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Dec 21, 2020 · The Atari 7800 was expected to be the next major console of its time. The Atari 7800 was poised for success, so why exactly did the system fail?
Sep 27, 2001 · Yes, Jack Tramiel canned the 7800 for the wrong reasons- not because of the previously discussed flawed plan for its release, but a desire to focus strictly on computers. However, the entire situation of Warner's Atari Inc. has to be looked at to understand what the Tramiels were doing.
Feb 2, 2011 · In my opinion the reasons that made the 7800 fail are the following: - Atari stuck too long with it's predecessors: The Atari 2600 was built too long and sold in some countries even after the 7800 was abandonned. In my opinion Atari should have made a cut and stop selling the 2600 console in 1988.
- How It Started out?
- On The Way to Success
- The Downfall
- Attempting A Comeback
In 1971, Bushnell invented his first video game, Computer Space. And if you have never heard of this game, you are not alone. Computer Space was a dud, it was complicated, and the fact that it was the first arcade video game only made things worse. However, Bushnell was determined to right his wrongs. So, he partnered up with his friend, Ted Dabney...
Pong was a moneymaker for Atari from the moment it was introduced in 1972. More than 8,000 units of Pong arcade machines were sold, and that’s an outstanding figure when compared to one of the most popular arcade games at that time, the Pinball machine, which didn’t sell as many. So Atari was off to a great start indeed. And a few years later, in 1...
Atari enjoyed several years as the market leader before things started to unravel. In November 1978, differences between the top executives at Warner and Nolan Bushnell resulted in Nolan being forced out of the company. And after that, Warner struggled with managing Atari’s employees and alienated nearly all of its best programmers. This led to som...
On June 15, 2021, Atari released the micro-console Atari VCS, designed to pay homage to the Atari 2600. It comes with a decent selection of arcade classics for people who loved the era when Atari used to be a formidable name in the video game industry. The company is also moving away from its free-to-play and mobile strategy games. And now, it is p...
Dec 10, 2019 · Atari failed because the 7800 ended up being a high water mark, when it needed to be a stepping stone to something greater. The Lynx Nintendo’s handheld Gameboy turned out to be a hit, but Atari had a way to one-up it in two ways.
Jul 15, 2013 · The Atari XE Video Game System fared even worse than the Atari 7800, and was yet another instance of Atari failing to save itself from Nintendo's increasingly domineering presence.
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Apr 15, 2021 · Why the Atari 7800 failed. The 7800 had one major problem, and its name was Nintendo. Nintendo’s NES beat the 7800 to market by a few weeks, but that didn’t matter. The NES had two advantages that the 7800 just couldn’t overcome. The first advantage was technical. On second-generation consoles, the gameplay generally took place on a ...
