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[Sseklebeast]

I do not want to play a "Megaten" game that has no Jack Frost or has a fake one, Jeraldo Freezing or some shit.

Mack Frost would be awesome! Right? .. Right!?!? errr :\

 

[Hours Left]

Microsoft buying Atlus would be a colossal mistake. Nintendo could make it work, but they couldn't.

Might as well bankrupt them again if that's the case.

 

[catmincer]

Sega would be good. Then I can have a Skies of Arcadia sequel!

 

[Erekiddo]

I've done my part. I've purchased all of their releases aside from the EO games.

This troubles me. A lot.

 

[Kyon]

kyons you cannot be serious

Gurl.... Anything to keep it from those two platforms I'm good. No fanks. They can have SMT tho nothing would be lost since they been releasing them on that anyway. If not P4G and Dragons Crown would be a swan song I won't complain about.

 

[suzu]

Hopefully things work out. :/

I don't really care too much about who/where the IPs go, as long as they're still putting out games I want... somewhere.

Spoiler

No pachinko machines or mobile games tho... my heart can't take it. lol

 

[exmachina64]

Good night, sweet prince.

Whatever happens, it's been a good decade. Atlus RPGs changed my life.

 

[Korigama]

P4A was developed by Arc Systemworks. It doesn't count.

And written by Atlus, with everything on the creative end going through them, so it does.

 

[encephalon]

Kyon, why opposed to Nintendo owning them?

 

[IrishNinja]

Sega would be good. Then I can have a Skies of Arcadia sequel!

man what

sega's last purchase that i recall was Relic, following their "going digital" push...how would this make sense, or in anyway give us another SOA?

ya'll trippin

 

[RyoonZ]

Sega would be good. Then I can have a Skies of Arcadia sequel!

Then it'll never come outside of Japan, yay!

 

[nubbe]

Konami would be good, so they might make Breath of Fire games again... DQ was awesome

 

[Hours Left]

Kyon, get on the 3DS train. It's the future.

 

[AkimbO_Arcana]

Yep, this.

Although I must say, for as much as people love to say, "Atlus didn't release any current-gen games this gen except for Catherine!", Nintendo buying them would make that trend permanent. Tragic irony there.

Why is that? WiiU would be perfect for Atlus' console budgets. And Catherine looked glorious. Their games don't need better specs IMO.

 

[mclem]

Always wanted to see what a mainline SMT game would look like under Nomura's guidance.

Mara with zippers.

 

[Kyon]

Kyon, why opposed to Nintendo owning them?

Because I want Persona to be using grfx like Catherine or better

Kyon, get on the 3DS train. It's the future.

Sis you do know I have 3 of them right? RIP

add my US one tho. My FC is in my profile

 

[vagabondarts]

Yep, this.

Although I must say, for as much as people love to say, "Atlus didn't release any current-gen games this gen except for Catherine!", Nintendo buying them would make that trend permanent. Tragic irony there.

This is masterful trolling. I applaud you sir. Good job.

 

[scytheavatar]

yes. in fact, apparently it was the only positive light out of the corruption ordeal.

Source proving that they had been profitable in recent years? Because according to this Atlus's finance had never been as good as what many of you guys seem to think:

http://finella.nemissa.info/2010/02/14/end-of-the-atlus-we-know/

Fast-forward to now. Atlus hasn’t been doing well the last few years. P3/4 and the Trauma Center series are relatively successful, but their arcade division as a whole made severe losses.

NINE was also a flop and Imagine was also consuming so much resources that they had to dump it out to Cave to continue.

Strange Journey didn’t sell that well either. In fact, the PSP remake of P3 outsold it.

Due to their losses and the bad economy, Atlus had to sell and/or close down some of their subsidiaries back in November, hoping that they’ll recover their losses in the next quarter (Jan 2010).

Obviously that isn’t happening….

Anyway, just what could this mean?

Just being pessimistic here, but since SJ’s sale is low, we might never see a classic SMT-style game again.

Inb4 9001 Persona 3/4 spinoffs/remakes.

Time will tell just how this change will actually affect us, the consumers.

Atlus ATM is nothing more than a small worthless fry in the video game market, when was the last time any of their game sold more than 1 million? That's the reality of the video game market ATM, people here constantly shit on AAA games but it's likely your AAA companies are in much better shape than those companies who are constantly having a 150K sales target.

 

[Raytow]

Kyon, why opposed to Nintendo owning them?

2 words: region locking.

 

[encephalon]

Because I want Persona to be using grfx like Catherine or better

Can you imagine a Persona series where Nintendo doesn't allow them to write the story first?

 

[IrishNinja]

Gurl.... Anything to keep it from those two platforms I'm good. No fanks. They can have SMT tho nothing would be lost since they been releasing them on that anyway. If not P4G and Dragons Crown would be a swan song I won't complain about.

i mean what if they just kinda kept em 2nd party-ish and published though, like they're half-way doing at the moment for platinum
i wouldnt see much reason to fuss there, plus you know you got a 3DS already stop frontin

Spoiler

we need to coordinate a village visit haha

Kyon, why opposed to Nintendo owning them?

Kyons is that ride-or-die-for-sony head; you gotta figure if Atlus dropped off the vita than looking back at the PSP the golden years would be sadly barren is the thing (my best guess haha)

 

[Messofanego]

Well, at least I got the amazing Zeno Clash games out of them!

 

[IrishNinja]

Because I want Persona to be using grfx like Catherine or better

okay yeah nevermind this is a good reason too heh

2 words: region locking.

this is likewise a very legit complaint

Then it'll never come outside of Japan, yay!

(;_ too soon
GOTY Yakuza 5 still comin tho, BELIEVE

 

[buddha0991]

Source proving that they had been profitable in recent years? Because according to this Atlus's finance had never been as good as what many of you guys seem to think:

http://finella.nemissa.info/2010/02/14/end-of-the-atlus-we-know/



Atlus ATM is nothing more than a small worthless fry in the video game market, when was the last time any of their game sold more than 1 million? That's the reality of the video game market ATM, people here constantly shit on AAA games but it's likely your AAA companies are in much better shape than those companies who are constantly having a 150K sales target.

but SMTIV sales are good

 

[Squire]

This is masterful trolling. I applaud you sir. Good job.

Except it's not, since it's my actual opinion.

No offense if you like Wii U, but I want P5 on tech that's actually current; Not on a console with innards last considered impressive in 2009.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

EDIT OH GOD EDITING.

Ok I thought I knew what I was doing. Actually I'm just retarded. Will post again.

 

[Nibel]

Oh come on, this can't be true

:/

 

[Hours Left]

Sis you do know I have 3 of them right? RIP

add my US one tho. My FC is in my profile

I mean the 3DS everything train. There is nothing else. It's Atlus's only hope now.

Oh, and added.

 

[Lemon Crest]

Valve would be the perfect buyer.

If they pack in TF2 pre-order items;It would sell gangbusters.

 

[Danthrax]

Bankruptcy doesn't mean that a company goes away. It means that it wipes its debt off the books and restructures some things. In this case, it sounds like some new investors are coming in who likely will make some changes and require some efficiencies to make their money back. But bottom line is that Atlas probably will keep making and releasing video games.

There's an unbelievable amount of weeping in this thread. Atlas is probably going to survive, at least in the short term.


[edit] Duckroll's post below mine is interesting ... so perhaps Index will spin off Atlas under new ownership — either a group of new investors, or another video game company. But either way! Atlas is gonna survive! It'll be OK.

 

[duckroll]

Important post

https://www.release.tdnet.info/inbs/140120130627078929.pdf

This is the official press release sent out announcing their civil restructuring. There's a lot of legal speak in it, but further down one of the important sections is their outlook for the situation. It states that the game division is clearly the most desirable and functional part of Index's business, and that's one area they plan on expanding on specifically. They will seek out and select a sponsor as soon as possible to conduct a business transfer before the situation further damages the value of this core business.

Sounds like they're looking for a partner or a straight buy-out.

 

[ULTROS!]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Has anyone read the Index press release itself? It's pretty interesting: <a href="https://t.co/tIwkpNomUp">https://t.co/tIwkpNomUp</a></p>&mdash; duckroll (@RollingPirahna) <a href="https://twitter.com/RollingPirahna/statuses/350179625927839744">June 27, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The current board and chairman who are under investigation are basically hosed. They'll not be taking part of the restructure proceedings.</p>&mdash; duckroll (@RollingPirahna) <a href="https://twitter.com/RollingPirahna/statuses/350179770484523008">June 27, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>More importantly, they recognize the value of the games division, and they're going to find a sponsor asap for a business transfer.</p>&mdash; duckroll (@RollingPirahna) <a href="https://twitter.com/RollingPirahna/statuses/350180180867817472">June 27, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>It says that they want to select such a sponsor quickly before the situation damages the value of the company's core business (games).</p>&mdash; duckroll (@RollingPirahna) <a href="https://twitter.com/RollingPirahna/statuses/350180450880335873">June 27, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Courtesy of Duckroll. I tried to go through the document, but I'm out to dinner and reading this shit on a smartphone while eating sucks balls.

EDIT OH GOD EDITING.

It's painful to read.

 

[AniHawk]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Has anyone read the Index press release itself? It's pretty interesting: <a href="https://t.co/tIwkpNomUp">https://t.co/tIwkpNomUp</a></p>&mdash; duckroll (@RollingPirahna) <a href="https://twitter.com/RollingPirahna/statuses/350179625927839744">June 27, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The current board and chairman who are under investigation are basically hosed. They'll not be taking part of the restructure proceedings.</p>&mdash; duckroll (@RollingPirahna) <a href="https://twitter.com/RollingPirahna/statuses/350179770484523008">June 27, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>More importantly, they recognize the value of the games division, and they're going to find a sponsor asap for a business transfer.</p>&mdash; duckroll (@RollingPirahna) <a href="https://twitter.com/RollingPirahna/statuses/350180180867817472">June 27, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>It says that they want to select such a sponsor quickly before the situation damages the value of the company's core business (games).</p>&mdash; duckroll (@RollingPirahna) <a href="https://twitter.com/RollingPirahna/statuses/350180450880335873">June 27, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>[?CODE]

Courtesy of Duckroll. I tried to go through the document, but I'm out to dinner and reading this shit on a smartphone while eating sucks balls.[/QUOTE]

so essentially they're going to try and do an snk playmore thing (except without the guys in charge of index because they will be getting jailtime?)

 

[KillerTravis]

Gurl.... Anything to keep it from those two platforms I'm good. No fanks. They can have SMT tho nothing would be lost since they been releasing them on that anyway. If not P4G and Dragons Crown would be a swan song I won't complain about.

Why are you so loyal to Sony? I'd rather be able to play any future Atlus games than no games at all.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Wouldn't mind if Sony, MS, or Nintendo purchased Atlus - as long as they stick around to continue making games.

 

[Kyon]

2 words: region locking.

Actually no I'm an importer and I have 2 JP 3DSs. Already pre ordered my two MH4 XLs too

Can you imagine a Persona series where Nintendo doesn't allow them to write the story first?

That would be a mess

i mean what if they just kinda kept em 2nd party-ish and published though, like they're half-way doing at the moment for platinum
i wouldnt see much reason to fuss there, plus you know you got a 3DS already stop frontin

Spoiler

we need to coordinate a village visit haha

Kyons is that ride-or-die-for-sony head; you gotta figure if Atlus dropped off the vita than looking back at the PSP the golden years would be sadly barren is the thing (my best guess haha)

Yes we do

And and actually I'm Sony/Nintendo hun since day 1.(Did we not buy Wii U's day 1 together?) Just for persona imma need ha in HD. And P3P was a tragedy. So yeah

 

[Soulflarz]

How big is Atlus?.

Id say they have a lot of social links..
*cries*

 

[vagabondarts]

Except it's not, since it's my actual opinion.

No offense if you like Wii U, but I want P5 on tech that's actually current; Not on a console with innards last considered impressive in 2009.

I hear you. I don't think they could afford the nextgen development tbh so we will probably never know.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

IGNORE THAT. WOOPS.

Duckroll posted what I was trying to post anyway. Hahaha.

 

[buddha0991]

what is this im seeing

 

[ULTROS!]

Important post

https://www.release.tdnet.info/inbs/140120130627078929.pdf

This is the official press release sent out announcing their civil restructuring. There's a lot of legal speak in it, but further down one of the important sections is their outlook for the situation. It states that the game division is clearly the most desirable and functional part of Index's business, and that's one area they plan on expanding on specifically. They will seek out and select a sponsor as soon as possible to conduct a business transfer before the situation further damages the value of this core business.

Sounds like they're looking for a partner or a straight buy-out.

Added in the OP, would you mind updating the title too?

 

[RyougaSaotome]

Important post

https://www.release.tdnet.info/inbs/140120130627078929.pdf

This is the official press release sent out announcing their civil restructuring. There's a lot of legal speak in it, but further down one of the important sections is their outlook for the situation. It states that the game division is clearly the most desirable and functional part of Index's business, and that's one area they plan on expanding on specifically. They will seek out and select a sponsor as soon as possible to conduct a business transfer before the situation further damages the value of this core business.

Sounds like they're looking for a partner or a straight buy-out.

There we go. Quoted so people don't miss.

That was oddly embarrassing.

 

[encephalon]

Important post

https://www.release.tdnet.info/inbs/140120130627078929.pdf

This is the official press release sent out announcing their civil restructuring. There's a lot of legal speak in it, but further down one of the important sections is their outlook for the situation. It states that the game division is clearly the most desirable and functional part of Index's business, and that's one area they plan on expanding on specifically. They will seek out and select a sponsor as soon as possible to conduct a business transfer before the situation further damages the value of this core business.

Sounds like they're looking for a partner or a straight buy-out.

So this is where they're allowed to sell "all or part of their business," then. : P

(or I found something completely irrelevant).

 

[wrowa]

If they get the dev teams, but not the IP, and are forced to redo all their lore and get rid of almost 20 years of world and lore building, I am out. I do not want to play a "Megaten" game that has no Jack Frost or has a fake one, Jeraldo Freezing or some shit.

Well, if Atlus will be integrated into another company, I wouldn't be surprised if several key members would decide to form new and smaller studios independently anyway.

 

[Sandfox]

Except it's not, since it's my actual opinion.

No offense if you like Wii U, but I want P5 on tech that's actually current; Not on a console with innards last considered impressive in 2009.

Persona 5 is probably going to be on the PS3 so...

 

[mclem]

Nintendo buys Atlas IP *Persona 5 Wii U exclusive; Gaf down for weeks*

Xbox One exclusive would be worse I guess. Or more hilarious actually.

nah that would mean the series would move forward and not backwards so i'd take that. Or if its PS3 still then 0 problems[/QUOTE]

So, just to be absolutely clear, you're stating that a (hypothetical, joking) Persona 5 would:

* Move forwards on Xbox One
* Be fine on PS3
* Move backwards on Wii U


May I gently suggest that you're not using the most open-minded appraisal of the situation?

 

[Gustav]

No!

Sony, pls. Save us!

 

[ULTROS!]

IGNORE THAT. WOOPS.

Duckroll posted what I was trying to post anyway. Hahaha.

Sorry, the quotes will permanently record that in history.

 

[computers putin']

So all hope is not lost?

 

[IrishNinja]

Valve would be the perfect buyer.

If they pack in TF2 pre-order items;It would sell gangbusters.

what the
i mean i wanna see them on PC, and valve does need that kinda content but...this still don't make much sense

Important post

Sounds like they're looking for a partner or a straight buy-out.

prediction: Sammy will buy & gut them for the Pachinko rights