Chinese company Perfect World announced on April 13 its teaming up with Sega and Atlus for aPersona5mobile game,Code Name: X- a trailer was published, and the game was announced in China, but will it release in the West as well?
WhyPerfect Worldis making aPersona5mobile game?
Chinese companies such as Perfect World are known for buying Japanese licenses of what is commonly called in China ACG - Anime, Comics, Games - to make their own mobile adaptations and spinoffs.
Persona, withPersona 5first released in September 2016 on PS3 and PS4, became one of the most popular JRPG series of all time in the world, following behindFinal Fantasy.Whether in Japan, China, or several East Asian countries, mobile has been a bigger market than consoles for years now. It was only a matter of time until something as big asPersonagot one of these mobile projects in China.
Lastly,Code Name: Xseems to be in early phase of development. Looks like we’ll only learn more later on. Including the game’s official title.Code Name: Xcertainly being a tentative name. It’s also important to note analystDaniel Ahmadconfirmed with Perfect World the game is Persona related.
WillCode Project :Xrelease in the west?
Overall, there are two types of Chinese games. Those geared for the worldwide market, such asGenshin Impact. And those specifically made for the Chinese mobile market.Code Project : Xis definitely part of the second category.
These projects are fully geared towards the Chinese market, and tend to stay there. There are several mobile games based on popular anime or Japanese games that never leave China. Some of which you’ll never even hear of.
However, some of these games do end up released in the West. So for now, the only thing we can do is wait and wait for future announcements.Most notably with the 25th anniversary of the Persona series coming this 2021.
