Don't worry about Atari, they will be around forever!

[richardhutnik]

pokoko said:

richardhutnik said:

You see, back in the heyday of Atari, you had people predicting Atari would be around forever, even into the 21st century and be epically huge still and synonymous with videogames.

Or it was a product placement ad?

Time Warner owner Warner Bros. (they put out Blade Runner) and Atari at the time:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner

It could be seen as product placement, but other top companies in the day were also there.

You can google "Blade Runner curse" to get ideas on what happened:

http://everything2.com/title/Blade+Runner+Curse

Extending it beyond Blade Runner, it is the case of where products appear in futurist stuff, at the point where they slip into obscurity.  It happens.  People presume things.

Another example is the Wire Magazine (I hope I have the right magazine here) where Sonic was on the cover and they talked about how Sega was ready to take over the world.  At one time, Sega was beating Nintendo.

Edit: Here is the issue of Wired I was talking about...