I'm interested in Persona 5 Royal. Do I need the context of other Persona games?

GanonsSpirit posted...

Atlus just released a Japanese survey asking if fans would like to see Switch ports of their games, including Persona.

https://twitter.com/Atlus_jp/status/1225690665830375426

From what people say, Atlus releases this survey every now and then, and nothing of substance ever really happens