ATLUS is warning players to not stream Persona 5 too much

Marcin Gulik April 5, 2017

Persona 5 is finally here, and we hope everyone is enjoying themselves and taking on the baddies with the Phantom Thieves. If you plan on streaming your adventure of Persona 5, you may want to pump your brakes and read this. ATLUS released a note the day of Persona 5‘s release, telling fans to not stream past a certain point. If you do, you may get issued a Content ID claim or account suspension.

Via ATLUS:

Please, PLEASE do not post any specific plot points or story spoilers, and only talk about the game in broad strokes. (Good example: “The game deals with dark themes right off the bat, with a lecherous teacher and other corrupted individuals.” Bad example: “Players immediately run into trouble with the pervy teacher *spoiler*, whose actions go so far as to cause *spoiler*.”)

You’re more than welcome to talk/show Confidants, the new combat, the Velvet Room, the dungeons, etc. Just please keep in mind that as a singular story playthrough, viewers are *highly* wary of spoilers!

In-game Content Limit: Please limit video content through the in-game date of 7/7.

Video Content

You can post however many additional videos you’d like, but please limit each to be at most 90 minutes long.
No major story spoilers, and I’ll leave that up to your good judgment. If you need some guidelines, avoid showing/spoiling the ending segments of the first three palaces. While you can show initial interactions with Yusuke, avoid his awakening scene, and that whole deal about THE painting. Also, don’t post anything about a certain student investigator.
I know I mentioned not showing the end of each palace, but you can grab footage from the Kamoshida boss fight. However, don’t capture video from the other major boss fights.
Must not focus solely on cutscenes/animated scenes, should prominently feature dungeon crawling/spending time in Tokyo.
You can post straight gameplay or have commentary.

Streaming Content

This being a Japanese title with a single-playthrough story means our masters in Japan are very wary about it. Sharing is currently blocked through the native PS4 UI. However, if you do plan on streaming, video guidelines above apply except length. If you decide to stream past 7/7 (I HIGHLY RECOMMEND NOT DOING THIS, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED), you do so at the risk of being issued a content ID claim or worse, a channel strike/account suspension.

Be forewarned, ladies and gents! It’s definitely not worth getting your account suspended over. What are your thoughts on ATLUS’ rules? Discuss in the comments below!

Via ATLUS