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[Acid08]

I just can't. The last, best hope for a western JRPG fan is done.

So can we assume that SMTIV, EO1 remake and maybe Persona 5 are the last in the series for the west?

Holy shit, you actually think P5 might not come out in the US now? Get a grip.

 

[-Horizon-]

So this is bad right?

 

[Wilsongt]

We should really feel bad for Europe... Poor guys.

 

[spiritfox]

i can't wait to see what historical PC centric strategy games they come up with.

Shin Megami Tensei: Total War.

 

[tim.mbp]

The people freaking out about Atlus making mobile games clearly have little knowledge about the company.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlus_downloadable_games#Mobile_phone_games

Like none of them are released in English.

 

[MCD]

Sonic and friends in Shin Megami Tensei

 

[BassForever]

Sega Sammy wants Atlus to make some IOS/Smartphone games too.

According to the article.

There aren't enough suicide gifs in the world, but I'll post another

 

[Soma]

(could be good..? ...maybe...? ...probably not)

 

[BronsonLee]

No it obviously means they only want Atlus to make phone games, gaming is over.

Calm the fuck down people.

Pretty much. What the hell is going on? Did Sega suddenly pee on people?

Atlus doesn't make games for Japan, they make them for a worldwide audience now. If you really think any mainline Persona or SMT game isn't coming to your territory, you're insane. Do you really think they bought the company and are going through the trouble to sort out the goddamn mess it is just so they can make stuff in one place?

 

[QuiteWhittle]

Shin Megami Tensei: Total War.

Would buy.

 

[t26]

Called this months ago

Idk why people wanted Gungho to buy them.

GameArts haven't done much have they lately? Also WHERE IS MY GRANDIA IV?

Because Gungho won't be doing anything to Atlus USA. But with Sega running things they might not even exist.

 

[charlequin]

Other way around, SEGA Sammy is the parent company. SEGA and Sammy respectively are subsidiaries. Index/Altus will become another subsidiary, but has a chance of being a known entity within the company instead of being absorbed by SEGA.

A very good chance. People need to look at this process with some logic instead of just flipping out.

Atlus itself -- not Index as a whole, but the consumer games development division that we're talking about here -- is a consistently profitable enterprise. The listed sale price is $141m in US dollars -- a price that would be quite excessive simply to pick up a couple IPs whose value is heavily invested in their current, dedicated-niche-fanbase manifestation. Sammy also bought Atlus over a variety of other bidders, after Index specifically talked about looking for a buyer who would maintain some continuity in the operation.

Paying that kind of money to just loot the corpse and turn currently profitable IPs into mobile waste dumps would be quite pointless when, as it stands, they can buy Atlus, let them remain profitable doing what they already do, and also exploit them via sleazy mobile titles and so on.

Atlus USA is definitely the bigger concern here.

 

[LiK]

PERSONA 5 iOS!

 

[Nirolak]

I found a leaked (or should I say leeked) screenshot of Persona 5:

 

[Perfect Cha0s]

Persona 5 on iOS/Android in 2014.

book it.

Buy movie tickets to boost your S. Link with Rise for just $0.99!

 

[Tamanon]

So this is bad right?

Not at all, people just like to panic.

 

[Aretak]

Huh. I actually think this is promising news, so long as Sega doesn't fuck things up.

 

[MagiusNecros]

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$10 to raise Fusion Level Cap by 1.

 

[AniHawk]

It would probably make more sense for Sega to actually dissolve Sega USA and then rename Atlus USA the new "Sega USA."

from what my superpowered gerbil brain can understand, sega sammy owns sega corp and whatever atlus was (index digital media? i dunno). sega and atlus are both their own things in a bigger corporation.

however you would think it would make sense to not have two american publishing branches, where two development branches is okay.

if this happens, then i think sega usa will stay sega usa and only some people from atlus usa will make the transition.

 

[Sophia]

Specifically, it says Sega Sammy wants to use Atlus's assets effectively, including (but not limited to) Smartphone games.

Which article are you getting that quote from? I do not see it in the Nikkei article, and I'd like to see it.

I found a leaked (or should I say leeked) screenshot of Persona 5:

Aigis to guest star in future Project Diva titles. (Which disturbingly is not as far fetched as I make it sound....)

 

[StreetsAhead]

Also, you need to be registered on the site for the full article, which might be why some of you couldn't see the sentence about Smartphones.

To be fair, they also say they're aiming to revitalise Index's home console business as well.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Everyone better buy the new Etrian Odyssey game, fuck I'm scared.

Not announced for Europe yet.

I would gladly import if it wasn't because motherfucking nintendo keeps region locking their systems like it is the 1980's or something.

 

[zewone]

Wow. This is devastating news.

 

[Dual Blade]

Depressed...I just bought Persona 4 Golden too!

Hopefully Persona 5 is too far along in development to cancel!

 

[Limit]

"You do not posses the demons necessary for this fusion. Use 3000* demon points to fuse this demon now."





*$1 = 100 demon points

Gungho wasn't going to do any different had they been the one who had purchased Atlus.

 

[Faustek]

Oh for christ's sake, they didn't do VC3 because the 2nd one dive bombed, deal with it

You got 5 goddamn Yakuza games when you really only deserved one after the sales that one got (I blame the dub for that though).

Shit, you got Dead Souls for crying out loud! The only thing you could maybe get mad about is Kenzan.

So that's TWO titles.

But no, Segata Sanshiro is going to fucking judo throw everyone at Atlus USA into oblivion because they only bought Atlus to make games for Japan

Sega has...well lets say I agree with you but for some reason they appear to be more likely to be a company that only cares about larger %$ gains.

This is probably good for SMT x Fire Emblem... but it makes me fear for all of Atlus' other games. I won't be surprised if Devil Survivor 2 Break Record isn't localized...

I think we're all a little scared about whats going to happen.

Sega Sammy wants Atlus to make some IOS/Smartphone games too.

According to the article.

Can someone confirm this? At work and no access.,...but this has me scared....*

Persona 5 iOS/Android release 2014!

and I think I might just quit gaming. Perhaps.

 

[fates]

Not at all, people just like to panic.

Tell that to Yakuza, Phantasy Star, and Valkyria Chronicles fans. Also 7th Dragon.

RIP in piece localizations

 

[TheSeks]

Holy shit, you actually think P5 might not come out in the US now? Get a grip.

Given Sega's track record toward their own niche titles? I don't blame him for that line of thinking.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

Before going for a "doomed" post, can someone here tell me the difference between Sega Corp and Sega Sammy? Afaik, they are two different companies right?

Sega Sammy Holdings is the parent company formed by the merger of Sega and Sammy. Sega Corp is a subsidiary of that, and the one everyone thinks is coming to rape their Personas and MegaTens and whatever.

There is every possibility that Atlus will become another subsidiary separate from Sega and mostly left to do their own thing, but that doesn't really suit the doomsday narrative.

 

[i-Jest]

NNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Even Nintendo securing Atlus would have been better than Sega getting them.

 

[RurouniZel]

I found a leaked (or should I say leeked) screenshot of Persona 5:

ALL OF MY MONEY!

 

[Daingurse]

This means that Jack Frost can become Sonic's new shitty friend!

Finally my long awaited dream of merging Sonic The Hedgehog's rich and loveable cast with the Persona series will become a reality.

Sonic infiltration?

 

[Shard]

I am trying my hardest to be optimistic here. Atlus is one of my favorite gaming companies. I guess I have to wait for details on the restructuring and what, if any, changes will happen in areas like localization >_<

This is torture

What if the fantasy is to become a reality?

 

[kayos90]

Which article are you getting that quote from? I do not see it in the Nikkei article, and I'd like to see it.



Aigis to guest star in future Project Diva titles. (Which disturbingly is not as far fetched as I make it sound....)

Considering the site says you need to register to see the full article... no way to confirm that as of yet.

 

[GuardianE]

The people freaking out about Atlus making mobile games clearly have little knowledge about the company.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlus_downloadable_games#Mobile_phone_games

shhhhhhhh, we can't let reality get in the way of our Sega hate.

Nevermind the fact that they're not released outside of Japan.

 

[jwhit28]

Well, I'm guessing it means they want to dedicate more resources towards smartphone games.

And that would mean next to no localization of the games.

They already had 2 more mobage games on the way before this.

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/08/01/shin-megami-tensei-devil-collection-turns-demons-in-to-cards/

 

[Crayons]

I'm never going to buy a Sega game again and now I think I have to buy every Atlus game ever made before Sega throws them into the Arizona desert and buries them.

 

[StoopKid]

Sega Sammy wants Atlus to make some IOS/Smartphone games too.

According to the article.

 

[rjinaz]

 

[Jarnet87]

All your Persona are now Pachinco. Embrace your new world overworld Atlose fans.

 

[Megidolaon]

So does this restructuring bode badly for seeing P5 at TGS? Maybe we'll get P5 released around the same time FFXV gets released? .__.

 

[Sophia]

Considering the site says you need to register to see the full article... no way to confirm that as of yet.

Yeah I see it now. Completely missed that part. Hopefully we can find out the full details soon.

Regardless, Atlus already did a lot of mobile game stuff around the time of P2 and P3, so this might be a blessing...

 

[DICKS AHOY]

Sonic and friends in Shin Megami Tensei

Featuring Bayonetta from the Bayonetta Series

 

[HypnoDarkrai]

Project DivaXPersona
Yes please!

 

[BronsonLee]

Nevermind the fact that they're not released outside of Japan.

Well a whole fuckton of those games are only on Japanese cell phone platforms, sooooo...

 

[Amir0x]

$10 to raise Fusion Level Cap by 1.

 

[Lexxism]

Wow. Sega. Just wow

 

[Aeana]

So does this restructuring bode badly for seeing P5 at TGS? Maybe we'll get P5 released around the same time FFXV gets released? .__.

P5 isn't likely to be at TGS. This stuff pushed back the reveal a bit.

 

[Aquamarine]

Sega Sammy wants Atlus to make some IOS/Smartphone games too.

According to the article.

Yep. More info:

http://remoon.blog15.fc2.com/blog-entry-27198.html

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To make effective use of Index's (Atlus's) assets...Sega Sammy is thinking about expanding them into smartphone games.

This doesn't necessarily mean that they're going to stop making games for consoles / handhelds, and it doesn't mean that development on Persona 5 is going to stop.

 

[Quixotic7B]

Shin Megami Tensei: Total War.

I can't stop drooling over the prospect of this.