New Atari Console that Ataribox?

[toiletunes]

Helloooo! The launch edition already has Bells AND Whistles, what more do you want??

 

Bomb Diggety out, dudes!

[+frankodragon]

Next thing the PR department will be pulling out old 80's lingo like, "Totally radical, dude!"

[racerx]

 

All quiet on the IGG front, nothing posted for 2 days, not since this this statement, which screams "please buy out our stupid company" to me.

 

 

With everything blowing up whenever they make a new post, I wonder if we'll see anything out of them for a last minute campaign push on social media or if they'll just lay low and try to ride it out.

[Special Teams]

[+x=usr(1536)]

 

With everything blowing up whenever they make a new post, I wonder if we'll see anything out of them for a last minute campaign push on social media or if they'll just lay low and try to ride it out.

 

Too much going on at work to be able to fully keep up with this today, but I do notice that on their Facebook Page, a number of people have been posting links to the rebuttal on The Register. Atari's PR flacks have been noticeably silent in relation to those posts.

 

Listening to the interview audio now. Still have about 20 minutes to go, but from what I've heard so far Atari's allegations of impropriety towards the journalist are utterly unfounded and smack of piss-poor (and completely unnecessary) attempts at damage control.

 

Atari, since you're reading this: stop. Just stop. You know that you've shot yourselves in the foot one too many times by now, and that recovering any shred of the already-tarnished reputation you held prior to this point is not going to happen. Just copy & paste the difficult email to write that's already been written for you, refund everyone's money, call off the campaign, and stop the copyright trolling.

 

You won't recover any dignity or respect from the community, but at least you'll stop being repeatedly embarrassed in public over your shitheadery.

[+x=usr(1536)]

 

With everything blowing up whenever they make a new post, I wonder if we'll see anything out of them for a last minute campaign push on social media or if they'll just lay low and try to ride it out.

 

I fully expect a last-minute spin-heavy push from them for one reason: they want to break the psychological barrier of getting over $3M in backership.

 

Ultimately, $3M is still a drop in the ocean, and, in purely practical terms, no different to the $2.92M they're at now. But saying, "we got over $3M in pre-orders!" reads better than, "we got just under $3M in pre-orders!" to a certain segment of the populace that doesn't apply analysis to what either of those numbers actually mean.

[tschak909]

 

[JBerel]

I believe every bit of that.

[+x=usr(1536)]

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Well, that more or less confirms my suspicions as to Chesnais' motives with this steaming pile of vapourware.

[+Nathan Strum]

I fully expect a last-minute spin-heavy push from them for one reason: they want to break the psychological barrier of getting over $3M in backership.

 

I want to back it, but I'm waiting for them to announce the $99 Ataribox Jr. Edition.

[+x=usr(1536)]

 

I want to back it, but I'm waiting for them to announce the $99 Ataribox Jr. Edition.

 

In other words, you want it to be priced closer to what it's actually worth.

[+Nathan Strum]

In other words, you want it to be priced closer to what it's actually worth.

I want it cheaper than a Speakerhat. So... yes.

[Flojomojo]

And I would like the money to go to a worthy cause. So... not "Atari."

[godslabrat]

Ironically, the money they're spending on Spin Doctors and YouRube ads could have actually bought some quality games.

[CPUWIZ]

 

 

[Flojomojo]

CPUWIZ, nice rack.

 

Comments (and pledges) are slowing down on their IGG campaign. A few interesting things just now ... from the bottom to the top:

 

- A speculator's defense of the "collectors edition," including claims of future value

- A realist who points out AtariBox has a smaller install base than the Apple Pippin (deep cut!)

- Someone who just read the Register piece and "just bought one and is sufficiently irritated"

- An apologist who desperately wants to believe, defending AtariBox and implying that The Register did it for money or attention.

 

I'm reminded of these 4 monkeys. Speak no evil, hear no evil, see no evil ... and keep your monkey dick to yourself.

 

 

[Flojomojo]

Oh, and this Public Service Announcement ... Steam has Atari Vault on sale for a whopping $3.39.

 

[+frankodragon]

Helloooo! The launch edition already has Bells AND Whistles, what more do you want??

 

Bomb Diggety out, dudes!

We want something that keeps your tacos nice and neat. Also that the heat from the console keeps them warm.

[MrMaddog]

Next thing the PR department will be pulling out old 80's lingo like, "Totally radical, dude!"

 

 

 

I want to back it, but I'm waiting for them to announce the $99 Ataribox Jr. Edition.

 

I dare them to bring revive the "Fun Is Back" jingle....

[Osgeld]

totally radical, dude sounds much better than "bullshit and netflix moms"

[Matt_B]

Funnily enough, I had tacos for dinner last night.

 

They were very tasty, and I didn't need to put the money down for them fourteen months before I got to eat them either.

[+frankodragon]

How about, "Bomb-diggety, radical, dude! Like totally taco'd to the max, man!"

[PlaysWithWolves]

I knew I'd regret not taking a screenshot of the Backerkit page yesterday evening. Everything was the same when I popped open the browser this morning (ugh, it's just after 3AM ET)--except that the "days to go" counter moved forward.

 

Atari VCS barely squeaked by yesterday, only gaining two backers and $361. You can verify by mousing over the 06/20 point on the graph and it'll show $2,922,340. I've also included the current Indiegogo, because they already lost two backers.

 

 

 

[Matt_B]

Oh, and this Public Service Announcement ... Steam has Atari Vault on sale for a whopping $3.39.

 

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Ah, it's all finally clear. This has just been a massive shilling exercise for the company's one worthwhile product so we'll all go and buy it in the Steam sale.

[CommanderGrimm]

Oh, and this Public Service Announcement ... Steam has Atari Vault on sale for a whopping $3.39.

 

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Thanks for the heads up! This is a pretty good collection of games! I already have most of them on either my flashback or physical form, but it's a great UI and presentation.