Why was 7800 discontinued
Anybody has any idea why Atari discontinued 7800 in favour of XEGS? XEGS doesn't really seem to be technically superior (in fact Maria in 7800 seems to be superior to Antic).
I get the point of 8-bit line compatibility but it doesn't seem "logical" to drop (seemingly) better architecture for... worse (when you're competing with Nintendo).
I'm not interested in your opinion but, for people who don't know the technical specs of the 7800, I'll add some considerations to avoid that someone can get confused between an example of bad programming/bad pixel art and the real potential of the system.
Again, first of all the usual omission, the 7800 has a maximum resolution of 320×240, thus higher than the NES resolution of 256×240. In this mode, the 7800 can display 9 colors per scanline/zone (4 colors + background & transp
