SEGA SAMMY Purchases Atlus (Index Corp) For 14 Billion Yen ($140 Million)

[Salnax]

TheKoreanGuy said:

Salnax said:
It could have been worse. A Western publisher like EA or Ubisoft could have purchased them.

I think it's safe to say that no western publisher had a hand in the bidding for Atlus, let alone EA or Ubisoft. We don't have a list for the bidders, right?

We know there was something like 28 bidders, and Sega Sammy was the only known gaming-related bidder. I think two other non-gaming companies were announced to be bidding, but I can't remember which.

Anyhow, I was just looking at the bright side. In all honesty, I don't think this was ever going to end well. None of the big publishers that would buy Atlus would be a great fit for gamers in general.