Atari launching a console to compete with PS5

[Sephiroth]

www.t3.com/us/news/atari-new-console-2020?fbclid=IwAR35-nWWXt2CBIy8GuMnEeKIf6eUkUgcjYZcIlMAk0EErMboTKAHG6RQWKQ

This is either going to be a total game changer or a Netflix live action anime adaptation level disaster.

[eJm]

I have no idea why T3 put PS5 in there when, like, there's another console launching a week before. It's a weird way to word it.

Also, man, that thing kind of appeals but there's no f***ing good reason to pay $300+ for something that has a launch line up of "A lot of titles I can get for the Atari Flashback 8 Gold Deluxe" which is a LOT cheaper.

[Paul]

Atari just never learns, do they?

[Push R Truth]

I don't give a shit unless ET Remastered is a launch title.

[Spider2024]

It's like hearing Ric Flair saying he wants to climb back into the ring.

[Deleted]

Im surprised this is an actually thing instead of being vaporware like the coleco chameleon. This thing is going to failed like the ouya.

[chrom]

Oct 23, 2020 12:21:07 GMT -5 Spider2024 said:

It's like hearing Ric Flair saying he wants to climb back into the ring.

Or Terry Funk

[Cyno]

The weird thing about this is that it isn't just a retro console, but actually allows you to use it as a desktop computer. Which explains why it's nearly $400 for some reason. You can install a secondary OS like Win10 on the thing and it has a dedicated GPU. I have to wonder what the exact specs are, but considering it only has 8 gigs of RAM I'm not expecting a whole lot.

But besides all that, I don't think there's much of a market for people who want to spend nearly $400 to play Atari 2600 games in 4K resolutions with HDR. That sounds like so much unnecessary overkill.

[Deleted]

That is a really weird way to spell WHERE THE f*** IS THE DREAMCAST 2!!!

[lildude8218]

Launch titles include:

Space Pong

Space Breakout

Space Asteroids

Space....um.....Invaders From the Future!

[Paul]

So I guess the fun is back?

[Natural Born Farmer]

It's a joke, right?

Sega and Nintendo had to bow down to the new rulers of the world. and the company with a track record of failure assumes they'll succeed where a couple titans could not?

Like... Do you, but I think I'd start a new company and then hope for the best.

[salz4life]

I remember there was a Kickstarter for this a couple years ago and I almost backed but decided $299.99 was too much to pay for old Atari games. It’s a cool concept with the extras, but I’d rather have XBox Series S/PS5

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Sony right now:

[Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast]

Still sounds better than the new Intellivision that's in the works

[The Dark Order Inferno]

Wasn't this basically a scam? They didn't pay the people who designed it, have a bunch of outstanding orders from crowdfunding to fulfil before taking new orders... The producers lied and bumbled in a way Dixie Carter would ne proud of so there's little reason anyone should have high hopes for this.

It's a Linux box that does little a budget PC can't other than look like an Atari. People crap on the intellivision amico, but at least they're trying something different and are (as far as I'm aware) paying people.

[Deleted]

atarivcs.medium.com/demand-for-the-atari-vcs-pc-console-hybrid-has-far-outstripped-the-availability-of-components-bbfdf996f97b

Good news for Atari fans; there is demand for the VCS.

Bad news for Atari fans; they didn't expect the VCS to be popular (or have a big enough niche, at least). One of the peripherals isn't available, so they have to supply it in order for it to be shipped, causing the delay.

[ToyfareMark]

This means there is hope for the Phantom!

[The Dark Order Inferno]

Oct 29, 2020 22:41:25 GMT -5 @jdogindy said:

atarivcs.medium.com/demand-for-the-atari-vcs-pc-console-hybrid-has-far-outstripped-the-availability-of-components-bbfdf996f97b

Good news for Atari fans; there is demand for the VCS.

Bad news for Atari fans; they didn't expect the VCS to be popular (or have a big enough niche, at least). One of the peripherals isn't available, so they have to supply it in order for it to be shipped, causing the delay.

That's just PR speak for 'we're having problems making the thing, so we're going to delay fulfilling out backers orders again'. This whole thing has been an absolute poopshow, featuring lie after lie, faked prototypes, footage of games 'running on the hardware' which the creators have not ported to said hardware, the architect of the machine not getting paid, suing, then 'atari' no showing the court dates... Some will end up in people's hands, I've little doubt of that, but same can be said of the Sinclair Vega, most of those who paid got nothing and those who did got crap.

[Hassan bin Sober]

Oct 23, 2020 22:47:14 GMT -5 Paul said:

So I guess the fun is back?

That rap is Wrestle Rock Rumble level of quality.