Fans took to Twitter to express their thoughts: The bottom of the blog post has a big Share button, encouraging fans to continue the discussion elsewhere. “Unfortunately, when our content is illegally circumvented and potentially made available for free, in a format we do not think delivers the experience and quality we intend, it undermines our ability to do so by diverting potential support from new audiences,” said Atlus. “For now, the best way to experience Persona 5 is on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3,” said Atlus.Ītlus expressed appreciation for “the awareness generated by the emulation community” for Persona 5.

We don’t want their first experiences to be framerate drops, or crashes, or other issues that can crop up in emulation that we have not personally overseen,” they stated.Ītlus also explained that they were listening to Persona fans who looked forward to a PC version, and while there is nothing to announce on that front, they remain aware of that push. In a blog post, Atlus explained why they felt compelled to take this move: “We believe that our fans best experience our titles (like Persona 5) on the actual platforms for which they are developed. The DMCA takedown notice affects emulation dev group Nekotekina as well as their Patreon page. Atlus’ move came after the devs advertised RPCS3 as compatible with Persona 5. Earlier today, Atlus issued DMCA takedown notices to RPCS3, a PlayStation 3 emulator for PCs.