While people often talk about the praises of Atlus for its reputation for the Persona games, I wish to let everyone know that according to an entry from Andriasang.com that the company as we know it will soon cease to exist:
Index Holdings [Atlus' parent company] declared its intentions today to absorb its Atlus and Index subsidiaries. In making this move, the company hopes to more effectively utilize group resources and implement a more efficient business system between divisions.. . .Index Holdings became 100% parent company of Atlus through a 2006 stock purchase.
Index handles mobile operations for the Index Holdings group. Index Holdings owns over 95% of Index.The merger is expected to take place on October 1 following approval at board meetings for the three involved companies today.
While Atlus as a company would cease to exist following the merger, the Atlus brand may live on. According to Impress Watch, an Index Holdings public relations representative said today that game releases would for the time being be released under the Atlus brand.
Andriasang
While this is something I did not expect, this may mean that the upcoming game Catherine may be the last major released under the Atlus brand.
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