Max Ivi Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 10 days and we will be what Ataribox is worth I think the new console will be a real success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 (edited) Man, I feel like I've missed a lot of thread. When did tacos get dragged into this? All they've ever aspired to do is fill the bellies of hungry Mexicans; I hate to see them insulted like this. Tacos supplanted non-existent video game consoles here. Back in November. And we don't insult tacos. They are a means to an end. Usually, that end is dinner. And satire. Edited March 10, 2018 by Nathan Strum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Yep IBM does not get the five hundred million dollar contracts to build electronics in the US like they did for the Jaguar. It's all in China, South Korea and Taiwan nowadays Jaguar was practice for IBM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 They are a means to an end. Or, mean to the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcoleiro1 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 (edited) Not sure if this has been posted, but according to this new Ataribox article published on TheRegister, Atari will be showing a prototype of the Ataribox at GDC. ie not just announcing there release plans for it https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/09/the_ataribox_lives/ Odd, I don't see Atari in the GDC Exhibitor list So who's going to GDC ? Also, I wonder if the Ataribox was postphoned so that they could incorporate Atari's Gambling and Crypto Token stuff into it. Edited March 10, 2018 by vcoleiro1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 I wonder if this Flextronics is related to the Flextronics a friend of mine practised at in the late 1990s, early 2000s. He told me horror stories about bad solder joints, wrong components inserted at the wrong place, backwards, upside down etc. Very low QA at that time, the assembly people didn't know or care what they did. Hopefully there is no relation to today's Flextronics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Also, I wonder if the Ataribox was postphoned so that they could incorporate Atari's Gambling and Crypto Token stuff into it. I hate to say this, but... This might actually work in the marketplace - at least, in certain circumstances. Hear me out. If they pitch this as a box capable of online gambling and use Tacocoin as a method of holding and paying out gambling funds, this may get around regulation in certain territories where online gambling is either heavily-regulated or illegal. Think of it this way: you play <insert gambling game here> and win Tacocoin, not cash. But you can spend Tacocoin in the Atariboxcorp, Inc. online store - and one of the items you can 'purchase' is gift cards loaded with the dollar / pound / Euro / other local currency value of Tacocoin you happen to have amassed in the gambling games. Minus an exchange fee, of course. It's actually kind of smart - they get to keep the players' losses as well as hit them with an exchange fee for pulling their winnings out of the ecosystem. And given that cryptocurrencies are low on regulation at the moment, it sidesteps a bunch of nasty legal encumberances involving the transfer and movement of real money. If this is what they actually end up doing, I will have to give them some credit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Historian Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Man, I feel like I've missed a lot of thread. When did tacos get dragged into this? All they've ever aspired to do is fill the bellies of hungry Mexicans; I hate to see them insulted like this. No, it was delayed for the reason they said. Chesnais as saying that "final audits" of the Ataribox revealed that that "certain accessories" were not ready There is some spin on that statement, but it's accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Can someone explain to me, using small words, how crypto currency could be appealing in a consumer device? It's possible (even likely) I lack vision or imagination but it seems like "Atari" is just latching onto buzzwords that get the attention of investors. I understand what 1536 is saying about lightly regulated gambling, but that seems far fetched to me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Can someone explain to me, using small words, how crypto currency could be appealing in a consumer device? It's possible (even likely) I lack vision or imagination but it seems like "Atari" is just latching onto buzzwords that get the attention of investors. I understand what 1536 is saying about lightly regulated gambling, but that seems far fetched to me. If I wanted to play "extreme devil's advocate ", I could argue that a crypto currency might be more useful on an online marketplace than the "point" systems used by other consoles. I'm really reaching here, I admit. I'm far more likely to believe Atari saw a buzzword that's known to get a stock price bump and started shouting it from the rooftops. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetick1 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 If I wanted to play "extreme devil's advocate ", I could argue that a crypto currency might be more useful on an online marketplace than the "point" systems used by other consoles. I'm really reaching here, I admit. I'm far more likely to believe Atari saw a buzzword that's known to get a stock price bump and started shouting it from the rooftops. I agree. It's just Atati using buzzwords to attempt to create some interest. I would guess it is just really an Atari rewards program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 For some reason I thought about owls when it came to buzzwords. So here's is Atari's New mascot: Feargal the Owl. I know. It doesn't make any sense. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Historian Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 I would guess it is just really an Atari rewards program. That's my guess too. I truly think it is mostly a ploy to bump their stock rating. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 -Announce awesome Ataribox specs for a low price. -Let owners find out via TOS that Ataribox mines cryptocurrency when not being played--24/7. -??? -Profit! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 I understand what 1536 is saying about lightly regulated gambling, but that seems far fetched to me. I'm thinking Atari wants to be like Pepsi or other companies that "reward" consumers for buying/using their products (e.g. speakerhats, trinkets, other garbage) as gambling "prizes" instead of handing out actual currency whether real or digital. You have to ask yourself what's more valuable, money or speakerhats? I'm pretty sure the majority would say money. The cost of manufacturing an actual speakerhat is much lower than paying off in actual cash, so they probably would go in that direction. Tacocoins for merchandise. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Share news about the Ataribox on an Ataribox forum- get rude childish responses. A better question would be why are you guys such assholes? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk The speakerhat has mind controll abilities. It is making us angry. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 I understand what 1536 is saying about lightly regulated gambling, but that seems far fetched to me. I'll admit that I was stretching things a bit with the example I described, but it's one possibly-workable way I can see for them to potentially have a business model surrounding the Ataribox, their gambling software, and their Tacocoin. Having said that, I am entirely willing to admit that it's far more likely that they're just throwing buzzwords out there to see who throws money back at them in return. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Feargowl's Tacoin Ledger Adventure, coming exclusively to That Ataribox! (unofficial 7800basic port coming soon as I find time to make it bug free) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Let me say at the top that I am just talking out of the side of my head here (or worse), In other words I claim no expertise here whatsoever. I think if they really do a cryptocurrency (assuming it's not just a foray into buzzwords to boost stock price before "going a different direction"), the purpose of allowing people to "mine" it is to save on server costs by allowing some of the maintenance of the blockchain to be passed onto customers' computers, And their reward is some (small amount) of said (crypto) currency. If they are using it in a gambling/online casino scenario, they are going to have to have an exchange where people can convert their cash to it and vice versa. The supply and demand propositions then create a fluctuating price and it becomes speculative in nature like a penny stock, perhaps adding another dimension to the gambling...Speculating on the price of the cryptocurrency in addition to the online casino gambling. My friend visited an online casino site like this, that used Bitcoin. He put $50 into his account to get started and before he'd even "gambled" a cent, his $50 was worth $60 because the price of Bitcoin had risen. Now for all I know, they could be [thinking about] using a different model, where people are playing "just for fun",...Probably supported by ad revenue. Personally, I don't see a "casino" being played for "Reward Points" as anything people would flock to...But you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 It is making us angry. I wonder if anger is one of their buzzwords? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Historian Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Feargowl's Tacoin Ledger Adventure, coming exclusively to That Ataribox! (unofficial 7800basic port coming soon as I find time to make it bug free) You do know that Feargal has nothing to do with the coins, let alone what Atari does. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 -Announce awesome Ataribox specs for a low price. -Let owners find out via TOS that Ataribox mines cryptocurrency when not being played--24/7. -??? -Profit! Clarification: Ataribox mines cryptocurrency for Atari when not being played. This is what their special AMD chip does. I'm thinking Atari wants to be like Pepsi or other companies that "reward" consumers for buying/using their products (e.g. speakerhats, trinkets, other garbage) as gambling "prizes" instead of handing out actual currency whether real or digital. How can a company that has nothing reward customers with anything? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 You do know that Feargal has nothing to do with the coins, let alone what Atari does. I don't think anybody has any idea what Feargal actually does. So far, we only have a pretty good idea of what he doesn't do. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetick1 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 I don't think anybody has any idea what Feargal actually does. So far, we only have a pretty good idea of what he doesn't do. He has a terrible track record but if I do recall he did "help" ship the Gameband for Minecraft. So using baseball terms he technically has one hit (more like a bunt) and lots of strikeouts. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 He has a terrible track record but if I do recall he did "help" ship the Gameband for Minecraft. So using baseball terms he technically has one hit (more like a bunt) and lots of strikeouts. Where can you buy one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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