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Atlus Games' Hiraoka: Business to Continue as Before
- Thread starter jello44
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That is actually very interesting. Leveraging the Atlus brand to buttress Sega properties. I'd like to see that.
I think it's sad people still aren't listening to it. Pessimism is a powerful thing, indeed.
Chie Satonaka
Member
Glass Rebel
Member
It's just speculation on my part of course but I can see it being beneficial in the long run. SEGA is pretty damn strong in the PC space but has lost its prestige among console gamers whereas Atlus are gods among Japanese gaming enthusiasts. Moving those franchises and maybe even the old Overworks peeps to Atlus might not be such a bad idea.
In 30 minutes at Sony's conference
One can only hope. Maybe we can finally bury platform discussions for good.
highoffcoffee496
Member
I'm feeling more hopeful now...but I hope he isn't just saying this to "reassure" us...I hope it's the truth.
Don't get your hopes up lol.
In 30 minutes at Sony's conference
I'd be happy with this, lol.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
In 30 minutes at Sony's conference
Why would they announce a mobile platform game at a Sony conference?
/ducks
Glass Rebel
Member
I'm pretty sure that some fellow 3DS owners will still annoy the shit out of me because they think they deserve every game but I think it'll mostly die off. People expect Persona on Sony platforms.
polyh3dron
Banned
Oh "business as usual" huh, I've heard that before in this kind of situation and it ends up always being a lie.
Velcro Fly
Member
Hope it's true!
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Good to hear that things are going strong. It's sad to hear when a publisher or studio goes out of business.
Based on Sega's last few acquisitions, there really is nothing to be worried about.
razoftblend
Member
I'm still worried. What Atlus makes feom games and localizations is not really what big publishers would call profits. I fear somewhere going forward, these profits won't be enough. Maybe it won't happen next year, but it could happen in the future.
I kinda figured things would consider like normal, at least to one degree for another. I mean, I couldn't picture Sega purchasing Atlus just to remove them as competitors or anything like that. EA, sure, Activision, sure, but Sega doesn't have a history to suggest they would do this, nor are they really in that sort of position.
Now, things change in some way, shape, or form. Things would have changed regardless of who bought Atlus. That doesn't necessarily mean a lot though. Change can mean anything from, different supply chains, to disbanding studios, to a million things in between.
Chances are though, at lean in the short term, the changes will be on the more mundane end of the scale.
Now, things change in some way, shape, or form. Things would have changed regardless of who bought Atlus. That doesn't necessarily mean a lot though. Change can mean anything from, different supply chains, to disbanding studios, to a million things in between.
Chances are though, at lean in the short term, the changes will be on the more mundane end of the scale.
Ehh, I'm not too worried in this respect. There are publishers like, Activision and Ubisoft, that rely on a small handful of uber-hits every year to keep themselves profitable, then you have publishers that instead try to have a large number of, "merely profitable," titles.
Looking at Sega's line-up and strategy these past few years, they seem to be following the later strategy, rather than the former. They certainly aren't chasing after CoD sized hits, but do seem intent on releasing a large number of profitable games.
If that's indeed their strategy, then there's no need for Sega to change anything at Atlus.
in Q2-3 2014 going by current rates
SpaceBridge
Member
My main concern was and still remains the future of localization of Atlus' in house games including smaller series like EO or the potential of newer and riskier IP's.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Fire Emblem x SMT x Valkyria Chronicles
Fixed. If we're going to have MegaTen crossover with a classic SRPG series, we might as well invite the other classic SRPG to the mix!
synce
Member
Sums it up nice and neat
Yeah, didn't THQ say something like this before they ended up going under? Though I think that was a misunderstanding IIRC (that they'd be OK).
Glass Rebel
Member
This is in no way a comparable situation.
charlequin
Banned
There is like near-zero chance this will negatively affect the timeframe or likelihood of Persona 5's US release in any way.
It's not like they have to pay for the whole of Sega by themselves. The Atlus development and publishing arm is consistently profitable at a solid rate and will represent a decent line-item on Sega Sammy's overall balance sheet.
polyh3dron
Banned
Well yeah they've bought western PC developers. Not Japanese publishers which have development studios under them. PSO2 should be a no-brainer for a US release and that's one of Sega's prized IPs. Therefore I have little faith in them doing a US release of the next Soul Hackers type game from Atlus, let alone the next Etrian Odyssey or Devil Summoner game.
Elaugaufein
Member
People who play niche JRPGs are not exactly primed for optimism by the current state of the industry. A thick wall of pessimism dulls the pain of the inevitable lack of localisation for the stuff we wish to have. If things turn out well I'll be well pleased and continue buying stuff, but I'd rather be pleasantly surprised than disappointed yet again.
Atlus already has an arcade group. They make the Print Club machines, Inazuma Eleven Card arcade games and worked with Arc System Works on P4 Arena.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I'll trust you when we get EO5 ;______;
Oh god I've never been so scared, I don't even care when other companies die... but Atlus? you can't do this to me.
Oh god I've never been so scared, I don't even care when other companies die... but Atlus? you can't do this to me.
This.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
So other than yakuza and pso2, are there any other things to make atlus fans nervous?
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
That's good to hear. I still can't get over what happened to Hudson soft, Konami you butcher.
Fixed for Monobears,
Because Atlus has never done free to play and Pachinko games before. Nope. Definitely not a Persona 3 Pachinko. Nor have they done a Persona F2P game.
(Thank you conBLACK for the image. >.>)