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

fatslob-:O on 18 September 2013
PigPen said:
DevilRising said:
I still think it would have been a major coup if Nintendo had purchased them as rumored. But there could be worse outcomes, and while Sega hasn't had a sterling record lately, hopefully they'll handle Atlus properly.


Would be a tragedy if Sony brought them.

Would be even worse if it were Nintendo after that whole operation rainfall fiasco.



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Dr.EisDrachenJaeger on 18 September 2013

Not really^



Leadified on 18 September 2013

Well at least it wasn't Capcom, Ubisoft, EA, or the main three. Sega is a fairly decent publisher so I'm sure everything will be alright.



outlawauron on 18 September 2013
Dr.EisDrachenJaeger said:
CGI-Quality said:
PigPen said:
DevilRising said:
I still think it would have been a major coup if Nintendo had purchased them as rumored. But there could be worse outcomes, and while Sega hasn't had a sterling record lately, hopefully they'll handle Atlus properly.


Would be a tragedy if Sony brought them.

Why is that?

Etrian Odyssey.

SMTxFE

Trauma Centre getting potentially killed off, the dev team being used to work on other stuff they dont want to.

That would be like replying with the Persona series as reasons for not wanting Nintendo. Those series wouldn't cease to exist.



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MasterVG71782 on 18 September 2013

This could be a good thing, though, as Atlus USA could localize games in the Yakuza series, as well as other series that Sega didn't bring over.



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TheKoreanGuy on 18 September 2013
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?



Salnax on 18 September 2013
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.



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orniletter on 18 September 2013

and will involve a restructuring of the company.


Fuck Fuck Fuck !!!

I wanted them in Nintendo´s / Sony´s hands !!

oh god.... no, T.T



think-man on 18 September 2013

Well I had time to calm down now, Sega isnt the worst company to buy it I guess. Any first party would been a bad move, I think Koei should have brought them but I doubt they had that kind of money.



 

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IsawYoshi on 18 September 2013
sth88 said:
Cool, good pickup for one of my favorite publishers!

Lol, you're like the only one here that's positive.