| gatito said: At least we can all agree that we're glad Atari screwed up. |
I disagree.
"Looking for outside investors, in 1976 Bushnell sold Atari to Warner Communications for an estimated $28–32 million"
"Nolan continued to have disagreements with Warner Management over the direction of the company"
"In December of that year during a heated argument between Nolan Bushnell and Manny Gerard, Bushnell was fired."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari
That Bushnell was pushed out of the company was the heart of the problem. Bushnell had formed the gaming market like no one else, even before Atari with the first commercial arcade machine. He understood the heart of gaming development as a form of art that can be used to make profit. Warner only saw the profit and made very wrong decisions. With Bushnell in lead the gaming crash of 1983 probably could have been avoided. I don't agree that we can be glad Atari screwed up, I only agree that we can be glad a Warner-led Atari screwed up.
