Persona 5 Bad Endings (Sell Out)
The bad ending of Persona 5 is actually a pretty obvious one, as the game will warn you when you make the necessary decision, giving you a sort of second chance.
When you finally catch up to the present day, where you’re being interrogated by Sae Niijima, you’ll be given three dialogue options.
The last one involves you cooperating with her investigation, meaning you become a snitch to save your own hide.
If you pick this option, a prompt will ask you if you’re certain that you want to make that choice, pretty much letting you know that “hey, you’re about to be a scumbag!” Confirm, and Joker will reveal the identities of all his friends.
Sae will be content with the information and leave the room to pursue your allies, leaving you to wallow in your guilt. You just sold your buddies out and you failed to save the world. You’re a horrible thief.
There’s another ending that is bad as well, giving you a second chance to botch things.
Without spoiling the details around it, a Persona named Yaldabaoth will eventually make you an offer to stay alive and continue doing whatever you want.
Your friends will be dead, but you’ll have power to do as you please as the last Phantom Thief alive. Naturally, if you have any goodness in that soul of yours, you’d tell it to shove it.
