Pre-order bonuses and its initial North American release date was announced a week prior to E3 2016 . As with the Japanese release , the North American version was delayed so it would keep with other '' Persona '' games . In Europe and Australia , the game was published by Deep Silver . Initially planned for a Western release on February 14 , 2017 , the game was pushed back two months to April 4 ; the stated reason was that Atlus wanted the game to be at its highest possible quality . As with previous '' Persona '' games , the English localization was handled by Atlus USA and led by Yu Namba . According to Namba , the team began with a " blank slate " when choosing the English voice cast , as it was a new setting to earlier '' Persona '' games . Localizing '' Persona 5 '' was described by Namba as a massive project with the largest staff yet dedicated to the series . Namba , as project lead , made the final call on issues brought up by the team during the localization process . The localized script was estimated as being 50 % bigger than that of '' Persona 4 Golden '' . The game 's title also dropped the use of the " '' Shin Megami Tensei '' " moniker in English regions , which was used for '' Persona 3 '' and '' Persona 4 '' . For the English release , the Japanese dub were made available as free DLC
E3 2016
E3 2016
Persona 5