Atelier Sakura is ending activities?

[Murakumo]

I saw on Twitter that Atelier Sakura, known for its niche in NTR nukige games, is "ending activities" (closing company?)
Where else am I going to get my supply of short story NTR games now?

 

[Checkmate]

Doujinshi?

Essentially, companies that produce short games are finding it increasingly difficult to compete with doujinshi. Although the quality of these works may often be subpar, they are more affordable and released at a higher frequency, ensuring a steady stream of fresh content.

Few people prioritize high-quality art works and/or voice performances in these products.

 

[Deleted member 262447]

Maybe you can make your own NTR nukige (for private use) in the future once AI advances enough

 

[Checkmate]

Actually, you can already do that now, using sillytavern, a stable diffusion server to generate event CG (or any remote service with preloaded model / LoRA / styles of choices), and a decent roleplaying LLM models (deepseek chat v3, perhaps)

 

[Jelly-filled Donut]

【バ】活動休止報告を発表して以降、たくさんの激励や惜しむお言葉ありがとうございました。これまでに届いてお言葉やＲＴやいいねを原動力に、残るところ後２作ですが、ディレクターとして最後まで全力で制作に取り組みますので、どうかよろしくお願いいたします。

That's the unedited excerpt from the tweet you've shared. The key takeaway here is the word「活動休止」which carries the nuance of a creative hiatus, rather than「活動終了」which would mean closing business. The hiatus will take effect after the next 2 works.

In short, they're taking a long break and will be back someday (I hope).