Atari re-entering hardware business with mysterious 'Ataribox'

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10 points·alxmdev··8 comments

After so many years, Atari looks to me like an empty travelling label : not the same company, not the same people, no continuity, no legacy... just a label being sold and bought by Warner, JTS, Hasbro, Infogrames...

When people think of Atari, they recall Pong and other great games, the ST computer line... the current Atari company is not related to any of that: Nintendo, IBM or Apple ensured their continuity over time and may "re-enter" older markets.

Atari is not "re-entering" anything: Infogrames is just re-using an old mythic brand and intends to start a hardware business.

Related: "It's just Emulation - the challenge of selling old games" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLWY7fCXUwE GDC2016

More likely to be a Steambox that can run Windows until SteamOS is finished.

I don't know - the wood paneling seems a bit dated.

I'd happily pay for a slick PC case though, that looked as good as a PS4/xbone and could fit a GTX 1080.

I imagine the wood is an homage to the 2600: http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/avgn/images/d/dc/50-ToyH...

Well yes, me too, but most people wouldn't want a Steam box to look like that.

If it has Atari emulators on it that can buy roms to run over an HDMI cable it might be worth it.

Games console and mysterious - never a good combo

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