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In my early consulting days I got sent to an ex-Atari execs home and was told this exact story, although he said the final call was to just "give the whole thin
by eltoozero 10y ago
In my early consulting days I got sent to an ex-Atari execs home and was told this exact story, although he said the final call was to just "give the whole thing away to the army" since internally Atari was so strongly against the endeavor on a political level.
Besides he said, "they could just have just taken it from us anyway".
I don't know if that was a comment on their contract terms or what but it was clearly an uncomfortable arrangement for Atari.
- videotopia 10y agoYeah. I think someone at Atari saw an easy pay day, with no marketing spend. 10 or 20,000 machines presumably charged out at a top dollar govt sponsored price per unit, sent to one delivery address? Kinda makes sense on the surface of it; notwithstanding the moral sensitivities within the company at the time.