Atlus, the company behind the Persona and Megami Tensei series, is to be dissolved due to its ongoing financial problems.
Atlus, a 100% owned subsidiary of Index Holdings, will henceforth be dissolved and its assets transferred to Index Holdings.
However, it has also been announced that future game releases by the consolidated company will continue to use the “Atlus” brand where appropriate – its history as a distinct entity is at an end though.
Index Holdings itself is better known for the usual execrable mobile phone and “social” games, and it is also the parent company of anime studio Madhouse. Although the merger is supposed to provide Atlus access to these “fortes,” it seems unlikely fans of major Atlus titles will find anything to look forward to in these competencies.
Just kill me already
Oh no =( What will happen to Shin Megami Tensei? Call me cynical but I don’t think we’ll be seeing any good SMT games in the future aside from what’s already in the works.
hopefully this won’t affect their releases here in the west.
we want more games like trauma series, shin megami, persona and such 🙂
Thanks to the Pirates
You don’t even try to inform yourself better before posting stuff like that, huh?
Atlus had severe financial problems because of mismanagement at the top. Meaning, it’s the old farts in the suits that drove the bandwagon into the mud.
Piracy destroying companies is just the most common and overused excuses of the last few centuries.
That’s why i’m propagating to sack the managers when they fail so hard. If something goes wrong, you can bet that the “elite” was doing its best to ruin everything for the few normal, talented employees. This basic rule applies to every single institution on thjs planet.
Sack the managers and CEOs!
Note: “last few centuries” is correct. This goes back at least to the 1700s.
You guys don’t read comments do you?
First I was shocked, but when I read that they are still going to make games my hope came back xD
first comment:”ATLUS! NOOOO!!!”
second comment:”they’re still going to release Catherine :D”
third comment:”ALTUS! NOOOO!!!”
…I mean.. wtf? aren’t you happy?