bobbychalkers
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I hope everything turns out ok I really want FE x SMT and my copy of SMT 4 with all of the goodies.
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Index (Atlus) under criminal investigation for fraudulent accounting
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Fuuuuuuck Yooooooooouuuuu
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
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Didn't Sony have a chance to buy Square? I'm not sure if they did but I remember them doing something with square after that movie bombed. If they didn't buy square, I can't imagine them buying atlus. Vita did benefit a lot from P4G in japan though. Sony doesn't really have any decent Japanese studios either. Is buying atlus something that scej could do on their own or is that something that yoshida would have to decide?
lol, calm down Dante.
I can understand in both cases. I'm trying to think of a dev that hasn't put out better content (or at least similar standard in the case of Monolith Soft) when being bought out by Sony or Ninty.
So Ninja Theory is buying the licence?
bobbychalkers
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That has not worked out fantasticly well for Gamearts
Vita fans have a bone to pick with you.
But really, I don't think where GameArts ended up with them was for the worse since the company it-self seem to be heading in a different direction before being acquired. Grasshopper and Acquire seem to be continuing to do what what they were before too, so I doubt GungHo would change things with Atlus.
I don't think that there are many companies would let Atlus continue with the teams and projects they have, but hopefully they can find one.
FrostuTheNinja
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And Dragon's Crown. These are the games I need Japan, your silly investigation can wait until these games go abroad.
Heart Attack
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friskykillface
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Nintendo up in this thread
do it Iwata, get dat Persona series and Catherine for wii u
Atlus :'(
do it Iwata, get dat Persona series and Catherine for wii u
Atlus :'(BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
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Hell no.Nintendo up in this thread
do it Iwata, get dat Persona series and Catherine for wii u
I wonder how bad this is going to get. I hope it's not a worst case scenario. If this was about a year from now, I think there would be a good chance of SCE acquiring Atlus; they have certain interests with them right now, and they're in the process of gearing up for various things for which they're going to need talent. I'll be interested to see how their projects are affected by this. This really couldn't possibly be happening at a worse time. What a mess.
You do realize they have a project with Nintendo right?
I seriously doubt most people that aren't diehard fanboys really want to see Atlus end up as a first party subsidiary.
Blood Diamonds
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Wait does this mean no more Atlus games turned into anime?
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Are you sure that's the thing you want to be worrying about right now?
cj_iwakura
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Atlus USA's CEO left too.
KimonoNoNo
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Well what a fine mess.
Lol at Dragon's Crown first Ignition now Atlus.
Lol at Dragon's Crown first Ignition now Atlus.
Just take it with you.
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Remember when the Atlus PR Twitter account tweeted right after the news broke that they will still be releasing all announced titles and that the Dragon's Crown demo events starting this weekend will continue without any issues?
Well it looks like they've now posted an update that the first Dragon's Crown demo event this Sunday in Tokyo has been delayed indefinitely "due to various circumstances". There is no actual reason given, and the site still claims that the remaining events (the next one is the following weekend) will take place as scheduled.
This could be completely unrelated and just a really bad coincidence. Or... itshappening.gif
Welp.
EmCeeGramr
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bioware japan presents
Andrefpvs
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Welp.
Just take me with you.
I really don't see what that has to do with anything I said to be honest.
Karsticles
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Atlus is one of the best publishers and developers out there. My best wishes to them.
KimonoNoNo
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Just thought, what about digital copies on PSN/eshop.
If they start getting pulled, you know that shits going down.
If they start getting pulled, you know that shits going down.
What interest would SCE have with Atlus when they'll be working on a Wii U game with Nintendo?
BudokaiMR2
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someone needs to start a kickstarter to buy Atlus if it goes on the market
can you start a kickstarter for that? because I needs my Atlus games in this industry. I just fucking can't be in an industry without Atlus.
I am sure Marvelous is already moving on the rights. It makes the most sense out of everyone.
I do wonder if they will just buy the rights or take the teams as well. (How many are there again? 3 or just 2?)
Well, this would probably happen closer to its release. And I don't think Sony sees the Wii U as actual competition for this coming generation.
cj_iwakura
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Atlus typically has two teams, but I could be wrong. One does portable projects, and the A team is on stuff like P4 and P5. The last project they did was Catherine.
Vanillaware does not own the rights to the game. Previously Ignition did, but Index bought the rights from Ignition and took over as publisher for the game, funding the rest of development. If they are unable to release the game for whatever reason, an interested publisher would have to purchase those rights from Index in order to release the game.
someone needs to start a kickstarter to buy Atlus if it goes on the market
can you start a kickstarter for that? because I needs my Atlus games in this industry. I just fucking can't be in an industry without Atlus.
Kickstarting a company makes little sense :S Even if you manage to buy the company you need money to operate it. Employees won't work for free.
Chrono Helix
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I'm suddenly imagining them auctioning off their demon designs separately, like what Marvel did all those years ago. Company A gets to use Bishamonten and the other Devas, company B gets to use Ongyo-ki and his pals...
Famitsu's teaser "Next issue, details on that well-known company in crisis...!"
Augemitbutter
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it was a jab at whoever makes the decisions. it doesn't matter where the culprit is. i'm not the only one who got bad vibes off their behavior this past year. something is fishy, and you can smell the stink from miles away.
Femmeworth
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I would be okay with SMT fans getting the last laugh.
Two? No way these days.
buddha0991
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^What about Team Maniax and P Studio?
I never would have imagined a scenario where SMTIV, let alone a non Persona game, would have the chance to be the final game in the series. The fact that it could be a remote possibility is odd and interesting.
I never would have imagined a scenario where SMTIV, let alone a non Persona game, would have the chance to be the final game in the series. The fact that it could be a remote possibility is odd and interesting.
Yeah, I don't think it's as clear cut as that. They've worked on a large amount of products at once, I believe, and I think people tend to underestimate just how large Atlus is as a development company.
It is for this reason, their experience in game development and their highly received catalog of games that I think whatever happens, Atlus will come out alright at the end of this.
lunchwithyuzo
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Sony's never bought a Japanese developer and I doubt they're about to start now. Japan isn't a market SCEWWS seems at all interested in really investing in.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
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Yup.
Doesn't stop people from continuing to say that Sony (or Nintendo) should buy this company or that company...ugh. Really annoying. I'm all for them starting new teams up but leave independent companies like Atlus alone.
lunchwithyuzo
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Agreed, the Nintendo suggestions are almost as bad. At least no one's suggested Microsoft yet.
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