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<blockquote data-quote="Furnessly" data-source="post: 89502" data-attributes="member: 2905"><p>To be honest I'm not into RPGs and Atlus didn't care about Europe even if we got their games they were handled by someone else much later if at all, the only Atlus games that I have ever played was Peak Performance which was an okay racing game (even though it was published by JVC here and it was made by Cave) and emulated since they didn't come out here were Double Dragon Advance and River City Ransom EX, both really good remakes of classic beat em ups (even though they were both made by Million).</p><p></p><p>Anyway, out of them options if Atlus want to be global and yet retain its Japanese roots let's see:</p><p></p><p>Nintendo - See below but at least they are global and since the DS/Wii era, Nintendo has started to care about Europe and they released games that other companies did (coughSquare-EnixcoughAtluscough) so at least if Atlus made a game, most of the time it will be available but Nintendo may impose censorship and from what little I know of SMT/Persona it goes beyond many games in terms of content.</p><p>Sony - See below but like Nintendo they are global and has a chance of an European release [if Sony play their cards right, fully European localisation like many of their games] but probably later for mysterious reasons as well as a US release since they know Americans are into Japanese RPGs. However the games might end up being digital download only in the US/EU and I don't know how people feel.</p><p>Tecmo Koei - If they bought them, it will be a plus to the fans since they have NIS but it might affect competition and that Tecmo Koei don't seem to be very big. As for retail releases, it is iffy but digital download is more certain. Probably the more likely option. Didn't they release a RPG on the Vita as a surprise with no marketing and a sudden release date?</p><p>Sega - They are more or less gone at this point with their focus on either Western strategy/management games on Steam or games like Hatsune Miku, even Sonic which is the biggest thing Sega still has left and the one that still gives them money has gone to Nintendo for publishing at least in Europe for now. If Sega does buy them, don't expect any of their RPGs to come out of Japan at all like with the Shining series and lucky just to get a digital download of a game in a years time.</p><p>Konami - They bought and killed Hudson, apart from the odd Metal Gear/Castlevania game they aren't doing much at all these days.</p><p>Square-Enix (+ Taito & Eidos) - Aren't there any competition related laws in Japan? In terms of the RPGs apart from a select few do not release out of Japan and besides Square-Enix currently sees eyes on the mobile market so even if they bought them, they could force Atlus to just release on mobile at inflated prices like they did to Taito.</p><p>Capcom - They are Westernized in the mind so nope.</p><p>Namco Bandai - Iffy. They are a pretty large Japanese company (of course, Bandai makes toys and stuff) and probably have the money to do it but their US/EU releases of Japanese games aren't the best. Stuff like Tekken or Ridge Racer no problem, but the Tales series have people in fits for their handling of the games. Did you know most of Namco's games in Europe on the PS1 and the PS2 (and Ridge Racer 7 on the PS3) were published by Sony since Namco didn't exist until they did a deal buying some of Infogrames' distribution network (Namco Bandai Partners)?</p><p>Marvelous - Not on the poll but another good one since they deal with RPGs themselves, they are expanding but I'm not sure about EU releases. At least with the US, they have XSeed Games.</p><p></p><p>A surprising company could buy Atlus ranging from Intergrow (known as Rising Star Games in the US/EU) to a completely different business that might want to buy Atlus for their characters and make pachislot machines.</p><p></p><p>The Sony/Nintendo thing would be like the OP says be conflicting with the SMT Team wanting to do Nintendo while the Persona Team wants to do Sony and if one of them options happens, there would be a split in the company regardless.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Furnessly, post: 89502, member: 2905"] To be honest I'm not into RPGs and Atlus didn't care about Europe even if we got their games they were handled by someone else much later if at all, the only Atlus games that I have ever played was Peak Performance which was an okay racing game (even though it was published by JVC here and it was made by Cave) and emulated since they didn't come out here were Double Dragon Advance and River City Ransom EX, both really good remakes of classic beat em ups (even though they were both made by Million). Anyway, out of them options if Atlus want to be global and yet retain its Japanese roots let's see: Nintendo - See below but at least they are global and since the DS/Wii era, Nintendo has started to care about Europe and they released games that other companies did (coughSquare-EnixcoughAtluscough) so at least if Atlus made a game, most of the time it will be available but Nintendo may impose censorship and from what little I know of SMT/Persona it goes beyond many games in terms of content. Sony - See below but like Nintendo they are global and has a chance of an European release [if Sony play their cards right, fully European localisation like many of their games] but probably later for mysterious reasons as well as a US release since they know Americans are into Japanese RPGs. However the games might end up being digital download only in the US/EU and I don't know how people feel. Tecmo Koei - If they bought them, it will be a plus to the fans since they have NIS but it might affect competition and that Tecmo Koei don't seem to be very big. As for retail releases, it is iffy but digital download is more certain. Probably the more likely option. Didn't they release a RPG on the Vita as a surprise with no marketing and a sudden release date? Sega - They are more or less gone at this point with their focus on either Western strategy/management games on Steam or games like Hatsune Miku, even Sonic which is the biggest thing Sega still has left and the one that still gives them money has gone to Nintendo for publishing at least in Europe for now. If Sega does buy them, don't expect any of their RPGs to come out of Japan at all like with the Shining series and lucky just to get a digital download of a game in a years time. Konami - They bought and killed Hudson, apart from the odd Metal Gear/Castlevania game they aren't doing much at all these days. Square-Enix (+ Taito & Eidos) - Aren't there any competition related laws in Japan? In terms of the RPGs apart from a select few do not release out of Japan and besides Square-Enix currently sees eyes on the mobile market so even if they bought them, they could force Atlus to just release on mobile at inflated prices like they did to Taito. Capcom - They are Westernized in the mind so nope. Namco Bandai - Iffy. They are a pretty large Japanese company (of course, Bandai makes toys and stuff) and probably have the money to do it but their US/EU releases of Japanese games aren't the best. Stuff like Tekken or Ridge Racer no problem, but the Tales series have people in fits for their handling of the games. Did you know most of Namco's games in Europe on the PS1 and the PS2 (and Ridge Racer 7 on the PS3) were published by Sony since Namco didn't exist until they did a deal buying some of Infogrames' distribution network (Namco Bandai Partners)? Marvelous - Not on the poll but another good one since they deal with RPGs themselves, they are expanding but I'm not sure about EU releases. At least with the US, they have XSeed Games. A surprising company could buy Atlus ranging from Intergrow (known as Rising Star Games in the US/EU) to a completely different business that might want to buy Atlus for their characters and make pachislot machines. The Sony/Nintendo thing would be like the OP says be conflicting with the SMT Team wanting to do Nintendo while the Persona Team wants to do Sony and if one of them options happens, there would be a split in the company regardless. [/QUOTE]
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