Persona 5 on PS4 has no patches since release. Atlus arrogance or finished game?

Deleted member 8674 · Jul 9, 2018

For all my games this is the only games that has no day 1 patches at all and it's really weird. I admit I haven't finished the game but played enough without running into problems and obviously Atlus took their sweet time with this one.

any other examples of current/cross-gen console games without patches at all?

Crayolan said:
In what way is not patching a game arrogant? If a game needs to be patched that implies there was an issue to fix, not needing to patch a game is a good thing.

Patch to remove share restrictions, PS4 Pro etc..

SirKai · Jul 9, 2018

I don't think any of the Bayonetta games ever had any patches (aside from the PS3 version of Bayo 1).

Kwigo · Jul 9, 2018

I never encountered any sort of bug in my palythrough. Don't fix it if it ain't broke!

salromano · Jul 9, 2018

Completed the game, played over 100 hours and never ran into any problems myself.

Tailzo · Jul 9, 2018

That's a good thing

Desma · Jul 9, 2018

Would be nice if they removed the Share button limitations

The game's already a year old, lol

Deleted member 11934 · Jul 9, 2018

Maybe they patched out all the problems back when it was only out in Japan.

...or not. I don't remember having problems ever with SMT or Persona....

Hasemo · Jul 9, 2018

The Japanese version of P5 got (at least) 3 patches, so they probably just included those fixes in the English release version.

Dreamboum · Jul 9, 2018

If they listened to its audience, they would have fixed the wonky localization.

WhoaIsThatMars · Jul 9, 2018

The Japanese version was released before the western release. The Japanese version was patched a few times.

JahIthBer · Jul 9, 2018

Well it needs a PS4 Pro patch, Pro would run it at 4K no problems since it's a PS3 port. But yeah it's a breath of fresh air when a game doesn't need 50 patches post launch.
Also Nier Automata post PC version, the PS4 did get a few patches though but didn't receive anymore after PC.

grand · Jul 9, 2018

The only thing to patch would be to get rid of all the stupid streaming limitations and since Atlus will never do that, they'll never make a patch.

Deleted member 4869 · Jul 9, 2018

They still don't allow broadcasting or screenshot sharing, so Atlus' arrogance.

koutoru · Jul 9, 2018

Japanese version was patched before the western release. Western release included all the patches up till that point.

Onilink · Jul 9, 2018

Arrogance? Really Op?

CopperPuppy · Jul 9, 2018

I mean, it's extremely polished.

Are we really to the point where no day one patch means arrogance or incomplete game?

Thebeast! · Jul 9, 2018

Its finished why would atlus care about a ps4 pro patch ?

jacks81x · Jul 9, 2018

Do we know that the Japanese version didn't get any patches either? Since the western version came later, it could've simply incorporated the patches that the Japanese version got.

ULTROS! · Jul 9, 2018

So a game that has no patches = company is arrogant?

FYI: FFXIII on the PS3 never received a patch. The game wasn't broken.

Extremely Solid · Jul 9, 2018

Assuming you're playing the NA version, there was quite a gap between the game's initial launch and its localized one. I don't know, though. Didn't play the Japanese release, but the game seemed quite polished to me. Then again, there are plenty of well-polished games with plenty of patchwork; MGSV, for instance.

Tibarn · Jul 9, 2018

Aside from the english text, the game doesn't have any major issue or bug (or at least I didn't find any during my 100 h playthrough).
It looks like a finished game to me, and as others said here the game was patched in Japan, so during the months between the Japanese and English release Atlus fixed some things we will never see.

Aters · Jul 9, 2018

They had seven months to fix problems before the western release.

Deleted member 15326 · Jul 9, 2018

Onilink said:
Arrogance? Really Op?

Seems to be a buzzword again

Falconbox · Jul 9, 2018

Was hoping they'd at least patch out the asinine screenshot restriction.

Cantaim · Jul 9, 2018

They had plenty of time to work out the issues in between the Japan launch and the West launch. So not arrogance just giving us the more polished version. Now what is Atlus arrogance is how much they block screen recording on this game.

Bhonar · Jul 9, 2018

Hasemo said:
The Japanese version of P5 got (at least) 3 patches, so they probably just included those fixes in the English release version.

WhoaIsThatMars said:
The Japanese version was released before the western release. The Japanese version was patched a few times.

this makes sense then

Julianne Stingray · Jul 9, 2018

It got multiple patches

They were just included in the release of the western version, like many JP games that get localized months to years later.

JahIthBer · Jul 9, 2018

ULTROS! said:
So a game that has no patches = company is arrogant?

FYI: FFXIII on the PS3 never received a patch. The game wasn't broken.

I believe Square just kinda dropped support for it off the bat, there was planned DLC's & all.

MrConbon210 · Jul 9, 2018

Mad Max has no patches at all.

rusty chrome · Jul 9, 2018

I mean, I didn't finish the game, but from what I played, it seemed like an actual finished game. I didn't run into any bugs or glitches or anything.

One day we have a thread about too many patches in games, and the next we have not enough patches?

What's arrogant about releasing a finished product that doesn't require further patches? What do you even want patches for? Weird thread.

Deleted member 8674 · Jul 9, 2018

ULTROS! said:
So a game that has no patches = company is arrogant?

FYI: FFXIII on the PS3 never received a patch. The game wasn't broken.

Patch to remove share restrictions etc..

As I said I played enough of the game and didn't get into any problems. We got indie games that needs multiple patches and big games with fixes after long time of release in my games library that Persona 5 is really a strange one when I don't see any patch + it's a long JRPG. but like others said the JP release got patches but still, it's a polished game.

Also the topic about current and cross-gen because this is where we really started to see the practise in most games + games getting more complex.

danm999 · Jul 9, 2018

Onilink said:
Arrogance? Really Op?

ULTROS! said:
So a game that has no patches = company is arrogant?

FYI: FFXIII on the PS3 never received a patch. The game wasn't broken.

I mean the OP did provide an alternative explanation that they did a good job and aren't arrogant.

bunkitz · Jul 9, 2018

Sad that the lack of a patch is being questioned, but given the usual case with these things, it's not surprising.

Played for 300 hours on the PS4. Didn't run into a single bug.

TinfoilHatsROn · Jul 9, 2018

Ishida said:
They still don't allow broadcasting or screenshot sharing, so Atlus' arrogance.

Now here's a legitimate thing to be outraged about. Still banning this stuff is so fucking lame.

NightShift · Jul 9, 2018

I know, OP. I'm still waiting for that Akechi patch.

CSX · Jul 9, 2018

Was out in Japan before english release. JP version probably got to deal with all the patches and english release had fixes on the disc

Pein · Jul 9, 2018

PS4 pro patch would've been good tho.

Tales of berseria never got patched either I think.

Hayeya · Jul 9, 2018

I like it when a publisher releases a complete and tested game, i know that it was released in Japan first, but this reminded me of the early days of gaming when games were released 100% bug free (thanks Japan testers :) )

Now regarding the share limitations....... any excuse for that?

StraySheep · Jul 9, 2018

No patches? Typical Arrogant Anti-Consumer Atlus.

artsi · Jul 9, 2018

I wish they offered 60fps for PS4 Pro, but despite that I'm still satisfied with the product like it is now.

Deleted member 16876 · Jul 9, 2018

NightShift said:
I know, OP. I'm still waiting for that Akechi patch.

Yeah fuck Atlus for not patching this bug. This weird bug keeps adding some kind of garbage character who wants pancakes and they want me to feel bad for it.

What arrogant assholes they are...

Crayolan · Jul 9, 2018

In what way is not patching a game arrogant? If a game needs to be patched that implies there was an issue to fix, not needing to patch a game is a good thing.

Deleted member 8674 · Jul 9, 2018

StraySheep said:
No patches? Typical Arrogant Anti-Consumer Atlus.

Crayolan said:
In what way is not patching a game arrogant? If a game needs to be patched that implies there was an issue to fix, not needing to patch a game is a good thing.

Patch to remove share restrictions, PS4 Pro etc..

Deleted member 197 · Jul 9, 2018

JahIthBer said:
Well it needs a PS4 Pro patch, Pro would run it at 4K no problems since it's a PS3 port. But yeah it's a breath of fresh air when a game doesn't need 50 patches post launch.
Also Nier Automata post PC version, the PS4 did get a few patches though but didn't receive anymore after PC.

Doesn't Nier on PC needs like 50 patches though? Just because they didn't fix it doesn't mean it doesn't need fixing.

AppleMIX · Jul 9, 2018

Did the Japanese version get patches? Since it came out several months before...

StraySheep · Jul 9, 2018

hemo memo said:
Patch to remove share restrictions, PS4 Pro etc..

It's stupid, but it's probably the result of one businessman in Atlus making a decision from on high and I'm sure he isn't going to budge on that issue. I wouldn't expect a patch for that at least. Can't speak to Pro.

OuterLimits · Jul 9, 2018

StraySheep said:
No patches? Typical Arrogant Anti-Consumer Atlus.

Well, it would be nice if they had patched the ability to use the sharing feature. I like Atlus, but they love to do annoying shit like region locking a PS3 game and the Atlus tax of $50 for 3DS games at launch.

Deleted member 20297 · Jul 9, 2018

ULTROS! said:
So a game that has no patches = company is arrogant?

FYI: FFXIII on the PS3 never received a patch. The game wasn't broken.

If only we could say the same for FFXV...

Devilgunman · Jul 9, 2018

I completed P5 twice and never run into anything that need to be fixed. The game is flawless.

Indelible · Jul 9, 2018

Played over 100 hours and never encountered any problems, the game was delayed to make it this polished.

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