Atlus Are Free To Use Dormant Sega IP Says Company President

Fantastic read here about Sega’s plans for Atlus. 

A few interesting things on what tha means for Atlus in house games studios but the 2 biggest are these:

It must be reassuring to have added a group capable of making great RPG titles.

Tsurumi: While we have no intention of forcing this, we’d definitely love to have them utilize any of Sega’s dormant IPs.

Atlus just announced the latest of the Persona installment. The timing of the announcement must have made fans feel reassured.

Tsurumi: Having the fans feel uneasy is the worst thing we could do. Above all, I’d like to make sure that the fans feel a sense of reassurance. If we were to lose fans, then all would be for nothing. Making fans and the employees of Index happy is what I believe will be our best return [for the company], and we’ll do our best to keep that up.

Atlus are free to use any dormant IP’s could mean great things for the Yakuza series in the west. While not exactly dormant in Japan the Yakuza brand seems to have been dropped in NA with Yakuza 5 being released nearly a year ago and with no formal announcements made it would be great to see Atlus US take a shot at releasing it.

They have the resources, the know how and access to any Sega IP they want.