Atlus outlines Persona 5 streaming limitations

Atlus published on their website today an interesting newsletter post about some limitations about sharing of videos and streams from the localized launch of Persona 5. Atlus confirmed to outlets over the last couple days that all streaming and sharing using the Playstation 4's built in share features have been disabled for the title. However, they have listed more explicit rules of sorts for what is and isn't allowed for those who plan on streaming or capturing footage using third party hardware, and twitch has vocalized their support of the guidelines. It's hard to say exactly how and to what extent this will be enforced, but the guidelines are fairly specific. 

The published limitations for sharing gameplay of Persona 5 are listed as below, with a hard limitation of all game content past the in-game date of 7/7 being subject to content ID claim:

In-game Content Limit: Please limit video content through 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.

The post mentions streamers should use good judgment when it comes to what is spoiler territory and what is not, but also lists some specific characters and dates that are banned from being shared (or at least, threatened with risk of takedown). We think Persona 5 is stellar, but these heavy restrictions will have to be worked around for those wanting to share gameplay or create videos for the game's launch.