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

[theRepublic]

noname2200 said:

theRepublic said:

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.

I wasn't sure how much more, if anything, they're looking for to cover debts. I suppose if you can snag it for under $100 million it'd be worth considering. But if there's a bidding war, I have a hard time thinking it'd be worth it. Atlus can't be too bountiful if their parent company is willing to part with them, along with a bunch of other assets, for such a small price tag.

 

Of course, all of this assumes Index is actually looking to sell. Index's future actions are rather opaque at the moment...

That is certainly true.  It is a strange situation, and I am not even sure how much say Index will have in the matter.  Getting busted for fraud and then having to go into bankruptcy is probably going to limit their choices on what to do.