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Atari acquires Wonder, a hybrid mobile gaming and entertainment platform
- kemotep 7y agoAre they positioning themselves to be something of an nvidia shield or raspberry pi running retropi/libreelec competitor? Do they envision the Atari VCS will become a new platform to develop for? A new paradigm to combine couch gaming/streaming and the mobile market? Or is it just a cash grab for people with Atari 2600 nostalgia?
- resoluti0n 7y agoThe last thing I heard about them was that a major key people involved in the design left the company because he stopped being paid at some point for his work on the project. I was really looking forward to buy a new VCS but I'm afraid it would probably never materialize.
- rasz 7y agoIts more of an Ouya.
- xsmasher 7y agoI remember (Yahoo? I think) making some really questionable acquisitions before everything fell apart; almost like it was being used a dumpster to pack a bunch of failed startups into. Based on nothing but gut, this sounds like a deal to pay out to the investors in Wonder with Atari cash. The "synergies" will never pan out, technologies will never be combined.
- rasz 7y agoThere is no Atari cash, there is no Atari, just few dudes with legal rights to the brand and borderline scam (lying multiple times) crowdfunded half a laptop pretending to be a console with no games.
- cadence- 7y agoAtari was my first computer, and I remember it fondly. It's extremely sad to see the brand being abused like this.