And no. Brush up on Atlus history. Index owned Atlus and went bankrupt and so Atlus went on auction. The major companies wanting to buy Atlus were Sony, Nintendo and Sega.

Now if persona 3 weren't a huge commercial success then the interest in purchasing Atlus wouldn't really have fallen on these large companies. Because the games released around the time Atlus was up for auction didnt sell amazing like desu and pq and soul hackers rerelease. Persona 3/4 and the arena games really did well for making Atlus a good company to buy. It also meant that they were able to continue making games because Sega didn't dissolve the teams they are keeping Atlus exactly as Atlus wants. So don't try and teach me.