[W.A.C.]

Are there any publishers that sound like they would be a great fit for Atlus? From what I gathered, it doesn't sound like any publisher would work all that well because of all the obscure Japanese games they port to the U.S. On the plus side, at least SEGA wouldn't intervene on game development like EA, Activision, or Capcom would. Hell, SEGA as a publisher might cause Atlus to support the PC platform more since SEGA actually values PC gaming nowadays.

This post has been edited by W.A.C.: 03 August 2013 - 02:06 AM

[Hero Of Fate]

Their best bet would be a mega publisher like Marvelous or Gung Ho really. SEGA is a garbage company that doesn't release anything in the West, other than Sonic, due to "poor sales".

This post has been edited by Hero Of Fate: 03 August 2013 - 02:20 AM

[W.A.C.]

Is there a list of these 20 publishers looking to buy Atlus? I can't find a list anywhere.

[STHX]

W.A.C., on 03 August 2013 - 03:58 AM, said:

Is there a list of these 20 publishers looking to buy Atlus? I can't find a list anywhere.

There is no list unfortunately, Sega/Sammy was leaked by bloomberg, but that's it.

[TimmiT]

Hero Of Fate, on 03 August 2013 - 12:41 AM, said:

That would be the worst fucking thing ever, though. Seriously, kiss any Western Atlus release goodbye.

I'm not sure about that, seeing how there's still Atlus USA. Sega could actually use Atlus' localization team for Sega games.

Or they'll fire them because Sega can be dumb like that, we'll see.

[GeneHF]

STHX, on 03 August 2013 - 04:15 AM, said:

Sega/Sammy was leaked by bloomberg, but that's it.

Which, by the way, is hilarious. Sega just can't ever stop leaks.

[MilesMcGuire]

For those of you who don't know, Index Corporation, the parent company of the developer Atlus of Persona/Shin Megami Tenshi fame, has been going through serious financial trouble as of late, the least of which is being accused of fraud and being 2.4 billion yen in debt. And recently, probably because of this, 20 or so companies in a race to buy Index Corp and their assets. Among the 20 of those companies, the only one that's been revealed/translated has been SEGA-Sammy, NOT the gaming company but rather its parent company. The current highest bid is around $200 million (note, SEGA-Sammy is not said to be this highest bidder) and that by next week, the bidding shall be streamed down and Atlus and all of their assets shall be given to the highest bidder. If you want more info, here are a number of articles to check out regrading the topic.

So, the question I wanna ask you guys is this; if SEGA-Sammy did acquire Atlus, would it be a good thing or a bad thing? I've heard a lot of people go against it the idea for several reasons (tardiness to localisation, a general ignorance of any IPs that aren't Sonic the Hedgehog etc.) but personally, I think it could go pretty well, all things considered. Remember, it's the parent company, NOT SEGA, buying Atlus so the development team will more than likely just operate as another developer under SEGA-Sammy, as with SEGA themselves. If there is some kind of interaction between the two, it could go quite fine as far as I can see.

Atlus's presence in Europe is barely discernible so having publisher support from SEGA could help get their games noticed better in the overall PAL market. (Yes, SEGA's advertising in Europe isn't too great to begin with but it's better than what Atlus is up to over here at the moment!) As for localisation, it's not like SEGA's going to stop Atlus games from being released in the West, which many people have suggested, because here's the thing: Atlus IS a localisation company too! They do all this stuff anyways and I don't see why SEGA would want to prevent them from simply doing their job! There might be a better company to buy Atlus (again, we don't know any of the other companies that bid on them) but nonetheless, I think SEGA-Sammy's at least a decent place for them to go.

What do you guys think of all this? Could Atlus do better or can SEGA-Sammy actually positively affect Atlus and vice-versa? Well, I'll leave the rest of this debate to you guys; have fun!

[JaxTH]

http://forums.sonicr...showtopic=31640

[1stKirbyever]

Bump but Sega confirms that it has taken over Atlus' parent company.

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Sega today announced that it has taken over the operations of Index Corporation, the Japanese company that owns video game developer and publisher Atlus.

Index filed for Civil Rehabilitation back in June, the Japanese equivalent of the Bankruptcy procedure, after suffering heavy debts.

Now Sega has acquired Index, along with Atlus, and has formed a new subsidiary to take over operations of the company, called Sega Dream Corporation (although Sega notes that this name "is set to change in the future."

As part of the move, Sega now has access to such notable video games IPs as the Megami Tensei series, the Persona franchise, and the Etrian Obyssey franchise.

Sega is hoping that this acquisition will offer numerous benefits for the company, providing it with big Japanese IPs that can be used to inject a steady flow of revenue. The deal is set to be completed by November 1, 2013.

The company did not state how much it has paid for Index, although a report from Bloomberg suggests somewhere in the region of $141 million.

Source.

Well... this is kinda.. I'm not sure what to think here

EDIT: And I just realize I don't check General Sega enough. Disregard this post

This post has been edited by 1stKirbyever: 18 September 2013 - 04:46 AM

[Kiddo Cabbusses]

Due to what happened it might be best to merge this into the General Sega thread.

Interesting that Sega did this. Perhaps they're pretty secure about their financial state after all?

So, how do you think Shin Megami Tensei x Shining Force would go after SMT x FE?

[Shadow Hog]

Kiddo Cabbusses, on 18 September 2013 - 09:59 AM, said:

So, how do you think Shin Megami Tensei x Shining Force would go after SMT x FE?

Considering the current state of the Shining series, very poorly.

[Kiddo Cabbusses]

Shadow Hog, on 18 September 2013 - 10:36 AM, said:

Considering the current state of the Shining series, very poorly.

I would wish Sega/Atlus would use such a game to try to rebuild Shining's relationship with it's foreign fans, rather than burning the bridges further. :P

But eh... the stark contrast between how Sega handles localization and how Atlus does... the biggest fear here is the potential changing or dissolving of Atlus USA. Let's hope Sega understands Atlus' fanbase and doesn't decide to treat them like foreign Shining and Phantasy Star fans.

[Aesculapius Piranha]

Giving credit to JaxTH for calling it right off the damn bat.

[JaxTH]

Aesculapius Piranha, on 18 September 2013 - 11:25 AM, said:

Giving credit to JaxTH for calling it right off the damn bat.

<3

[Overlord]

Moved to General Sega Discussion - for the sake of having one thread on this, let's keep the discussion to the new thread, I'll lock this one as such. Head over here: http://forums.sonicr...showtopic=32070