bohoki Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 (edited) So if I read it right, they sold almost 1.9 million games. I assume it is mostly stock they already had. That makes most of it profit from selling Atari's old products that the Tramiels had bought for next to nothing. When you don't have to do much of anything except ship it out, even if every game profited them only $2 on average, they got $3.8 million for nothing. Wow. yea then you hear of the story of the atari landfill i wonder if they didnt play fast and loose with some of their figures to cook the books Edited May 29, 2009 by bohoki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 So if I read it right, they sold almost 1.9 million games. I assume it is mostly stock they already had. That makes most of it profit from selling Atari's old products that the Tramiels had bought for next to nothing. When you don't have to do much of anything except ship it out, even if every game profited them only $2 on average, they got $3.8 million for nothing. Wow. yea then you hear of the story of the atari landfill i wonder if they didnt play fast and loose with some of their figures to cook the books What do they gain by claiming sales of a dead console's games at often fire sale prices? Unless they were hiding revenue for organized crime, why claim sales that didn't happen of something no one cared about? It isn't like Atari's stock was dropping until Wall Street got wind that Atari moved nearly a million 5200 carts at half price four years after anyone cared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanBoris Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 What is ASP ? Probably means Average Selling Price. If you divide the revenue number by the units number you get the ASP number. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjakeqcool Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 The Atari 5200 was never even sold here in the UK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet-X Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 All I can remember was in 1993 going to a 99 Cents Only stores in Southern California and buying up boatloads of 5200 Ballblazer, Gremlins, and Rescue on Fractalus. I literally put the cart next to the shelf, and then with one swoop of my arm, loaded the cart up. I bought everyone in the store because I knew how rare they were, and sold them on usenet. I think they had 35+ copies of each, was fun at the time. Each store had different games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famicommander Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Does anyone know how much the 5200 sold as a console? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 All I can remember was in 1993 going to a 99 Cents Only stores in Southern California and buying up boatloads of 5200 Ballblazer, Gremlins, and Rescue on Fractalus. I literally put the cart next to the shelf, and then with one swoop of my arm, loaded the cart up. I bought everyone in the store because I knew how rare they were, and sold them on usenet. I think they had 35+ copies of each, was fun at the time. Each store had different games. Yah, that's about when I saw them at an indoor flea market in southern Florida as well. Whole bunch of them NOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Does anyone know how much the 5200 sold as a console? after 1986 they were about $50 but they were only at clearance type toy stores there was a bit of 2600 rebirth but i feel sorry for any ingorant parents that brought home one of these when everyone else had nofriendos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjakeqcool Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Had the 5200 jr accuatly been releaced, it could have done big things for the 5200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnurrikowski Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Sorry for the necrobump. Are there any reliable sales figures or other business related numbers for Atari 400/800 games available. Star Raiders would be of particular interest to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 I remember calling toysrus in 1990. They said 5 years ago from then they stopped selling the 5200 and it was discontinued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuzaxeman Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Does anyone know how much the 5200 sold as a console? They sold from 269 to 299. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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