NIS America No Longer Publishing Atlus Games In Europe

Well I hope that means Sega or someone else like maybe ATLUS takes over. I hate for Europe not to get some of these excellent games!

Well I guess this means we will be seeing even less games coming to Europe. Cant see Sega caring too much unless Sonic is in the game.

And there goes my Atlus love...I am in the US and this is still very troubling. I love their RPGs. I hope something can be worked out.

@FragRed Don't give them ideas...

@Tsurii You think they will release more instead of less? This is just very troubling because of all the great games coming out this year and next. That we might miss out on because of this debacle.

It's ashame see what Sega is gonna do.

@Tsurii Makes sense, and it would be the same for those of us in the US. I suppose Sega would support the 3DS still.

Lovely, I guess I can say goodbye to the idea of a physical release for SMT IV Final, among many other things I was looking forward to getting from Atlus' lineup.

That stinks. Why doesn't Sega publish their titles in Europe?

@LinkSword Yeah that is just my fear for those of us here in the US too. These games are such a great market for the 3DS...not sure what Nintendo is doing to cut all these ties with companies. Its like they are hurting themselves.

Okay maybe I am reading this wrong, for those in the US, is this saying that the games will not be published at all for the US by Sega, or that Sega will be publishing them without the partnership in the US?

I really don't want to have to purchase another system just to play their games, if they don't publish for 3DS anymore.

It's hard to know what to make of this. Doesn't sound great on the surface. Hope Atlus/Sega announce something soon.

@scubydo NIS America publish stuff in Europe, that's what this concerns.

Edit: Sorry, article says it's also Atlus publishing NIS games in America apparently, though I didn't even know that was a thing. NIS doesn't publish US Atlus games, right? I though Atlus did that themselves.

Do Atlus publish NIS games in the US?

This is truly disppointing to RPG fans in Europe

@CTMike yeah just read another article elsewhere where Atlus USA and Sega will still act independently and still publish all games in the US like normal...This really a bad move for those in Europe though.

@scubydo You are reading too much into this. A couple weeks ago it was announced that Sega would be taking over for Atlus USA but as far as I can see that hasn't happened yet and looks to be Atlus bringing out SMT IV Final here stateside. I still get tweets from them on a regular basis. Now after Final we may see Sega take over but for now I'm not seeing it happening that way.

If Europe doesn't get any games from Atlus, you know who to blame here.

@Spoony_Tech yeah, I just panicked..lol I love the Atlus games and would hate to see them no longer available to either the US or/and Europe.

This sucks, looks like I'll be picking up the persona games very soon as there'll probably be no restocks

Sega better start publishing them in Europe!

It could be good on the end. If I read correctly, it means that Atlus want a better publisher for his games, so it could mean faster/more releases for future games (after it settles, of course).

Guess we'll see. SMT4, which wasn't published by NIS is by far the most discounted 3DS game on the eshop, so... I hope this means Atlus/Sega handling the publishing the games better than NIS. Not them outright deciding to ignore us

Okay I completely misread those articles...NIS America, does not even publish much for the 3DS here in the US much less, most of their games are for the PS side....SO, that is my fault for misreading that. Etrian and SMT and others are all by the other companies and not NIS America, for the US side of things...SO again, my fault for misreading the article. I will now shut my mouth.

if nintendo would just allow region free gaming it wouldnt be so much of a concern.

thanks for that nintendo... honestly if the nx is region locked then my god.. they are really gonna piss off there fans!

@CTMike I re-read several of the articles myself and went to their main sites, and most all of the 3DS games were by Atlus USA alone and the only NIS America games were mainly for the Playstation format. Atleast in the US market...again sorry this is affecting the Europe market.

Now I'm worried. I hope Sega will be releasing Atlus games in Europe.

I don't even trust SEGA with the poo in my butthole.

Seeing how Sega has handled 7th Dragon for 3DS in Europe thus far, I'm more than afraid for the future.

This is very concerning for me, especially since I love the Etrian Odyssey games. Hopefully Atlus will find another way to release their games here in Europe.

It'll probably be even less likely now for Europe to get any of the cool Etrian Odyssey Special Editions

Neither SEGA 3D Classics Collection nor 7th Dragon III Code: VFD have been announced by SEGA for Europe, so they do tend to ignore the European market a little.

SEGA does not even distribute titles themselves in all of Europe, because Koch Media (parent company to Deep Silver) handles it on their behalf in many countries. I know so from doing a review on Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX last year.

I think this will mean less games being released. NISA specialised in niche titles. Sega are a huge publisher and most of these JRPGs aren't worth the risk for them when they have huge selling titles like Football Manager and Total War.

Another argument against region locking.

Welp, I´m honestly not surprised. Nisa tends to be hit and miss, and I´m glad they´re gone

Aw heck no

The Etrian Odyssey games are what I play most on 3DS, I even picked up Etrian Mystery Dungeon. I'd hate it if they now did an Etrian Untold 3 and we didn't get it here in Europe.

Thanks, Nintendo, and your pointless region locking that I'm sure some people will still defend.

If publishing duties fall to SEGA Europe it's a big shame, given we're already waiting on release dates for 7th Dragon III and SEGA 3D Classics Collection. Wonder when we'll see some Atlus titles now.

Region locking: A royal pain in the bum.

what!!!!!!!!!????????so no shin megami tensei anymore????i feel like killing somebody.

This is sad news indeed, hopefully SEGA will step-up and publish ALL of the future Atlus games in the region...

Don't worry yet. This message was from the party that got dumped, it doesn't mean that no games by ATLUS will be published in Europe in the future.

Man, a lot of Europeans are making comments without thinking.
Of course 7th Dragon III and Sega Classics Collection 3D don't have release dates in Europe. NIS America was in charge of that before they broke away from Atlus. Now that Sega's publishing, or if Atlus finds another company to publish in Europe, it will take some time to take the reins, but then you'll start seeing release dates.

I'm not a fan of any of their games, but this really sucks. I hope something gets worked out.

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I feel bad for those in Europe, but thankfully there are no NIS developed games I am interested in, so it's not a big deal for me personally.

I just seriously hope the NX isn't region locked. At least we can import Vita/PS4 stuff...

@Socar If the quote in the article is to be believed, I should be blaming Atlus themselves. Not sure what your point is.

Time to kill Sega or give them a chance to fix it first?

I reckon that SEGA will distribute the games in Europe, which will also open up the possibility of discounted Atlus games (well, games that aren't SMT IV)

Not really worried that we won't be seeing any future atlas games in Europa as i think either sega will distribute them or they find someone else as it clear they make money and that's what matters in the end right.

Maybe I'm just overly pessimistic, but I think that's probably it for us Europeans. Atlus has displayed its complete lack of regard for Europe over the years - I doubt they're suddenly going to go out of their way to find a new publisher for what they seem to view as a relatively inconsequential market.

Well, I sure hope this won't be a problem. If this means EO5 won't come to Europe, I don't think I want to have anything to do with Atlus or Sega anymore.
By the way, aren't NIS America the guys who got Rodea stuck in publishing hell just to get two very poor Wii U and 3DS ports out there? If Sega/Atlus can find a better publisher, that might actually be for the best, considering how long it takes for some Atlus games to release here.

It could be worse. Nintendo consoles could have region locking and... oh... wait. Nintendo consoles do have region locking.
(T-T )

As long as Sega or some other publishing company steps up to fill the in the gap and bring Atlus games to Europe, I don't really mind. If we get less games, then I won't be happy.

So show you mean business and give Europeans a release date for SMT IV Apocalypse.

Sega sucks.

The digital age, where everything is accessible from anywhere in the world... oh wait, denied.

This sounds bad at the surface, but hopefully something is done to ensure everyone gets to play Atlus games.

This sounds really bad for European JRPG fans I don't trust SEGA, they screw up everything they get into...
Too bad as I was hoping for a European EOV release.

That sucks. Hopefully someone else picks it up. Or you know, give Atlus a map that actually has Europe on it.

To try and be positive. NISA Europe have never had a sale on the eShop. SEGA and Atlus USA on the other hand have had sales on the eShop so this could potentially mean cheaper games.