New Atari Console that Ataribox?

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Check out David Halliday's epic meltdown on IGG.  I don't want to screen shot it here because it has a few f-bombs in it.

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23 hours ago, Tavi said:

I am thinking May is a the absolute soonest anything could be delivered to backers.

Just a few weeks ago their update mentioned that they had just produced another handful of Atari Box developer test units. Which I am certainly no expert on console production and design, but to me it sounds like while they are perhaps closer now to 'Production' then 'Prototype', actual mass production seems like it is still a ways off yet.

Sea freight time alone from China to the US is 4 to 6 weeks, putting Atari over their 'Weeks not Months' March 31st delivery deadline right there.

The only thing I am curious about is why Atari is putting off announcing this latest new delay. Atari certainly knows they have to move their delivery goalpost yet again, and the backers have to know that there is now no possibility of them having product in hand by March 31st. So if everyone involved knows otherwise, I fail to see what purpose is there in still pretending they still might meet their March 31st delivery date?

I'm sure Atari is hoping to be able to package their next delay update with something as equally underwhelming as Antstream and Wonder.

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5 minutes ago, TACODON said:

 

If I was to guess. I bet they ship out a few to select pigeons or maybe a few YouTube people to just say, hey everyone we shipped something out to backers!

 

Of course they will be very picky about who gets them, only folks who will praise the thing like the second coming.

 

At any rate they can claim they shipped them then claim they hit a snag and had to stop production short because they want only the best product to be shipped out to backers...

 

Also those that do ship will probably have better fit and finish or even more complete programming so it doesn't seem like the shitty empty box it really is...

 

They will claim this all as a victory and the social media interns and supporters group on Facebook will rejoice.

I could definitely see this happening. Brandon Harris & John Phelan would have to be at the front of the line.

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In the spirit of JP...

 

Much like Billy Mitchell (allegedly), Since I was a young boy running the streets of me homeland, I yearned to play video games. Consumed, I was with arcades and game consoles. Atari holds a very special place in my heart. Might I interest you in a friendly game of Pong?