Sega purchases Index/Atlus

[Rhyme]

nikkei

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kotaku

Atlus will soon be a Sega brand, reports Japan's Nikkei.

The Japanese news source reports that there have been substantial steps forward for Index Corporation (Atlus' parent company) to transfer management control over to Sega Sammy Holdings (Sega's parent company).

This comes as Sega will formally purchase Index for 14 billion yen (US$141 million), and Index's game business is being reorganized under Sega.

Last August, there were reports that Sega was among twenty companies bidding for Index, which was going through financial proceedings. This summer, Atlus said its brand would carry on and was "unaffected" by the financial troubles.

s-so is atlus dead

[soulcaliburfan]

Sega has the rights to plenty of niche games and don't seem to get in the way of them. So, I hope it will just stay that way.

[Rhyme]

Sega has the rights to plenty of niche games and don't seem to get in the way of them. So, I hope it will just stay that way.

its not that they interfere with niche games it's that they're really shitty when it comes to translating said niche games

i'm looking at you pso2, valk2/3, shining arc

[Vipershark]

[Kriven]

I thought Sega wasn't doing too well itself.. can they really afford to take on another sinking ship?

[Vipershark]

someone on NeoGAF posted this

Sonic Chronicles 2, developed by Atlus.

If that actually happened it could possibly be half decent.

[Koopaul]

Interesting. If they can still churn out a Zenoclash III I'll be happy.

[Sevenstitch]

Nothing really important here is happening

Sega Sammy Holdings bought Altus, not Sega

Sega has nothing to do with Altus, Altus is still its own company

It just has a new bankroll to answer to, instead of Index

Besides, America hardly gets Atlus releases anyway

[Kitsu]

Sega Sammy may have been Atlus's buyers, but they placed Index properties under Sega Dream which is under Sega (which is under Sega Sammy lol).

It'd be cool if Atlus USA could pick up Sega's slack in localizing games. Provided they were included in the purchase. And still exist.
(Honestly, even with a little bit of research, it's hard to tell if Atlus USA even still existed any more; things indicated that the company itself hasn't existed for some time and that it's just a brand that Index Digital Media's been publishing under, but still?)

[Mutsukki]

Interesting. If they can still churn out a Zenoclash III I'll be happy.

I'm sure I said this in another thread, but, again, that's not Atlus!!!!!!!



About this I've been kinda mad that it was Sega of all companies, but people has been telling me this is good and that Sega may have been the best option so idk

Besides, America hardly gets Atlus releases anyway

Huh? I'm sure the West gets plenty of Atlus. Actually Atlus is probably the one company that localize their games the most

[Sevenstitch]

Yeah, sorry for posting

I guess those were my opinions and not facts based in reality


I suppose the reality is that I dont even really care about this~

so why did i even post


good luck Atlus