According to Wikipedia:"Atlus was founded in April 1986, and existed until it was dissolved in October 2010 by Index Holdings (later Index Corporation). After the dissolution, the name Atlus continued as a brand used by Index on video games until 2013. Atlus, in its current incarnation, was founded as Sega Dream Corporation in September 2013, a new shell corporation established by Sega. In November 2013, Sega Dream was renamed Index Corporation, following the bankruptcy of the original Index Corporation. In April 2014, the contents and solution businesses of Index were spun off as a new company called Index Corporation, while the rest of Index Corporation (formerly Sega Dream) was renamed Atlus."
So really, true Atlus hasn't even existed for at least seven years now, and Persona 4 was the last game they made before they got bought by Sega (but after the original company was dissolved by the parent). I guess it didn't take long for the wheels to fall off after that.
In other words:
Modern Atlus : Pre-Sega Atlus :: Modern Maxis/BioWare/etc. : Pre-EA Maxis/BioWare/etc.
And yeah, as I also said in my own post, if I ever finally get around to getting a PS4 at some point in the far-flung, nebulous future, I'll probably still eventually get Persona 5 as well, but it won't be (and never would have been) at full price. I mean, Persona 5 could be the best video game ever made, but anti-gamer bullshit isn't going to make me hyped to buy it, no matter how good it may be.
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Date: 2017-04-22 10:45 pm (UTC)According to Wikipedia: "Atlus was founded in April 1986, and existed until it was dissolved in October 2010 by Index Holdings (later Index Corporation). After the dissolution, the name Atlus continued as a brand used by Index on video games until 2013. Atlus, in its current incarnation, was founded as Sega Dream Corporation in September 2013, a new shell corporation established by Sega. In November 2013, Sega Dream was renamed Index Corporation, following the bankruptcy of the original Index Corporation. In April 2014, the contents and solution businesses of Index were spun off as a new company called Index Corporation, while the rest of Index Corporation (formerly Sega Dream) was renamed Atlus."
So really, true Atlus hasn't even existed for at least seven years now, and Persona 4 was the last game they made before they got bought by Sega (but after the original company was dissolved by the parent). I guess it didn't take long for the wheels to fall off after that.
In other words:
Modern Atlus : Pre-Sega Atlus :: Modern Maxis/BioWare/etc. : Pre-EA Maxis/BioWare/etc.
And yeah, as I also said in my own post, if I ever finally get around to getting a PS4 at some point in the far-flung, nebulous future, I'll probably still eventually get Persona 5 as well, but it won't be (and never would have been) at full price. I mean, Persona 5 could be the best video game ever made, but anti-gamer bullshit isn't going to make me hyped to buy it, no matter how good it may be.