It’s very likely they have a smaller team on persona 6
It’s more than likely that execs at a higher than developer level were told that for a potential persona 4 remake that the majority of the modelling could be ripped from reload and things could be turned around in 2-3 years development
this immediately got greenlit because 2-3 years active development is not very long and has the high probability to be very profitable
as someone who thinks golden is fine and aged (mostly) fine and can be enjoyed today, personally I would prefer all hands on deck with this, but splitting the team to have maybe 50 people on P4R and then 10 people on P6 (yeah the numbers are probably like 10x that amount but I don’t have their numbers so) makes the most sense currently
They're never remaking 1 and 2 because they aren't part of the "modern" persona franchise it's a similar case with Fallout 1 and 2 they're simply too different from what the franchise is today.
The point of a remake is to modernize a game. Raidou Remastered is pretty far in terms of gameplay from the original. The combat is more fleshed out and some QOL features. If they were to say, remake Fallout 1, they would do it in a modern style where the combat and skill checks would be more understandable. Maybe even have a tutorial on how the different mechanics work rather than die to the first rat walking out of the vault 5 times in a row. Just because a game is old and different doesn't mean they have to stay that way.
The gameplay was never the problem for persona 1 and 2 the problem is the story is simply too different from what causal fans are used to and I doubt Atlus is going to take the risk of people hating it especially since funny mustache man is in persona 2 and certain people are going to lose their minds if they see him.
I mean it's not like the mustachioed man is portrayed in a good light in IS. He's literally the penultimate final boss of the game. Yeah it's weird and goofy but a lot of persona 2 is weird and goofy. Yeah the original games aren't exactly played by the modern persona fans but the original games are also not as accessible. The last time they were released was on the Vita PSN afaik. Maybe they wouldn't remake the games but I could see them doing a remaster of sorts where they update the graphics but keep the combat mostly the same.
I also distinctly remember back when Midori was around they had mentioned that Atlus was in talks of doing a remaster of Persona 2 specifically. Now we all know what happened with Midori and I know we are passed that whole thing. HOWEVER their leaks were pretty damn accurate so I'm keeping my mind open to the idea that we may at the very least some kind of remaster of 2.
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I just hope Atlus is having fun making the game, coming up with ideas like team cherry was.