They need to get their own house in order outside of annual Dynasty Warrior style games before they should worry about buying Atlus (who I think is bigger then them aswell).

Seriously, Itagaki left/got fired they can't even keep Dead or Alive or Ninja Gaiden on track for more then two installment at a time, what are they going to do with a successful RPG franchise with a beloved spinoff and multiple cross media projects? 

Who do you think owns this? 

If Sega was to win the bidding war Altus would die quicker.

Id love that but I dont think they have enough money to buy them.

i agree with you but if nintendo or sony won then more games would be localised and quicker so i being selfish, plus wii u and vita havent been touched for a while so need games

Up until 2011, that entire series was run by the developer Gust before they got bought out making Toei Kemco maybe responisble for what 5 games in that series, 2 of which were remakes. And really that series isn't exactly major outside of its niche.

Also WOW, the Atelier games really? That is a huge insult, with you putting the Shin Megami Tensei franchise in the same category as Atelier games. Shin Megami Tensei (or MegaTen for short in Japan) has spawned 9 different animated projects (movies, tv series, OVAs, etc.), multiple manga adaptations of different games and over 35 games (not including rereleases, Pokemon style double releases, etc.). Up until probably 5 or 7 years ago, it was considered the 3rd most popular RPG franchise (excluding Pokemon) behind Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. To compare running that franchise to Gust's modest success is like comparing Dead Space to Resident Evil (if Dead Space was much less successful).

I know what megaten is xD

but someone dosen't know KT xD

 SEGA SAMMY will buy them anyways.