Atlus to be sold off by Index Corporation

[Otakumegane]

pezus said:

Otakumegane said:
I don't think Nintendo will buy them, because they already have JRPG making 1st party studios. they're better off investing in some Western one and growing that.

I don't really think Sony will either, because they don't really have the $$, and Atlus is more of a handheld developer than a console one. (Looking at recent game releases)

I think Namco will take em, and we're never going to get the games localized.

Sony don't have the money?? The fuck. 

Atlus being a handheld dev is precisely why Sony should buy them. They could save the Vita with some exclusive RPGs

They certainly don't have the $$ to be buying up studios right now, what with the Vita not returning investment and the PS4.

I don't think what the Vita needs is more niche JRPGs. They have those already. People are calling the Vita a Persona 4 machine. They be already getting Dragon's Crown. (Vita should've had a GTA 5 spinoff to ride with the hype of GTA5, in all honesty I was expecting one to happen)

Not to say Nintendo will either though. Monolith Soft was an outlier. They didn't want to be absorbed when Namco moved HQ so they asked Nintendo for help. They not be needing to expand JRPG devs. More than that they be expanding EAD for Star Fox and Metroid (one can hope).

Yeah, but I don't think a company that recently cut it's profit outlook in games by 75% is going to be saying "lets buy a studio"

 

I'd like EA to buy them just for the sheer scale of the meltdowns.