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

[richardhutnik]

archbrix said:

richardhutnik said:

archbrix said:

Once Nintendo is stupidly sold to someone like Warner Communications and everyone like Miyamoto currently involved with the company steps down (including Yamauchi selling his shares as well), then I'll start worrying about the company.

So then you saying Nolan Bushnell has a clue?  He is saying now that Nintendo is about to slip into oblivion.

Bushnell had a clue... he's also the one who sold the company to Warner Comm. That speaks for itself.

My understanding is that he didn't leave immediately, but he did eventually leave.  He said this in an interview on why he left:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/interview-with-atari-founder-nolan-bushnell-no-acid-was-ever-used-at-atari-a-512798.html

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Why did you leave Atari, the company you had created, in the successful year of 1977?

Bushnell: Atari management under Warner was increasingly stifling. I had Chuck E. Cheese going at the same time and just decided I was an entrepreneur and not a corporate guy. Atari had changed from an engineering-driven company to a marketing-driven company. Innovation wilted and died -- and they failed.