Japanese development and publishing giant Atlus has attempted to halt the emulation of cult hit RPG Persona 5.

The firm appears to have issued a DMCA takedown against the Patreon of the maker of a PlayStation 3 emulator that was show playing Persona 5 called RPCS3. 

It would seem that the issue isn’t the PS3 emulator itself, rather the use of Persona 5.

Atlus has since released a statement to explain its actions.

“You might have heard earlier today that we issued a DMCA takedown notice involving emulation developer group RPCS3 and their Patreon page,” the company explained.

“Yes, it’s true. We settled upon this action for two reasons

“We believe that our fans best experience our titles (like Persona 5) on the actual platforms for which they are developed. We don’t want their first experiences to be framerate drops, or crashes, or other issues that can crop up in emulation that we have not personally overseen. We understand that many Persona fans would love to see a PC version. And while we don’t have anything to announce today, we are listening! For now, the best way to experience Persona 5 is on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3.

“We appreciate the awareness generated by the emulation community for Persona 5 and know that it is a fantastic example of how much people are loving our game. We want to keep bringing you titles like Persona 5. Unfortunately, when our content is illegally circumvented and potentially made available for free, in a format we do not think delivers the experience and quality we intend, it undermines our ability to do so by diverting potential support from new audiences.”