celine on 29 July 2008
| Xen said: Now I remember - wasn't there a crash in the Atari 2600 - Intellivision period? as a result of shovelware? now you see what I was talking about in my post above. |
It was more complex than that 
Shovelware nowadays isn't a risk because there are huge corporation specialized in good game. The problem at that time was that every company even in different industries tried to enrich them by speculating on a fad ( think that Coleco was a leather company ).
Fad brought by the weak of the new market, lack of wise leadership from Atari and competition from home-computer caused by the price-war started by Commodore.
“In the entertainment business, there are only heaven and hell, and nothing in between and as soon as our customers bore of our products, we will crash.” Hiroshi Yamauchi
TAG: Like a Yamauchi pimp slap delivered by Il Maelstrom; serving it up with style.
