Atlus recently announced a set of streaming guidelines forPersona 3 PortableandPersona 4 Goldenthat some fans consider less restrictive than previous attempts. Last year, the publisher announced it would bebringing thePersonaseries to multiple platformsafter several fan requests to do so. This includes the three games that are the most popular of the series,Persona 3 Portable,Persona 4 Golden, andPersona 5 Royal, withRoyalbeing released in the last quarter of 2022, whilePortableandGoldenwill be launching in less than a week.Historically, Atlus has enforced a set of streaming guidelines and restrictions about what can or cannot be shown in the game that can be posted to the internet, especially for new releases. This even extends to remasters of previously released games, such as when it announced a set ofstreaming rules for the remaster ofPersona 5 Royal, which drew the ire of fans consideringRoyalhad been released for nearly three years accompanied by the vanilla game’s six. In a move that surprised a lot of fans, the publisher released a set of streaming guidelines that fans find less restrictive than what was implemented beforehand.RELATED:Atlus Teases New Games to Be Revealed in 2023As detailed on the JapanesePersonachannel website and Atlus' Twitter, streaming of the game is allowed when the multiplatform version officially launches, depending on region, with livestreaming of either game prohibited prior to the global launch of the multiplatform versions on January 19. There’s also the standard practice of adding a spoiler warning when uploading or streaming the game, as to not spoil fans who are first-time players.
Unlike the restrictions in place forPersona 5 Royal’s remastered re-release, there are no restrictions on players capturing footage from any segment ofeitherPersona 4 GoldenorPersona 3 Portable, or any implementation of blocking content from being recorded from in-console recording tools. There are still some other restrictions in place according to the Japanese site, such as requesting fans not to release content that is illegal or slandering any third-parties or specific players, or specific copyright notices that are for Atlus and Sega.
Many fans are excited for the remasters, giving them a new chance to be played on a wide range of accessible systems. Notably, this isPersona 3 Portable’s first re-releaseever since it was an exclusive on Sony’s PlayStation Portable in 2009, along with the first re-release ofPersona 3in over two decades. The full list of rules can be found on the Japanese websites for Atlus’Personaseries.
Persona 3 PortableandPersona 4 Goldenwill be available on January 19 for PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
