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This Week in Games - Persona Royal with Cheese

They have "time and money" to put effort into an undertaking akin to a whole new game scenario for a re-release???

All you're saying is "Gimme gimme gimme I wan it because we're entitled and they have "money"" or something.

That's not how this works

So far both re-releases of P3 and P4 involved minimum effort that did not entirely require any rewriting or complete changes made to the main scenario. Re-releases of this sort usually look to minimal investment for a higher return with expectations of a lower number of sales.

Re-Releases typically sell fewer than the original release,

the re-release of FES was half the sales of P3 on the same platform.

(though this is laughable considering how long Atlus takes to release major instalments with multiple delays),

and more about how can they maximize what they invest towards. If the cost goes over a certain line, then they'd more likely shift to a full fledged sequel or new title which would guarantee a higher sales return. Therefore re-releases always get developed on a faster-track with minimal investment.

The real step back is P3P removed the entire overworld and turned the non-Tartarus portions of the game into a visual novel,

But the series has evolved greatly over the past two games, with more complex storytelling and the MCs having much more agency and relevance to the overall plot.

In order to incorporate another female MC, you'd have to strip away all the writing and storytelling the franchise has become well loved for

Or they'd have to do double the work they do now and essentially make two different games each time, which is completely unreasonable.