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Persona 4 was a PS2 title, and the series does have a long standing relationship with Sony platforms.Persona 5, however, has not been announced.At the time of posting, Sony's cell phone site lists Meguro as the producer of Persona 5.This could certainly be an error, just as that recent pachinko report listing Person 5 as a PS3 title could have replica Omega 2210.51 watch been an error.Or maybe, just maybe it's a kwinky-dink? [PlayStation via ""Konami just released their quarterly earnings for the period April 1 to June 30, 2009.

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