There isn't much marginal benefit in Nintendo buying Atlus.

[theRepublic]

noname2200 said:

morenoingrato said:
I want them to buy Atlus to piss of the Sony fanbase.

I agree with this line of reasoning!

 

Although financially, the idea doesn't really make sense. There are other, larger areas where Nintendo needs to shore up its resoures: niche titles like the ones Atlus produce would contribute, but likely not as effectively as other developers would. Depending on the acquisition price, it'd probably take too long for the investment to become worthwhile.

That said, if Sony is the one who's most likely to purchase them, I demand Nintendo step in instead. I want my Etrian Odyssey and Trauma Center games!

Index is looking for about $150 million in the asset sale for all of their properties.  Atlus is only part of that, although they have been characterized as one of their most valuable properties.  So it could be a good sized chunk of that.

Seems somewhat reasonable?  Maybe?  I don't know.  It would help to know how much money Atlus makes.