http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/08/02/ ... n-offered/
According to a report by Bloomberg Japan about twenty companies including Sega Sammy Holdings made a bid on the studio behind Persona and Catherine.
Executives familiar with the situation reported that some of the bids reached about 20 billion yen (a little south of 201 million dollars) in the primary auction held earlier this week.
In July Index hired the GCA Savvian firm to serve as advisor during the transfer of business ownership. Kazumasa Otsuka of the Nijubashi law firm declined to comment or to share details about the actual procedure implemented for the auction. A representative of Sega Sammy Holdings did not offer any comment as well.
Atlus is being sold because its parent company Index Corporation filed for Civil Rehabilitation (the Japanese equivalent of a soft Bankruptcy) after finding itself in debt of 24.5 billion yen (almost 246 million dollars).
There is still no word on the results of the auction, so all we can do for now is wait and see, while hoping that Atlus will be acquired by a party that will guarantee its quality, creativity and independence.