+frankodragon Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jsmith73 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 This thread has been the absolute most entertaining thing I've read in years. I would like to thank all who have provided many hours of laughs. ?? Ya'll are the freaking best. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerx Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 13 hours ago, AlecRob said: Only hardcore gamers like us even know this thing exists at this point in time. And hardcore gamers don't care. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlecRob Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 1 hour ago, racerx said: And hardcore gamers don't care. Blablabla blablabla I KNOW I KNOW everyone hates it blablabla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TwentySixHundred Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlecRob Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 lmao 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerx Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 26 minutes ago, AlecRob said: Blablabla blablabla I KNOW I KNOW everyone hates it blablabla Just (again) pointing out the obvious. Young gamers don't care, old farts like us don't care, and hardcore gamers don't care. That pretty much leaves clueless middle aged people who don't really play games much or pay attention to the games market but remember that they used to play Atari. And you, if you don't already fall into one of those categories. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 2 hours ago, AlecRob said: Blablabla blablabla I KNOW I KNOW everyone hates it blablabla I'm not sure what you're adding to the discourse, but I think this thread is a healthy alternative to: Self-serving, highly censored comments on the IndieGoGo project page (managed by "Atari") Self-serving, highly censored comments in the Facebook discussion thread (managed by "Atari") Self-serving, highly censored comments in the Instagram feed (managed by "Atari") Self-serving Twitter threads (managed by "Atari") Self-serving puff pieces on Fox Business News for audiences from hosts who don't care to audiences who care even less More independent, but constrained by relentless positivity, Atari VCS Reddit group (managed by @Historian but infected with Dubs syndrome, and occasionally visited by "Atari," who doesn't have anything to say) If "Atari" felt like coming in here to clear the air, they're more than welcome to do so. There's literally nothing stopping them. What are they going to do? Swoop in here and say "just wait you guys, we've got lots of announcements planned for later this summer!" Because that's all they've done to date. Every time some nimrod falls for the "ooh look, Atari is back," this highly critical but not-so-serious thread gains a new reason for existing. You can talk about "confirmation bias" all you want. I think "Atari VCS" is a bad idea, poorly executed, and terribly communicated, but I'm open to "Atari" proving me wrong. If they want to do something that shows that they're NOT the most soul-less, brand-grubbing, amateur-hour, unimaginative hacks since the Coleco Chameleon, there's nothing stopping them. Certainly not us. If you think that it's boring or stupid to talk about their massive failures, there are plenty of other websites out there. 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) I was dumb enough to back this thing. I feel like it is a losing deal no matter what. My only hope was to force a refund through my bank but it has been an uphill battle. The Atari intern just blocks me or deletes anything I post on their social media. This is a scummy deal ran by a scummy company. Technically it isn't a scam yet but it is headed that way. Either way I learned a hard lesson and I'm probably out the money. Edited June 27, 2019 by TACODON 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Today in stupid shit from my Google alerts hot crypto news no i had it right the first time "AtariBox" drivel, "Keen investor" Robert Johnson has this hot take, Atari CEO On Blockchain Technology, "Poised To Revolutionize The Video Games Market" which is a phenomenally douchey headline even if the worst bits are in quotes. It's silly enough for me to excerpt it in depth for your amusement. Beware visiting their site if you choose to give them a click, my browser reloaded it several times because it was "using significant memory." Maybe there's a bitcoin miner in there. Maybe it's just playing Asteroids. Quote The gaming company Atari already has a name that sounds like it should be a cryptocurrency. It is now one of the latest to enter into the crypto market when it launched the Atari Token in 2018. Yet Atari is promising more than just cryptocurrency, it wants to use blockchain to transform gaming economics. And I want their flaming dumpster of a company to roll off the face of a disc-shaped flat earth. We don't always get what we want. Quote Atari, listed on the French NYSE Euronext Paris exchange, actually filed for bankruptcy in 2013. Since then it has undergone a renaissance, looking to reinvigorate console gaming using its powerful brand name. Actually filed bankruptcy! Can you imagine? Good thing they have that powerful brand name, associated with such not-at-all-generic concepts such as Pong, Centipede, Asteroids, and Battlezone. Whoops, not that last one, they lost that in the bankruptcy. Quote One of the ways it has reinvented itself is by joining the list of companies using and developing blockchain technology. When it launched its cryptocurrency, shares in the gaming company rose by 60 percent. It's easy! All you have to do is lie, cheat, step on people's feet. At least when Long Island Iced Tea pulled this scam, they were lucky enough to get a 200% bump in stock value, not the weedy 60% that "Atari" temporarily enjoyed (it didn't last long). Unfortunately for those of us who love tacos but dislike the shambling corpse wearing the skin of Atari, the retro-themed-but-not-retro company has not yet been delisted from the stock exchanges, as happened to Long Island Blockchain. Quote However, not all launches have had the same effect, with Xbox releases from Microsoft being a prime example of how a new product can often have adverse effects in relation to share price. Not that one arm of a giant technology company that has one of the highest market cap in the world has much to do with a stand de limonade from France with a Japanese name and an American legacy. But Stuart Varney likes to play Fortnite clips (which earns in a single day what "Atari" makes in an entire year) when talking to "Atari" CEO Fred Chesnais, so let's let it slide. Quote Atari Stock Performance After the initial increase following the announcement of the Atari Token, Atari stock price has fallen from a high of 0.76 EUR in March 2018 to 0.35 EUR in May 2019. However, with its strong advocacy and commitment to blockchain technology, you can consider the benefits of CFD trading and share trading when studying Atari's share price movements. CFDs (contracts for difference) allow traders to take advantage of price movements and are often influenced by new technology releases and product development, which can be seen by observing share price fluctuations surrounding the release of new products in Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo's respective product lines. Making connections between the market performance of "Atari" and Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo is like finding a causal link between @Keatah's status updates about his intestinal gas and the economic implications of Britain leaving the European Union. Quote The Atari VCS Console Release? Compared with other console releases, Atari’s latest stop-start development of the Atari VCS has been boosted by the launch of the Atari Token. The latest Atari console remains under development and is still attempting to get off the ground through crowdfunding efforts. Its current estimated shipping date is December 2019. It aims to combine games streaming with its classic arcade games and a wide variety of modern PC titles from independent developers on a web-powered home platform at a cost of $329. If it has new features and technology that can impact or influence gaming, then it might allow Atari's shares to climb again. For example, Nintendo's introduction of the Switch at a time when Sony had abandoned the handheld market and Microsoft had all but failed, showed how significant new, playable tech products can be on the market. To quote Archimedes upon perfecting a way to transfer water into irrigation ditches, "bitch, please." There's just so much stupid in this paragraph, do I really need to point it out? Even if it were paid placement from "Atari" itself, it fails hard. If it has new features that can impact or influence gaming ... Stop. Right there. It won't. It's ridiculous to suggest otherwise and I sure hope nobody with money to lose is reading this piffle. Quote Atari’s Crypto Ambitions According to Atari CEO Frederic Chesnais, "Blockchain technology is poised to revolutionize the current economic system". In particular, Atari sees itself positioned in the video games market as a brand-recognizable alternative to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency transactions, which are increasingly accepted and used in online gaming purchases and as payment methods in online casinos, of which Atari also runs the Atari Casino entity. I have to wonder if Fred is as easy a mark (or as @PlaysWithWolves would call them, pigeons) himself as he seems to think others might be? Could we snooker him into selling off his "classic IP" for a handful of magic beans? Maybe shares in the newly-redesigned-but-still-smelling-of-cheese GameGavel? Or a sandwich from the dynamic, not dead yet TinGiant? Quote Atari's coin had an initial coin offering (ICO) of 100,000,000, and through this, it wants to raise $40 million, in part to fund its Atari Movie concept, a story about the iconic video game system, which has rumored backing from Leonardo di Caprio’s Appian Way film company. Jesus, take the wheel. I hope that Leo is smarter than this. Is 100,000,000 a big number when you're selling air? Quote But it also seeks to bolster its own financial standing to allow it to develop further games and eventually release its console. There is another aspect to this cryptocurrency release too, in that it is using the token - via buying a stake in Infinity Networks - to license the Atari brand further. Wait, is it coming in December (6 months from now), or is it "eventually?" Those are two different things. And is Infinity Networks just a shell game? There are real companies with that name that actually produce goods and services. I'm confused and this cut-and-paste "news" story is making my brain hot. Quote Atari is famous for developing games like Tetris and Pac Man and has plans to use its blockchain technology to roll out versions of RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch and Goon Squad on mobile through a license agreement with Animoca Brands. Oh, my. I think the keen investor might have confused "Atari" with other living companies that matter. I'm so sick of them trying to get a piece of the pie by implying they're responsible for the work of others. Or is the university-level student of English simply using "games like Tetris and Pac-Man" in the sense that Asteroids and Centipede are in the same general category? Much as "Atari" resembles the naked mole rat since it also lives underground, digging burrows and eating roots and bulbs? Quote It is clear that Atari seem to promote the idea that blockchain has big potential for how online transactions are processed and is advancing it one step further by wanting to develop games using blockchain as well. Its Atari Token is a bold move in that direction, a tool to both power its gaming and casino platforms as well as a kind of fundraiser of sorts to help with its product rollout. Whether it is planted on solid financial foundations is up to the markets to decide. Oh, so you're saying that this might just be a bunch of made-up bullshit after all? It would have been nice to have put that up front! This news dumb update has been brought to you by the letters T, A, C, and O. 2 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 51 minutes ago, Flojomojo said: If "Atari" felt like coming in here to clear the air, they're more than welcome to do so. There's literally nothing stopping them. What are they going to do? S In an exchange with #NotMyAtari that I had on facebook a while back, they even admitted they're following this thread. I'm trying to find my post... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I kinda remember that, they were like "yes yes, very amusing -- BUT LOOK AT THESE RENDERS" 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 8 minutes ago, Inky said: In an exchange with #NotMyAtari that I had on facebook a while back, they even admitted they're following this thread. I'm trying to find my post... Ahh. Here it is. June of last year.. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlecRob Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 1 hour ago, TACODON said: I was dumb enough to back this thing. I feel like it is a losing deal no matter what. My only hope was to force a refund through my bank but it has been an uphill battle. The Atari intern just blocks me or deletes anything I post on their social media. This is a scummy deal ran by a scummy company. Technically it isn't a scam yet but it is headed that way. Either way I learned a hard lesson and I'm probably out the money. Maybe VCS will fail hard enough to be come rare and collectable in the future 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy the Atarian Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 19 hours ago, AlecRob said: Theyre marketing this thing all wrong. Its a home computer end of story. PC’s DO NOT HAVE EXCLUSIVE GAMES Are you being facetious about that last part? PC's have tons of exclusive games... Quote Even if VCS is vaporware, it’ll still be better than the Jaguar Dems' fightin' words! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCAT Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Sigh! As much as I dislike saying this, but if this thing does come to market and it tera-flops because it is a (to quote a certain angry videogame nerd) "A Sheet-load of FCUK" it will have value to collectors who must have it for... completeness. My advice? Keep the box SEALED, don't even open it, you can verify the contents by checking the weight of the box. Just watch the reviews and see where it is going, don't bother playing it if they look to abandon supporting it in a year. I still have a sealed 4GB iPhone, you will be happy a few years down the line when and if this becomes a collector's trophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) 18 hours ago, JBerel said: Also, I'm about over all these people saying it's a great looking box, but little else. As a generic plastic project box goes, I never thought it was all that stunning to begin with. Certainly not very functional from a gaming or computer use perspective. About as impressive as this.... . Hm, that modem strongly reminds me of the Stylophone from the early 70's. Here's a modern replica: Add some fake woodgrain and we're approaching the VCS design: Edited June 27, 2019 by carlsson 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 The IGG page is getting worked up again. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 My plan if I get stuck with this overpriced paperweight is to sell it as fast as I can before the pigeons lose all faith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCAT Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 ^^^ TACODON, I just told y'all not to sell it! keep it sealed, in 10 years it will be like you having a copy of Stadium events, or Mario Bros with hang tabs. BIG money in this TacoBox, its all about marketing, sell it as a collector item down the road. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 3 hours ago, TACODON said: The IGG page is getting worked up again. 1. The number one reason for buying electronics should never be because "it looks sweet." Unless it's this. 2. So any game you want except most of the games. 3. Nothing says "ease of use" like creating an external boot drive so you can play the games that don't run natively on the console, which will be most of the games worth playing. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Even as a novelty I don't see this thing retaining much value. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoJoe Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Aside from John Hancock, is anybody collecting the Ouya as a collectable??? And that actually came out! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TACODON Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I think anyone saddled with a Tacobox is best off selling it as soon as it hits your doorstep. Once people figure out that Netflix can be streamed through other devices including ones they already own. The value will tank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) Hidden camera PROOF of in house testing of the AtariVCS : Video memes E0z3v67p6 by Tumors_ 155 comments - iFunny _).mp4 Edited June 27, 2019 by OldSchoolRetroGamer fix 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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