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[CheesecakeRecipe]

Well it was nice to get their games while it lasted.

 

[andrerobot]

P5 is saved!*

Spoiler

* P for pachinko

 

[Aquamarine]

Sega has done well with letting its PC franchises flourish.

Ideally they'll just own Atlus from afar and let them have complete creative control like usual.

I'm hopeful this relationship will end up benefiting us as consumers. This is one situation where I'll stay cautiously optimistic for the time being.

 

[Swifty]

Company of Persona: Valkyria Total Warhammer

 

[foxuzamaki]

That article was in the magazine about 2 months ago.

I'm just glad it wasn't Nintendo that grabbed them, not that they would.

what would nintendo do? let them do what they always do, like how they've been doing with monolithsoft?

 

[BlackJace]

This most likely isn't going to be detrimental.

I think.

 

[Shard]

Sega got money like that? Oh snap!

This could be quite interesting. Do we see Virtua Fighter crossing over into other arenas? Sonic melding into the world of Shin Megami Tensei? The questions that can be asked here...

Not so much Sega, but Sammy does.

 

[DR2K]

Good damn it. =(

 

[Ridley327]

I could be wrong but I don't remember SEGA (I'm assuming SEGA Sammy is a subsidiary of SEGA?) having a good track record when it comes to localization.

You are not wrong at all, which is why many people were concerned about them being one of the most likely suitors.

 

[Delio]

Not feeling this at all. I just hope things get localized still...ugh i really hope they do.

 

[Hero of Legend]

I guess SMT X Fire Emblem is safe then?

I mean, Sega and Nintendo already do crossovers. So I guess Sammy's alright with them even if Atlus will be kept separate from Sega.

Mario and Sonic and Persona at the Olympic Winter Games?

Sega Sammy's a good safe choice IMO, plus they distributed their games for many years IIRC.

 

[VariantX]

I'm worried. When it comes to localizations, sega right now does not instill confidence. All they want to do is bring sonic games to the west snd nothing else.

 

[Atlas157]

As long as they let Index/Atlus develop their games freely and localize then I'm okay with it.

 

[LuuKyK]

I could be wrong but I don't remember SEGA (I'm assuming SEGA Sammy is a subsidiary of SEGA?) having a good track record when it comes to localization.

You are right. Sadly.

 

[abstract alien]

So close to Nintendo, yet so far as well. This ain't good.

 

[QuiteWhittle]

Can't wait for the Hatsune Miku DLC in Persona 5.

 

[cafemomo]

you could have all prevented this

 

[Tripon]

14 billion yen translates to 141 million dolars.

 

[Scum]

I don't even...

 

[Usobuko]

Good way to install confidence when neither Yakuza 5, Phantasy Star Online 2 is coming over. Not to mention, Atlus bring over a lot of third party niche game like Dragon Crown,

 

[SwiftDeath]

Is this confirmed then?

OP didn't sound sure

 

[Clov]

Farewell Atlus USA, you had a good run.

 

[Daingurse]

Atlus USA better not go anywhere, they can localize Yakuza games now.


....................I hope

Like the optimist in me hopes Sega would offload the burden of localization to Atlus, they after all have a lot of experience at it. Then I might get to play PSO2 in english sometime this decade.

 

[daripad]

Noooo. Hope the SMT franchise is safe

 

[Wilsongt]

This explains why Persona videos were taken down from Youtube...

This is sounding more awful by the minute.

Ha. Makes sense.

 

[kayos90]

I'm just going to consider everything not Persona related to be pretty much dead.

 

[Aquamarine]

You are not wrong at all, which is why many people were concerned about them being one of the most likely suitors.

It all depends on whether or not Sega decides to keep Atlus USA operational.

If they do, we'll get localizations like usual.

 

[kasane]

Japan-gaf please translate so we can be sure

 

[Sophia]

If I understand it right, this shouldn't affect English localizations... for now. :\

 

[Busaiku]

Please don't affect Atlus USA...

 

[andrerobot]

14 billion yen translates to 141 million dolars.

Or 1.41 Xbox One controller.

 

[Kincaido]

Good night sweet prince

 

[Enron]

Everything is terrible

 

[ezekial45]

I don't know how to feel about this.

 

[distantmantra]

This is great news. Considering the relationship of current Sega and NIntendo, we can now expect most of Atlus games to release on Nintendo platform *coughcough*Persona 5*coughcough*, not to mention the success of Ryu Ga Gotoku 1&2 HD For WiiU, this just seal the deal!

Totally. Not like they announced the new Ryu ga Gotoku for Sony or anyth... wait.

 

[jj984jj]

Also, please keep Atlus USA open and merge your section with them. They have a better understanding of how to appeal to their fanbase... oh who am I kidding? I hope they come out okay above all else, since Sega obviously doesn't need two American subsidiaries for game publishing and distrubution.

 

[the chris]

 

[SpaceBridge]

Time to buy up every Atlus/SMT/EO game currently available. We won't see any by 2015.

 

[MechaX]

Good way to install confidence when neither Yakuza 5, Phantasy Star Online 2 is coming over. Not to mention, Atlus bring over a lot of third party niche game like Dragon Crown,

At least there is a quasi-confirmation of Yakuza 5 not coming over.

PSO2 is just fucking missing in action and SEGA's not picking up their phones.

 

[funkystudent]

Actually Atlus US are the best localisers in the biz.

Maybe this will mean they get to localise Yakuza?


Right?

 

[polg]

Persona Pachinko for everyone!

 

[Takao]

I could be wrong but I don't remember SEGA (I'm assuming SEGA Sammy is a subsidiary of SEGA?) having a good track record when it comes to localization.

Other way around, SEGA is a subsidiary of SEGA Sammy.

This is great news. Considering the relationship of current Sega and NIntendo, we can now expect most of Atlus games to release on Nintendo platform *coughcough*Persona 5*coughcough*, not to mention the success of Ryu Ga Gotoku 1&2 HD For WiiU, this just seal the deal!

lol

 

[Ridley327]

It all depends on whether or not Sega decides to keep Atlus USA operational.

If they do, we'll get localizations like usual.

When it comes to any kind of localization these days, my hopes are underneath the floor when Sega is involved. I am still astonished at how badly they have fucked PSO2.

 

[kuppy]

Oh boy.
Guess we have to wait and see how it turns out, I have no idea.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Noooooo GungHo you've dun goofed!

 

[KenOD]

Persona characters in All Star Racing sequel when???

I look forward to racing as the best dressed man in all of demon slaying.

 

[Bullza2o]

I guess SMT X Fire Emblem is safe then?

I mean, Sega and Nintendo already do crossovers. So I guess Sammy's alright with them even if Atlus will be kept separate from Sega.

I'm sure Sega and Nintendo are good buddies, so Nintendo Atlus games are still okay. As for localizations, I hope Nintendo can help publish like they are for Bayonetta 2. Imagine Persona 5 published by Nintendo in the west...

 

[sixteen-bit]

14 billion yen translates to 141 million dolars.

Sega Sammy could have bought Capcom

 

[jello44]

what would nintendo do? let them do what they always do, like how they've been doing with monolithsoft?

Who said about them doing anything?

I don't want to have to buy a Wii U, bad enough I had to buy a 3DS.

 

[SolarPowered]

Better than one of the big platform holders.