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Atlus is suing fans for reviving Shin Megami Tensei Imagine Online
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Stefan.North
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Atlus is doing a Nintendo?
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
wait, this isn't Nintendo?
STARSBarry
Gold Member
Played it for about a month way back in the day, thought it was pretty naff, but if people want to play a game the publisher abandoned normally they don't have a problem... Phantasy Star Online private servers have been going strong for years.
Unless of course your a massive douche, then there are problems.
Unless of course your a massive douche, then there are problems.
struggler_guts
Member
Damn atlus, you used to be cool
fart town usa
Gold Member
Lame.
Developer's should be proud of their work and their fans when people in the community find ways to keep old games alive.
Not buying any Atlus games from now on. Not that I bought too many to begin with but they just feel off my radar completely over some dumb shit like this.
Developer's should be proud of their work and their fans when people in the community find ways to keep old games alive.
Not buying any Atlus games from now on. Not that I bought too many to begin with but they just feel off my radar completely over some dumb shit like this.
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Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
CuNi
Member
I understand your POV when it comes to talking about 1 month old games on Emulators, but we're talking about a game that officially shut down years ago and no signs point to it ever returning.
So what exactly is the reason of your drive by post except trying to shit on people legitimately trying to preserve games and make them playable well beyond the publisher supporting it?
Captain Toad
Banned
Huh? There's literally no other way to play this game.
Gambit2483
Member
This some petty shit...
They've always been douches that charged more for their games because they could. They just make good games.
lyan
Member
This. People need to read the article, these dudes are literally pretending to be Atlus, potentially charging people money (I see a shop button) through it.
OP probably should add more information.
teezzy
Banned
Atlus ain't gonna fuck you, dude
RaZoR No1
Member
but Disgaea is from NISA..
Interface23
Member
Yea.. people still think it's Atlus because they used to publish it lol
Grildon Tundy
Member
Sounds like the Legal department at Atlus has too much time on their hands. Sounds like the Finance department should make some cuts in the Legal department.
Pejo
Member
Typically you'd see somebody do this if they had plans to revitalize the IP or, like Nintendo, to protect the image of their IP very strictly. That said, they've pretty much milked the Megaten universe bone dry at this point, so I'm sure it's some perceived loss of income that's driving it.Apart from this being a bad thing for gamers and cultural preservation, what could their motives be?
I think just going straight to suing them is a little bit crappy to be honest. Hit them with a cease and desist. If they don't take it down, sue. Just putting them in legal trouble straight off the bat kind of sucks even if they have every right to do it. Especially if they are actually fans.
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Magic Carpet
Member
Guess charging disgusting amounts of money for their games is not paying the rent anymore.
But they need to defend the IP and if these Preservationist were making money off IP then I agree they in the wrong.
But they need to defend the IP and if these Preservationist were making money off IP then I agree they in the wrong.
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EDMIX
Member
For all we know they already sent them a cease and desist.
So Atlus/Sega isn't putting them in this legal trouble, they put themselves in this. You can be a fan of something and still break the law. Many ways to express fandom without doing something illegally.
They also could be working on some MMO thing of their own, they could also simply not want fans playing this thing and sending messages, contacting them for assistance or attacking them for something someone else illegally revived. So I don't want to see any fans of this get into any legal trouble like this, its why I suggest not doing it at all vs getting mad at Atlus.
BacklashWave534
Member
Because suing your fans and causing yourself a PR nightmare is a better solution. There were better ways to handle this. For example they could have hired on the team managing it or at very least issue a cease and desist. This was a garbage move on their part. Preserving art SHOULD NOT be a crime as long as you aren't profiting off other people's work.
The article framed it like this wasn't the case, but you never know.
EDMIX
Member
True, the people modding this may have not disclosed that publicly, but you could be right, they may have also not been giving a cease and desist and Atlus went straight to that law suit lol
They not playing.
"fans"? Liking a game doesn't excuse breaking the law. I don't get why people love trying to use that as some cover or something and then try to blackmail the developer with this whole "PR nightmare" bullshit as if most of us give a fuck.
So....as a "fan" of Atlus and Sega, I'm hype for what they put out, could give 2 shits about the crimes theses folks committed when they illegally started using someone else's IP without their consent.
The issue isn't even merely the idea of "profiting", them putting this out can misrepresent their image, brand etc if folks are playing it, having issues and then blaming, attacking and making negative comments about ALTUS based on something, someone else did with their work...without their consent. So...you can cry about this shit, but this is a nightmare for you bud, not Atlus/Sega or their PR or fans that actually care about respecting that companies rights.
99.9% of fan's are not losing sleep over this suit. They'll go nuts when that Persona 6 trailer drops like usual lol edit. or that RE-Fantasy trailer, semi OT...where the fuck is that game? lol
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BacklashWave534
Member
EDMIX
Member
lol nah, I'm simply aware that this is illegal and against the law.
Don't need to be a lawyer or part of any legal team to know that.
cartman414
Member
Illegal doesn't necessarily mean hurtful. The game has been off the market for years and made no money. It is financially inert. Practically no harm is coming from this, which is the only way the game can be kept alive as of now.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
They are using Atlus’s property to make money, it’s natural for ANY company to protect their IP.
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BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
it would cost them less money to simply let the few dozen weebs interested in this play it than to to sue them. atlus is so weird.
Elder Legend
Banned
Chad move Atlus. Let's sue the fans that gave you the money for your products in the first place and got you where you are today. This is some 4D chess olympics here. Much applause.
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However, if the fans are trying to sell a product/property that is owned by Atlus then that is a different story..
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However, if the fans are trying to sell a product/property that is owned by Atlus then that is a different story..
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lyan
Member
The "fans" made a phishing site of this game.
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