Eeeeeh....I can think of a lot of worse companies to buy Atlus, but Sega hasn't exactly been on the ball lately.
And now we play the waiting game.
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The slight irony in that is that Sega/Sammy used to own to the rights to Guilty Gear. Now, after Atlus collaborated with ASW for P4A, they own the guys who made Persona and MegaTen.
I'd honestly love to see someone from SkyGunner in the next Sonic & All-Stars Racing.
Conversely, maybe we'll get Shining Force and Phantasy Star cameos in P5.
edited 18th Sep '13 12:00:43 AM by X2X
"Just wants a friend but had to give up his ding dong for it, tragic." - AngelLightStar![]()
Its the best news we were gonna get.
http://www.gamingbus.com/2013/09/18/why-sega-buying-atlus-was-the-best-we-could-have-hoped-for/
Interesting that Sega Sammy is reluctant to ascertain the claim.
I don't speak Japanese, but from what I hear, they're now officially confirmed it, they just didn't like Nikkei spoiling the announcement for them.
Edit: Yeah, here's the official stuff.
http://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/pdf/release/20130918_index_e_final.pdf
edited 18th Sep '13 12:52:58 AM by Mr.NaziFace
I hope SEGA is smart about this and doesn't interfere with Atlus too much. I mean, Atlus managed to stay profitable even with Index's colossal financial mismanagement, so anything could happen. And Sega doesn't actually seem to meddle that much in stuff made by their subsidiaries.
And if we're really lucky, (unlikely I know), they'll use Atlus USA to translate some of the stuff they're kind of leery about.
Sega-Sammy buys Atlus, not Sega.
Here comes the Sega curse. Expect localization no-nos, cancelled stuff, and bad sales if it isn't Sonic.
That said Sega isn't terrible, but they have a bad marketing team and upper management. Sega of Japan are pretty dickish too.
I can't believe this is happening though.
edited 18th Sep '13 3:22:15 PM by Vertigo_High

(I Wasn't sure if this should go in the exisiting SMT thread. I decided against, since Atlus makes more than SMT)
After months of speculation, the fate of Atlus is sealed - Index Holdings will be acquired by Sega Sammy, parent company of Sega.
http://nintendoeverything.com/sega-to-purchase-index-corporation/
In contrast to many other possible acquisitors, this will likely not affect the dev in any significant way. Nobody will lose or gain any exclusives, and things will proceed as planned. All that has changed is that the future of Atlus has been assured.
edited 17th Sep '13 10:39:38 PM by Mr.NaziFace