Atlus Owned by Sega Now

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In the last few months, Atlus' parent company Index went through some financial troubles resulting in them being put up for auction. The results of the auction are finally in with Sega coming out as the new owner of Index, and thus Atlus. Sega will be putting Index and all of the IPs they own under their Sega Dream Corporation, which is a subsidiary of Sega Corporation, which is under Sega Sammy. According to Sega, they plan to use the IPs gained from the purchase of Index for their PC online and mobile gaming sections.

How this will impact Atlus and their development of Persona 5 or other properties is currently unknown.

Source: Sega Dream Will Take Over Atlus' Parent Company Index Corporation - Siliconera