Lonk Posted August 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Oh, I'm not denying that, but I haven't heard about Sega going bankrupt. They aren't bankrupt, but they don't exactly have the best financial standing :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 [url=http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2013/07/sega-see-solid-growth-over-the-quarter/]I beg to differ.[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchermitcher Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 As long as Atlus' games aren't console exclusive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTR~ Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 All we can do now is hope.. Raise your hands to the sky and lend your energy to Nintendo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yosuke-kun Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 I beg to differ. Yeah I was wondering how Sega could possibly doing as bad as Jord said when Phantasy Star 2 online was like the most popular online game in Japan for the longest time. That clears things up, but I still don't really want Sega to get Atlus. As long as Atlus' games aren't console exclusive... Most of their games were and probably will remain console exclusives. Honestly, as long as most of the new releases come out on either PS4 or Wii U, I don't mind too much. I refuse to get an Xbox One though. Too many bad rumors and facts circulating around it. *feels like now Persona 5 will be Xbox One exclusive* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vla1ne Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 *feels like now Persona 5 will be Xbox One exclusive* please don't say that, persona 5 is one of the games I'm looking forward to the most, and until at least a year or two has passed I have no intention of getting an xbox one. Seeing as a ton of atlus games are on Nintendo consoles already (after the ps2 era ended they mostly became psp/ds exclusives, barring P4arena) I'm hoping they keep up the trend. but it would be interesting if a company that nobody's even thought of manages to slide in from nowhere and get atlus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Zero Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 I wish I had the same feeling when 4kids went through this type of thing, but this is much more likely to end badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Not to mention Atlus doesn't deserve the type of hate 4Kids got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonk Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Atlus was a civilian casualty in a dangerous situation. The best we can do is just hope that it is in the hands of the right company. Square Enix is a definite no because they already make JRPGs, and Atlus wouldn't get work since Squeenix would be focusing exclusively on KH and FF games. Konami is a maybe... SEGA wouldn't be able to use Atlus' full potential. Capcom's failing too hard to be able to pick them up. and what other 3rd party companies did I exclude that could potentially buy Atlus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Namco Bandai, but I think that mostly has to do with the Tales series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonk Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Namco Bandai, but I think that mostly has to do with the Tales series. you know, I can live perfectly fine if Namco Bandai picked up Atlus. They may make the Tales games, which I love, but they also focus on making other games as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
encapturer Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Honestly, I don't know which company would best handle Atlus' properties. Or which company could benefit their most from them. Nintendo seems like they fit both criteria, but I want to see what other companies might be interested besides Sega. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonk Posted August 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 http://www.gamepolitics.com/2013/08/05/report-twenty-companies-including-sega-interested-buying-atlus#.UgDuNG2dVbE So far, 20 companies (including SEGA) are interested with buying Atlus. Plus, the highest known bid so far is $203 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 My problem with SEGA getting it is that a lot of Atlus's games would have no intent for western release, because of SEGA doing that a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Interestingly, they say that highest bid so far has been $203 million, which is also the amount that Sega apparently bid.http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2013/08/05/sega-bid-for-atlus/Eh… Still hoping Nintendo wins. Alternatively, Sega wins, and then Nintendo buys Sega. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Eh… Still hoping Nintendo wins. Alternatively, Sega wins, and then Nintendo buys Sega. That's what I was thinking. XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonk Posted August 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 If Nintendo got Atlus, then Atlus can team up with Monolith Soft to make an awesomesauce game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchermitcher Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Confirmation. Sega Sammy bought Atlus. Source if you can read moon: http://blog.esuteru.com/archives/7322283.html Sega themselves said they haven't said anything regarding the matter, but if a certain imageboard can be trusted, it's more or less official. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Turns out Sega just wasn't ready to make an official announcement, so they've scrambled one together.http://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/pdf/release/20130918_index_e_final.pdfTo summarize, Sega created a new subsidiary known as Sega Dream Corporation. This company is taking over operations for Index, so think of Sega Dream as the new Index, although the report notes that the name is set to change. There's going to be a bigger focus on mobile and arcade games based on Atlus' properties, but this presumably will not detract from development on home consoles. The transfer will be finalized by November 1 of this year, after which Sega will be able to give us a better idea of what is to come.And now we wait for Nintendo to swoop in and take Sega. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vla1ne Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 I can't tell whether this is good or bad. it sounds like both, but I love some of the games under Sega's belt, and if I can customize my characters in the next Phantasy Star to look like Igor and Elizabeth, then I am all in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonk Posted September 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 I honestly hope that Sega doesn't keep Atlus-developed games to Japan Only. That would make me salty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchermitcher Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 I honestly hope that Sega doesn't keep Atlus-developed games to Japan Only. That would make me salty. That's essentially my only fear about Sega getting Atlus. With Sega, they won't favor Nintendo over Sony or Sony over Nintendo(I hope), so it's all cool, and heck, there might even be more PC-versions of SMT games now. And the next Persona will very likely be localized as well just because it's Persona...but I fear we might not see a localized SMT game again for some time. ;_; Actually somewhere deep in my heart I kinda hoped Namco got Atlus. Mah Tales x Persona crossover :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Just give me Devil Survivor 2: Break Record and Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem and I'll be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maeriberii Haan Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Super Smash Bros with jack frost and P5-3DS when? But Sega is definitely not a bad choice, it's just that I'm a biased nintendo fan. I wonder if Konami got Atlus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 …Sega got Atlus when they got Index. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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