Atlus Japan files for bankruptcy

[needler420]

Sucks that this is happening to the company who made demons souls and snowboard kids. I own all the persona games on PSP but haven't played them. I even bought Catherine love is over deluxe edition just to support this niche company. I guess it didn't help. This is a big surprise to me because I thought they had a new wave of fans. I never heard of this company until October 6,2009 the day that demons souls released I bought a copy from gamestop. I went on to platinum the game and it's my 2nd favorite PS3 game to MGS4 so naturally I took notice to the developer and publishers.

[Rickstilwell1]

Nooooooooo! Now who's left to devlop turn based RPGs? NIS?

[Graham Mitchell]

Wow, I didn't see this one coming. They've had prime floorspace at e3 for the past few years, and appeared to be fairly successful. It's weird to think how long they've been around, though, considering how inconsistent the quality of their products has been over the years (though they've had a string of truly awesome stuff the last 2 generations.). Who would've thought they'd outlive Hudson and irem?

[Zama]

I believed Fromsoftware developed Demon's Souls while Atlus covered the published rights for NA. Anyhow, it is sad news for the parent company and I hope that this does not effect the current status of their upcoming releases like Dragon's Crown

[Rickstilwell1]

I believed Fromsoftware developed Demon's Souls while Atlus covered the published rights for NA. Anyhow, it is sad news for the parent company and I hope that this does not effect the current status of their upcoming releases like Dragon's Crown

Maybe Dragon's Crown could be their "Final Fantasy" as in what happened to Square, then bounce them back... wishful thinking.

[Polygon]

It's actually their parent company that's filing, not Atlus themselves. Still, it's shitty news regardless.

[JakeM]

This is incredibly sad. I hope theres a Persona 5 one day.

[theclaw]

I believed Fromsoftware developed Demon's Souls while Atlus covered the published rights for NA.

Yeah and it's Sony owned. They presumably have final say if we see anything else.

[Aussie2B]

It was only in 2006 when Index acquired Atlus, anyway, so it's not like Atlus has never existed as an entity separate from Index. Worse comes to worst, maybe another corporation will acquire Atlus. I'm not too worried.

[JakeM]

Im gonna play Persona 4 now.

[LaughingMAN.S9]

Literally anyone other than microsoft, capcom or ea picking them up would be fine with me


This would be a really good pick up for Sony or namco, i feel like they would be an awesome home for atlus, but definitely not with any of the axis of evil publishers i mentioned above.

[JakeM]

This would be a really good pick up for Sony

Sony I bet knows how much Persona 5 would be as a exclusive to the PS4. Microsoft I dont see going for them, its obvious theyve given up on Japan, and plus I dont think theyd want to be associated with certain things in the SMT series or theyd change them and then itd be pointless to buy it.

[The Adventurer]

I really would hate to see Atlus go Sony exclusive. I LOVE all the 3DS support they provide.

[JakeM]

oh my god oh my god oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This game RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Honestly, anyone out there who isnt into JRPG or anime need to change their minds and play this. It keeps you on your toes thinking "oooh, what if I do this on this day and that on that day?"

AND THE COMBAT IS AWESOME!

[Flashback2012]

Sounds like Sega needs to swoop in and snatch them up. They've maintained a good rapport with Atlus during the Saturn days.

[BetaWolf47]

If Konami, Platinum, Namco, or Sega picked them up, that'd be great. Actually, I could see Square-Enix picking them up if they weren't having financial troubles themselves. It'd suck if a console manufacturer picked them up, though. It'd be bad for everyone if you had to own one exclusive system just to play Atlus titles.

[LaughingMAN.S9]

Sounds like Sega needs to swoop in and snatch them up. They've maintained a good rapport with Atlus during the Saturn days.

Hadnt even considered sega, youre right, sega would be a great home or atlus, i dont get the sega hate from people these days, apart from the sonic pimping, sega has put out a shitload of sleeper hits like the club and valkyria chronicles, not mention the yakuza series, them partenered with atlus would be a development powerhouse

[The 1 2 P]

I don't care who gets them as long as they bring out more games like Catherine.

[The Adventurer]

i don't care who gets them as long as they bring out more shin megami tensei.

ftfy.

[The 1 2 P]

ftfy.

Nope, I've never played any of the SMT games so they don't matter to me.