How many units will Atari's new Atari VCS console sell in it's lifetime?

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OneTime said:
When you say Atari, you do realise that Atari hasn't been around for 30 years or so?

At best this is a company that has licensed the Atari logo. Definitely wait to see reviews *before* you spend your money!

It's actually a former french videogame company named Infogrames. They gained the rights to the name Atari as a byproduct when they bought Hasbro Interactive for the Microprose licenses. And since they lost Infogrames Europe to Bandai Namco shortly after, the path for a transition to the Atari name was clearly set.

Btw, The company went bankrupt in 2013 and lost many of its most iconic brands, like Star Control (Stardock), Total Annihilation (Wargaming), Test Drive, V-Rally (Big Ben Entertainment), Battlezone, Moonbase Commander (Rebellion Developments), and a hundred other IP to Humungous Inc.

Also, it looks like they want to move away from Game development and right into... gaming hotels. No, seriously!

Edit: On Topic:

I think it will sell a bit over a million, mainly from all those who want to play the old Atari games legally. But at $400, it's way to expensive for the hardware. At $200 the price could have been good considering what's in the box, but 400 is just way too much.

Had it an upcoming Renoir Ryzen 5 APU  and a real SSD (it's just using 32GB eMMC as internal storage, exactly the same as the Switch), the price would have been much more understandable and the whole system also usable for more stuff (like a home theater for instance with storage extensions or for indie games). But not like this.

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 10 July 2020