Atlus hits bankruptcy

[SmashFinale]

You'd think Atlus would be able to support themselves without a parent company...

[shadowDOESrock]

Well, case is closed.

Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. now fully owns Index Corp and all its Subsidaries, that obviously includes Atlus.
Index Corp is currenly owned by the newly founded Sega Subsidiary "Sega Dream" (whose name will change soon, according to Sega)
Sega aims to increase the popularity and revenue of Atlus IP's by bringing content of those IP's to Smartphones and pachislot/pachinko machines.

[TheGameNinja]

Seems like a good fit for Atlus, as long as Sega doesn't push them to rush games out.

[SmashFinale]

Isn't Capcom in some trouble right now?

[shadowDOESrock]

Isn't Capcom in some trouble right now?

Why would they be?

[SmashFinale]

http://gaminrealm.com/2013/09/10/capcom-152-mil-bank/

[shadowDOESrock]

http://gaminrealm.com/2013/09/10/capcom-152-mil-bank/

thanks for the link

[Elija2]

I'm not entirely sure if this is a good thing. We all know that SEGA is in safe mode right now, only releasing games that they are sure will make a profit. Plus they've been pretty bad about localizing titles recently (Yakuza 5 and Phantasy Star Online 2 have yet to be localized, and the former may never be). Maybe this purchase will mark a change for them, but I'm not too hopeful.

[TheGameNinja]

I'm not entirely sure if this is a good thing. We all know that SEGA is in safe mode right now, only releasing games that they are sure will make a profit. Plus they've been pretty bad about localizing titles recently (Yakuza 5 and Phantasy Star Online 2 have yet to be localized, and the former may never be). Maybe this purchase will mark a change for them, but I'm not too hopeful.

Atlus has it's own people working on localization stateside, don't they? I don't see how Sega owning them could hurt them unless they fire those guys.

[Hakudamashi]

SEGA has Atlus?
What exactly changes? All the Atlus staff is still intact I'd imagine...

[shadowDOESrock]

Maybe company politics on what gets developed?
I mean, literally in the documents Sega states that Atlus IP's revenue will be exploited via Smartphone and Pachinko titles.

Though, I like to toy around with the idea that maybe we'll get Atlus USA to localize SEGA Games...
Probably wont happen though.

[Hakudamashi]

Hey, SEGA's on good terms with Nintendo right now, could we get a Persona game on a Nintendo console?

[jkid101094]

Hey, SEGA's on good terms with Nintendo right now, could we get a Persona game on a Nintendo console?

I fucking hope so.