Ever since Persona 3, the franchise’s activity time slots have worked about the same way in each game, but Persona 6 could make one easy upgrade.
Although it wasn’t part of the franchise’s original concept, social simulation has become central to the Persona franchise. Although it might change a little, much like how Persona 5 upgraded Social Links into Confidants, Persona 6 will undoubtedly feature a social life for the protagonist that involves careful time management and a balance of different activities. Given how useful Confidants already are, Persona 6 could consider focusing on upgrading the protagonist’s schedule rather than changing the Confidants themselves. Atlus could use this game to give the protagonist — and therefore the player — far more free time to make friends.
Persona 3 first introduced the social life cycle, and since then, the mainline games have generally kept the same schedule: most days offer the player an afternoon time slot and an evening time slot which they can spend on all kinds of activities. This is true of all days, even when it’s the weekend, a holiday, or summer vacation. While that still leaves Persona protagonists like P5’s Joker plenty of time to hone their skills and socialize, Persona 6 could open up mornings on days without school to vastly boost the player’s scheduling freedom and make it easier to see as much of the game as possible on a given playthrough.
