Sega is pleased with interest in Stranger Than Heaven and Persona 4 Revival. One of the games has 2 million wishlists

Sega reported that Stranger Than Heaven and Persona 4 Revival are significantly outpacing the company’s internal benchmarks for wishlist additions.

On November 6, Sega Sammy Holdings published its financial report for the second quarter of fiscal year 2027, which will end in March. Due to a lack of major new releases, revenue from full-game sales declined slightly, but catalog revenue rose from 18 billion yen (about $114 million) to 20.2 billion yen ($128 million) year over year. The company pins its primary hopes for the second half of the fiscal year on upcoming releases.

In the coming months, Sega will release three major projects: Football Manager 27 is due on November 10, Stranger Than Heaven on January 15, and Persona 4 Revival on February 18. Both of the latter titles are already outperforming the benchmark titles selected by the company at a comparable stage of pre-launch preparation.

As of September 3, Stranger Than Heaven had surpassed 1 million wishlist additions. Approximately half of these users had never purchased an RGG Studio game before. Sega attributes this result to advertising campaigns aimed at a new audience.

Persona 4 Revival crossed the 2 million wishlist mark 18 weeks before release. The vast majority of this audience consists of fans who have already bought several games in the series.

However, a large number of wishlisted users does not guarantee matching sales.