is a
role-playing video game developed by
Atlus, and chronologically the fourth installment in the
Persona series, a subseries of the
Megami Tensei franchise.
Persona 3 was originally published in 2006 on the
PlayStation 2 by Atlus in Japan; the North American release of the game was delayed due to issues with the publication of the official art book. An add-on disc entitled
Persona 3 FES, containing a "director's cut" of the original game, as well as a new
epilogue, was released alongside
Persona 3 in Japan in 2007, and in 2008 in other territories, with a re-release of
FES on the
PlayStation Network in 2012.