| thismeintiel said: They contributed to it greatly. Atari's bad decisions about those 2 games cost them millions, probably billions by today's standards, and caused the largest gaming company of the time to go under. This just left a bad taste in people's mouths about gaming in general. The oversaturation of consoles (I believe there were around 10 at the time, some by the same company) didn't help this situation, either. I'm not sayin unlicensed games didn't play a factor, but the largest blow was Atari's poor business decisions. |
People stop buying games because they are bad, not because a company loses money (that's confusing cause and effect). And two games would not be enough to make people turn away.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs
