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The whole thing puzzles me in terms of the amount of time to get nowhere. I understand that marketing, arranging manufacturing and distribution logistics takes
by linker3000 7y ago
The whole thing puzzles me in terms of the amount of time to get nowhere. I understand that marketing, arranging manufacturing and distribution logistics takes some time, but having a deliverable (pre-release) product should have been pretty darn quick, even if the BOM financials and final spec needed some work; heck, a weekend with an FPGA would have yielded something - it was done in 2010: https://hackaday.com/2010/09/15/atari-2600-recreated-in-an-fpga/ https://hackaday.com/2010/09/15/atari-2600-recreated-in-an-f...
- yitchelle 7y agoYou're quite right. The consumer electronics development cycle is usually about 2 years with a close-to-production prototype in about 9 months. This whole Atari VCS project feels like someone having a punt with a "this seems like a good idea" moment and seeing how far it could go as a side project. (my dramatic characterization of the situation).
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoSeems accurate, lets not forget the part where they took $3m of people's money too!