Sega purchases Atlus parent company Index for $141 million

Sega has reportedly purchased Index Corporation, parent company of publisher Atlus, for 14 billion yen ($141 million).

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Sega has reportedly purchased Index Corporation, parent company of publisher Atlus. According to a report from Japan's Nikkei (via Kotaku), Sega will formally take managing control of Index for 14 billion yen ($141 million).

The news comes months after Index had filed for Civil Rehabilitation with a Tokyo District Court. The company's debt at that time hovered around $24.5 billion yen (approximately $249.7 million).

Atlus is known for publishing the Persona series, the Shin Megami Tensei series, Catherine, and dozens of other titles. They most recently announced that they would be publishing the crowdfunded Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure.

Sega's purchase of Index comes almost nine months after the publisher acquired Relic Entertainment from THQ.

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    September 17, 2013 8:30 PM

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      September 17, 2013 8:57 PM

      I hope this means good things for Sega, and especially Atlus.

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      September 17, 2013 9:30 PM

      Didn't Atlus just do Dragon's Crown as well?

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      September 17, 2013 9:31 PM

      Sega will be a good fit for Persona series. Just let Atlus be who they want to be.

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      September 17, 2013 9:54 PM

      Maybe Atlus will make a Valkyria Chronicles game now?

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      September 17, 2013 10:06 PM

      Holy shiiiiiit!

      I think this might be a good thing?

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      September 17, 2013 10:12 PM

      Don't fuck up my Atlas games SEGA! Don't fuck it up!

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        September 18, 2013 5:16 AM

        Sega and Souls All Star Battle Royale Deluxe!

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      September 17, 2013 11:26 PM

      >:|

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      September 18, 2013 12:48 AM

      Its interesting watching sega crawl its way back and become a really different publisher in turn.

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      September 18, 2013 4:00 AM

      sega HAS 141 million?

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        September 18, 2013 5:32 AM

        I'm sure the purchase is financed.

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        September 18, 2013 6:09 AM

        The whole company has quite a lot of cash.

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        September 18, 2013 6:45 AM

        All those Sammy pachinko machines bring in mad coin.

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        September 18, 2013 7:37 AM

        Sega is still an arcade juggernaut in Japan. Don't make your assessment based on bad Sonic games.

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          September 18, 2013 7:45 AM

          virtua fighter 36?

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      September 18, 2013 5:53 AM

      Buy them Nintendo.

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        September 18, 2013 7:03 AM

        Man, wouldn't that be pretty strange. Our 12yr old minds would be blown away by Nintendo and Sega joining forces. "Sega does what Nintendon't ...also does?

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          September 18, 2013 7:15 AM

          I've often thought that Nintendo should buy Sega's IP's, specifically Sonic and let Sega be a publisher. Hell, Sonic spends more time in Nintendoland than anywhere else. I also thought that Nintendo should buy Platinum Games, because they make the kind of high octane action games that Nintendo just doesn't do.
          But, like anything with Nintendo, they are ULTRA cautious and conservative. I think this hurts them in the long haul.

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      September 18, 2013 6:06 AM

      I loved Trauma Center on DS, so hard yet still a ton of fun! When you think of Atlus what's the first game that comes to mind?

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      September 18, 2013 6:09 AM

      Huh... Giantbomb was right. A podcast from about a month ago had them predicting the likelyhood that Sega would pick up Atlus.

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        September 18, 2013 6:10 AM

        First thing I thought of as well. Neogaf is having a melt down over this but I don't see this as a bad thing. Yeah Sega has sucked when it came to their internal IP that wasn't Sonic but they seem to be smart with companies they own.

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      September 18, 2013 6:47 AM

      I'm okay with this. Remember 2011, when Sega said that their four pillars were Total War, Football Manager, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Aliens? Yeah, things changed since then, and Atlus brings in some nice new IPs, and some of the best writing staff in the industry. The indie publisher aspect is sort of gone, but now the Persona franchise has a bit more financial stability behind it

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      September 18, 2013 7:40 AM

      Ok Sega, now announce that Persona 5 is coming to PS4. Do it. Right meow.

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