Persona 4 Golden remained a trapped critical darling believed to forever be locked to Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld or its stationary form the PlayStation TV. After eight years of being a PlayStation exclusive, Persona 4 Golden finally released on PCÂ and it appears it won't be the last of Sega's classic IPs to do so.
In Sega's recent quarterly earnings investor presentation (as translated through Persona Central), the company addresses the unexpected success of Persona 4 Golden on PC. Responding to an investor querying the notable success of the port with Persona 4 Golden selling over 500,000 copies just a month after launch, Sega Sammy President and COO Haruki Satomi responded with praise.
Satomi, alongside Sega Sammy Senior Executive Vice President Koichi Fukazawa, noted that because of Persona 4 Golden's "critical acclaim and its low selling price," the sales of the PC Port were "much stronger than expected." The response further went on to elaborate that Sega has begun to think about porting older titles not just to PC, but numerous platforms.
The company vows to "actively promote porting previously released titles to Steam and new platforms." Fans are already starting to see this new push from Sega beyond just Persona 4 Golden on PC. Before the Social Sim meets JRPG made the jump to PC, Catherine and its definitive edition Catherine: Full Body both saw ports to PC and Switch respectively. Even now, the next project in the push for greater porting efforts can be seen with the recently revealed Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne HD, which is releasing on Switch and PS4.
Players are eager to see which games make the long awaited jump to modern systems. The big one that has most fans buzzing is a port of Persona 3 FES which was rumored alongside the early rumblings of the Persona 4 Golden PC port.
Persona 4 Golden is available now on PC via Steam
Source: Persona Central