Late next month, one of the best games of 2017 gets even better. Persona 5 Royal is an enormous update of Atlus' beloved JRPG that reworks the storyline and adds a host new features, including a new party member, mechanics, and cutscenes to make sure you spend even more time exploring modern Japan and the psyches of its crooked denizens, and is even changing some of Persona 5's problematic scenes.
Persona 5 Royal launches exclusively for PlayStation 4 on March 31, 2020 in North America and Europe, though it's been out since October 31 in Japan. Updates like Royal are par for the course for the Persona series--both Persona 3 and Persona 4 received major re-releases--but Royal looks to be the biggest update one of the Persona games have gotten yet. We've been following the game since it was announced in Japan, and you can check out our P5R reveal trailer analysis or our breakdown of the several new features in the game.
Along with the announcement of the March 2020 release date, Atlus detailed all the editions available for pre-order right now, both physical and digital. No matter which edition you pre-order, you'll gain access to all of Persona 5's original DLC. Below, we show and outline the various options you have when pre-ordering Persona 5 Royal.
Persona 5 Royal pre-order bonuses
There's no official pre-order bonus available for all editions of Persona 5 Royal, but there are a couple of retailer-exclusive bonuses. At Best Buy, you'll get a free $10 e-gift card that will be emailed to you after your purchase. Meanwhile, at GameStop, you'll get a free Joker Mask Pin.
Pre-order Persona 5 Royal Launch Edition (Physical) - $60
The physical launch edition for Persona 5 Royal comes with a limited-edition steelbook case and a P5R dynamic PS4 theme code.
Pre-order Persona 5 Royal Phantom Thieves Edition (Physical) - $90
The physical Phantom Thieves Edition for Persona 5 Royal is a bit pricier at $90 but includes quite a few collectibles. Check out everything it comes with below.
- Official Joker mask with a stand
- Collector's edition box
- Persona 5 Royal artbook
- Persona 5 Royal soundtrack on CD
- Limited edition steelbook case
- P5R dynamic PS4 theme code
Pre-order Persona 5 Royal Deluxe Edition (Digital) - $70
The Persona 5 Royal Deluxe Edition is $10 more than the launch edition and includes the Kasumi Costume bundle DLC ($15 value).
Pre-order Persona 5 Royal Ultimate Edition (Digital) - $100
The priciest edition for Persona 5 Royal is the digital Ultimate Edition, which comes with quite a few in-game items. Check out the bonuses below.
- Kasumi Costume bundle ($15 value)
- Battle bundle ($10 value)
- Persona bundle ($10 value)
- DLC bundle ($60 value)
- Six additional costume packs