{"id":63836,"date":"2022-01-03T07:41:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T07:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/?p=63836"},"modified":"2022-01-03T17:15:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T17:15:57","slug":"shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Shin Megami Tensei V: Atlus&#8217; JRPG Ends The Year With Record Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Shin Megami Tensei for Nintendo Switch has become the best-selling game in the series.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Shin Megami Tensei franchise and its spin-offs are enjoying a golden age, with Persona 5 Strikers selling more than 1.3 million copies worldwide and the latest instalment in the main saga, Shin Megami Tensei V, closing the year with more than 800,000 copies sold.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of numbers, the Nintendo Switch version is the most successful of the main series, surpassing Shin Megami Tensei IV&#8217;s sales of 600,000 units in less than two months, two years after its release. The figures were shared in a report published by Famitsu and reported by Nintendo Everything.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>SMTV exceeds 800,000 copies sold<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We also learned that Atlus has big plans for 2022, a year they described as &#8220;challenging&#8221; and for which they are already preparing to release a new game. Shinjiro Takada, the company&#8217;s product manager, promised that this new title would be critical for the company and encouraged us to keep our eyes peeled for further announcements.<\/p>\n<p>The latest instalment in the JRPG franchise has not only been a hit in sales but has also received excellent reviews &#8211; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2021\/11\/22\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo\/\">including from us<\/a><\/span> &#8211; as the game is as addictive as it is challenging.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/shin-megami-tensei-v-sells-over-800000-copies\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Nintendo Everything<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shin Megami Tensei for Nintendo Switch has become the best-selling game in the series. &nbsp; &nbsp; The Shin Megami Tensei franchise and its spin-offs are enjoying a golden age, with Persona 5 Strikers selling more than 1.3 million copies worldwide and the latest instalment in the main saga, Shin Megami Tensei V, closing the year with more than 800,000 copies sold. In terms of numbers, the Nintendo Switch version is the most successful of the main series, surpassing Shin Megami Tensei IV&#8217;s sales of 600,000 units in less than two months, two years after its release. The figures were shared in a report published by Famitsu and reported by Nintendo Everything. SMTV exceeds 800,000 copies sold We also learned that Atlus has big plans for&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":55295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,8968,8969],"tags":[2069,1584,209,4827,10978],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shin Megami Tensei V: Atlus&#039; JRPG Ends The Year With Record Sales - theGeek.games<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"theGeek.games\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shin Megami Tensei V: Atlus&#039; JRPG Ends The Year With Record Sales - theGeek.games\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"theGeek.games\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"theGeek.games\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theGeek2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/daniel.refioszko\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-03T07:41:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-03T17:15:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/theGeek-Shin-Megami-Tensei-V-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"666\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"374\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ROD\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@theGeek2019\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@theGeek2019\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ROD\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ROD\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/person\/b12911279b093699864ed149ef6898b5\"},\"headline\":\"Shin Megami Tensei V: Atlus&#8217; JRPG Ends The Year With Record Sales\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-03T07:41:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-03T17:15:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/\"},\"wordCount\":219,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/theGeek-Shin-Megami-Tensei-V-2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Atlus\",\"HD remaster\",\"JRPG\",\"Nintendo Switch\",\"Shin Megami Tensei 5\"],\"articleSection\":[\"General news\",\"News\",\"Nintendo\",\"Nintendo News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/\",\"name\":\"Shin Megami Tensei V: Atlus' JRPG Ends The Year With Record Sales - theGeek.games\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/theGeek-Shin-Megami-Tensei-V-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-03T07:41:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-03T17:15:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"theGeek.games\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/theGeek-Shin-Megami-Tensei-V-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/theGeek-Shin-Megami-Tensei-V-2.jpg\",\"width\":666,\"height\":374,\"caption\":\"Shin Megami Tensei V wasn't going to be overwhelmed by its spin-offs. After Atlus' big teasing for the numerous announcements related to Persona, the next SMT strikes back with a trailer dedicated to its storyline and characters.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shin Megami Tensei V: Atlus&#8217; JRPG Ends The Year With Record Sales\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/\",\"name\":\"theGeek.games\",\"description\":\"theGeek is an online magazine about video games and movies news, reviews and more.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#organization\",\"name\":\"theGeek.games\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/theGeek-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/theGeek-2.png\",\"width\":960,\"height\":960,\"caption\":\"theGeek.games\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theGeek2019\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/theGeek2019\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/38149867\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/person\/b12911279b093699864ed149ef6898b5\",\"name\":\"ROD\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cropped-ROD-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cropped-ROD-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"ROD\"},\"description\":\"\\\"Historian by profession, gamer since historical times.\\\"\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/daniel.refioszko\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/author\/ronisaurus\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Shin Megami Tensei V: Atlus' JRPG Ends The Year With Record Sales - theGeek.games","description":"theGeek.games","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Shin Megami Tensei V: Atlus' JRPG Ends The Year With Record Sales - theGeek.games","og_description":"theGeek.games","og_url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/","og_site_name":"theGeek.games","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theGeek2019\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/daniel.refioszko","article_published_time":"2022-01-03T07:41:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-03T17:15:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":666,"height":374,"url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/theGeek-Shin-Megami-Tensei-V-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"ROD","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@theGeek2019","twitter_site":"@theGeek2019","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ROD","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/"},"author":{"name":"ROD","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/person\/b12911279b093699864ed149ef6898b5"},"headline":"Shin Megami Tensei V: Atlus&#8217; JRPG Ends The Year With Record Sales","datePublished":"2022-01-03T07:41:41+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-03T17:15:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/"},"wordCount":219,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/theGeek-Shin-Megami-Tensei-V-2.jpg","keywords":["Atlus","HD remaster","JRPG","Nintendo Switch","Shin Megami Tensei 5"],"articleSection":["General news","News","Nintendo","Nintendo News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/","url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/","name":"Shin Megami Tensei V: Atlus' JRPG Ends The Year With Record Sales - theGeek.games","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/theGeek-Shin-Megami-Tensei-V-2.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-03T07:41:41+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-03T17:15:57+00:00","description":"theGeek.games","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/theGeek-Shin-Megami-Tensei-V-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/theGeek-Shin-Megami-Tensei-V-2.jpg","width":666,"height":374,"caption":"Shin Megami Tensei V wasn't going to be overwhelmed by its spin-offs. After Atlus' big teasing for the numerous announcements related to Persona, the next SMT strikes back with a trailer dedicated to its storyline and characters."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2022\/01\/03\/shin-megami-tensei-v-altus-nintendo-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shin Megami Tensei V: Atlus&#8217; JRPG Ends The Year With Record Sales"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/","name":"theGeek.games","description":"theGeek is an online magazine about video games and movies news, reviews and more.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#organization","name":"theGeek.games","url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/theGeek-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/theGeek-2.png","width":960,"height":960,"caption":"theGeek.games"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theGeek2019\/","https:\/\/x.com\/theGeek2019","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/38149867\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/person\/b12911279b093699864ed149ef6898b5","name":"ROD","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cropped-ROD-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cropped-ROD-96x96.jpg","caption":"ROD"},"description":"\"Historian by profession, gamer since historical times.\"","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/daniel.refioszko"],"url":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/author\/ronisaurus\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63836"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}