Persona 5 coming to Japan on September 15th

<p>In a livestream presentation on Nico Nico&comma; Atlus provided Japanese fans of the <em>Persona <&sol;em>series a release date for the next entry in the series&period; On September 15th&comma; 2016&comma; Japan will see <em>Persona 5 <&sol;em>hit store shelves and digitally&period; The Atlus RPG still waits for a global release date&period; You can watch the gameplay trailer above&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It would be reasonable to expect Sony to make the announcement at their E3 conference for <em>Persona 5<&sol;em> and when it will be released outside of Japan&period; <em>Persona 5 <&sol;em>is being released exclusively for PS3 and PS4&comma; which makes it prime for Sony to announce the release date&period; However&comma; Atlus is also prone to just doing things on their own schedule&comma; so we might see a release date announced separate from Sony&&num;8217&semi;s conference&period; None of the previous announcements were really timed with any specific conference&comma; with <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;persona-5-delayed-to-2016-1731311772">the exception of the Tokyo Game Show<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Persona 5 <&sol;em>is the long-awaited sequel in the esteemed <em>Persona <&sol;em>franchise&period; <em>Catherine <&sol;em>was the last notable console release from Atlus&comma; with <em>Persona 5 <&sol;em>being their second and probably last PS3 release&comma; and first foray onto the PS4&period; The <em>Persona <&sol;em>series has always been late to a console&&num;8217&semi;s lifespan though as <em>Persona 3<&sol;em> and <em>Persona 4<&sol;em><em> <&sol;em>were released for PS2 after the PS3 was already widely available&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;live&period;nicovideo&period;jp&sol;watch&sol;lv259674739">Nico Nico Livestream<&sol;a> &lpar;via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2016&sol;5&sol;5&sol;11595966&sol;persona-5-release-date-japan-ps3-ps4">Polygon<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;