation 2 and Virtua Fighter Crossroads are only part of it.