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  2. Posted · Edited by 1001lives

    9 hours ago, The Atari Creep said:

    Funny you quoted good advice and said "this kind of attitude isn't going to work out very well on this site" about it. 

     

    Typical forum mentality. Kind of why I don't post in them. It's ok though. None of it means anything to me. Thanks so much for adding logic to this.

     

    Hanging in the shadows since 2014!!!! Dudes comment brought me out. Now the beast is loose, good luck putting him back in. HAHA Just playing. We all know I will voluntarily go back after this cools down.

    I said the attitude isn't going to work out because it's going to create drama. I think you're right in defending yourself. But when people (like you) start saying stuff like "shut up and think before you let it spew!" it kind of calls into question a few things about their negotiation tactics.

     

    It's not anyone's fault they draw the wrong conclusions from someone's Youtube video that says "Both are CRAP?" and they're fully entitled to think and post their opinions about that. A lot of times someone's opinions aren't based in fact. We deal with that a lot on this thread alone 😎

     

    By all means defend yourself with any attitude you want, but take into account when you put yourself out on Youtube to be judged, not everyone is going to get your message or agree with the way you deliver it. 

     

    We come here to spew opinion. Everyone can defend themselves from that opinion but telling someone to shut up who may have had the wrong idea from a video is why I called you out.

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    4 hours ago, The Atari Creep said:

    Before you pop off about someone, research what who you are taking about and GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT.  You couldn't get a video title right bro, so sit down, shut up and think before you let it spew. 

    I'd love to welcome you here but I'll just go ahead and let you know that this kind of attitude isn't going to work out very well on this site. 

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  4. Posted · Edited by 1001lives

    6 minutes ago, IntelliMission said:

    Tommy, firstly I wanted to thank you for the idea of the new VIP Edition. I will probably preorder one of those.

     

    I have a more serious question today. You recently said you're using the same Chinese factories as Sony. What do you think about this?

     

    Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft Implicated in Chinese Forced Labor Camps Report

    Considering Chinese factories pay their employees pennies or dollars a day in some cases (and much longer than 8 hour shifts) and many more provide dorms for the employees to live so they never leave, I would say the vast majority of companies using chinese labor are supporting forced labor for nearly slave wages. I believe the average can be $200 a month... Which means the low end is FAR lower.

     

    That's the world we live in, and why a lot of manufacturing needs to leave China. It will be more expensive, but if that's the price we pay for non-slave wages, so be it.

     

    I am worried about the void that may leave for people in China who desperately need any work they can get, though.

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  5. Posted

    2 minutes ago, GrudgeQ said:

    I think it is a really good idea (also saw a lot of comments from people who either missed it or didn't realize it was happening at the time) but I also like the above comments that maybe you should pre-announce the start date & time so people can prepare. You can still say the link will arrive in the official email so that people need to sign up, but a firm date & time would let social media folks get the word out with something definitive to say.

    Agreed. It should be posted to social media outlets this time from the get go since it's a VIP and not Founder's. 

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  6. Posted · Edited by 1001lives

    18 minutes ago, LePionnier said:

     

    Personally I have mixed opinions.
    It will depend when and how many units!


    Let's say you are selling 2000 VIP editions, but it's taking a week to sold all units. This could darken the previous message of the founders edition sale.

    So it could be a good idea to talk about it while at E3 !

    "We have 5000 VIP Editions for you going on sale on June 12th, so be ready, it will sell fast !

    Buy them for you, your parents or for a friend and be ready to play together once again on October 10th guaranteed !

    Reserve yours now, and there will be no shortage for you ! "

    And Boum ! In a couple of hours, 5000 VIP Editions are sold out ! 😃  lol

     

    So that was my opinion ! 😉

     

    Agreed. It will depend heavily on timing. I think if Tommy were to announce a second run of 5,000 VIP units, he would need to do it at the right moment. This second run needs something to set it apart as VIP edition and not just be a repeat of the same marketing style for the Founder's. It also definitely needs that week build up again with video reveals, etc. Maybe more Earthworm Jim animations.

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  8. Posted

    48 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:


    It's a company that is just as big and well known.  We spoke to Foxconn earlier last year and they were on the list of possibilities.  The company we have manufactures for Sony (PS3, 4 & 5) as well as the Nintendo Wii! 

    Coronavirus will definitely be affecting us and everyone else doing electronics this year.  Machines will be scare on all fronts.  Founder Edition folks are looking like the smartest people in the world right now.  They'll be getting their machines before any retailer! 

     

    Thinking about doing another round of pre-orders.  So many people have been disappointed they weren't able to get in on the Founders Edition.  Maybe do another pre-order that isn't as good as the Founder Editions.  More like a "VIP" edition.  Not signed, no pin or patch.  Maybe the poster, the Vintage Woodgrain and the gift card.  $279.   Thoughts??

     

     

    I believe doing another pre-order is a good idea. But I have no idea how to determine proper timing of that.

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    2 hours ago, squirrelgotdead said:

    I call them Lateral Willnots: Never learn from history, never look ahead. Only look from side-to-side.

    I'd say that history repeats itself. Usually, but not always, look at the past if you want to predict the future. Humans seem to follow a fairly similar routine, even when we were living in antiquity.

     

    But hopefully we can make some ""new"" history that isn't so repetitive down the line. Hard to break free of that mold.

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    9 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

    Here's a cool article I read today and thought some of you may enjoy it as well.  :)

     

    https://www.inc.com/chris-matyszczyk/a-harvard-student-told-jeff-bezos-something-no-ceo-wants-to-hear-worse-was-way-he-said-it.html
     

    "When you have a business based on a vision of the future, rather than the present, understand that the majority of your critics will likely be looking from the perspective of the present.

     

    They see now and they have a certain belief how now will influence the future."

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  11. Posted · Edited by 1001lives

    Day 1 patches and large amounts of DLC were not at all common before mobile gaming really took off and "facebook" tier gaming. 

     

    In the past we'd get giant content updates with expansion packs, which are all but gone now. A game like Diablo 2 getting an expansion like Lord of Destruction which added tons of new levels, abilities, classes, etc. is unheard of. Nowadays you'd have that broken into 4 DLC packages in a "season pass" with one part of each of that expansion pack for sale for 5.99 or 9.99 or whatever - but buy them all for a discount!

     

    I believe even with PC gaming and MMORPGs, it wasn't common to have to log in and patch your game files. They would release updates, but usually that coincided with new content in exchange for your monthly fee. 

     

    I think there is a lot to be said for a game console that delivers feature complete games without day one patches that fix a ton of stuff or add DLC. The absolute worst offenders are companies that put DLC on disc that you pay to unlock. 

     

    I give Nintendo a bit of a pass because at least Amiibo were cool collectibles, and not just empty DLC - but it's still kind of bad that they put a ton of content, usually cosmetic, on their games you couldn't access without a 15 dollar action figure.

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  12. Posted

    6 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:


    Yep.  For sure.  Also for Sony, Microsoft & Nintendo as well as anyone who makes electronics. 

    But it doesn't kill us.  It only slows things down a bit.  Not the end of the world.  A "walk before you run" structure isn't the worst thing. 

     

    Also not bad.... not a lot of machines made, they come out and it's a huge hit and everyone wants one... but can't get one.  2021 hits and we keep making more and more machines.

    Scarcity is a powerful tool.

     

    Very true! A more limited release perhaps will still be just fine. Also gives the team time to feel out the market and see how things react.

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  14. Posted · Edited by 1001lives

    1 hour ago, Papy said:

    My goal was not to blame anyone. It was just to explain why I believe games that rely on high scores don't appeal to people anymore and therefore why a game like Nex Machina was a flop despite having, in my opinion, a near perfect design.

     

    As for an oppressive feminine society, this is not a subject I'd like to discuss here, but I'll make one last comment about it. I live in Quebec. Here, 13.97% of children aged between 10 to 12, and 14,5% of children aged between 13 to 17 are being prescribed Ritalin. What statistics don't say is that the vast majority of those children who are prescribed Ritalin are boys, so it's more than 25% of boys who are put on drugs in Quebec. Whenever a teacher is bothered with the behavior of a boy, the "solution" is to prescribe him Ritalin to calm him down. One of my clients takes care of children who show "problematic behaviors" in school in order to "help" them. I listen to what those people believe and there are times when I find it frightening.

    Overuse of prescription drugs is common everywhere and all over the planet now. Regardless of gender or age. 

     

    As a personal aside, I don't drink alcohol but I see alcohol as a pretty big problem as well. We can't fight off prescription drugs use if we encourage everyone to knock back a few (or a few more) when they're older in every society.

     

    Buttttt this also has nothing to do with the Intellivision Amico.

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    I like how Mr. Gaeta thinks if they start production on Wednesday, 2/26, they can start shipping Monday, 3/2

     

    Then changes it to... 4-6 weeks?

     

    If they started full production today, not pre-production, it'll take weeks to finish and weeks longer to ship and weeks longer to arrive 🤡

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  17. Posted

    19 minutes ago, bigdaddygamestudio said:

    amico at least there is thought and practicality and function in it. I'll stop beating a dead horse with this, the point to all of this is.. There was a design team paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to come up with the new Xbox design. They were given time, people and money and they came back with a black rectangle.  Its so pathetic and laughable and predictable that it is actually really funny.  Thats the joke. 

    It is quite funny when you think about the design engineers working on a black box design. But again, as you can see, many if not all console design engineers came up with black rectangles. This one's just a little more plain.

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    10 minutes ago, Steven Pendleton said:

    Let's not forget the PC Engine DUO in the list of black boxes, and also the PC Engine in general for its cute box shape. SuperGrafx looks like WW2-era German machinery, though, which is pretty cool and not exactly a box.

    Although some of them had cooler molding and different vent design, we are looking at an awful lot of black boxes in game console history haha. 

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  20. Posted · Edited by 1001lives

    8 hours ago, Swami said:

    One thing I've always liked about Nintendo is they've always had a bit of creativity in their consoles. Not as much as the Heavy Sixer or Telstar Arcade, but more than their post-Sega contemporaries. Sega Dreamcast's controller had flair - kind of a spaceship stingray vibe, as did some of the Intellivision models - the unrealized Tutorvision had a kind of space-age look to it.

    To some extent - but also, many consoles were plain black boxes well before the Xbox Series X. The Neo Geo, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, GameCube, Dreamcast (sports version) were all slightly varied black boxes. Genesis Model 1 less so but the Model 2 was very black boxy.

     

    And the variety of slightly different black rectangles. ColecoVision, Intellivision models, Atari's "Vader," TurboGrafx-16, Master System (a bit more of a trapezoid... Rhombus? But still rectangular).

  23. Posted · Edited by 1001lives

    1 hour ago, mr_me said:

    According to blueskyrangers.com, Mattel showed a joystick at ces jan 1984, meant to be a regular intellivision peripheral.

    Joystick.jpg

     

    No prototype intellivision iii was built (only existed in the lab), any images would have been of a mock-up.  According to blueskyrangers.com the intellivision iii was a mattel marketing driven project so the joysticks might have been their idea.  Mattel cancelled the Intellivision iii in 1983 anyway.

    This looks pretty real but there's no way of knowing. I'm sure Tommy would have it if it was a real thing anyway.

     

    Image result for intellivision iii

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  24. Posted

    1 hour ago, bigdaddygamestudio said:

    As I'm sure you know, this accessory is cheap and works and just sticks on to your controller making it a joystick. Been around since the 80's. Worked well just had to be careful when storing it or when throwing the controller at your brothers as we did back in the 80s.   Well not exactly throw, growing up with all brothers we never passed a controller civilly, instead you of course pulled the controller as far from the system as possible so when you let go it was like a rubberband and ziinged toward your brother.  You always scored extra if you could hit vour brother in the nuts doing that.  ahh good times.

     

    Img1_Joystick1.jpg.af9441e567f9f6cf3b26bebc68364d12.jpg

    Yeah, that's what the Intellivision III was going to include standard. But these aren't true joysticks, they are just sticks on top of a D-Pad. 

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