Atari Announces Pre-Sale Date And Price For Its New Console, The 'Atari VCS'

Kioku · May 1, 2018

TotalInsanity4 said:
$199 for what, in practice, is a fancy Shield TV is VERY competitive, I'm actually really interested in this

Especially with Radeon graphics being great budget options. I'm actually curious as to what this system will bring us. Not just atari games, but the other options.

pedro702 · May 1, 2018

TotalInsanity4 said:
Ok I can understand being sceptical when preordering, but otherwise I don't get the people saying "just you wait! It'll be shit! Bwahaha!"

becuase they wont be selling media(well 6$ for 100 games wont earn them any money tbh) so they need to make money on the hardware they cant sell it at a loss, and with 200$ price and selling for profit what they have under the hood will be probably a slightly better shield tv running linux at best.

since for 200$ for a console and a controller to even be profitable hardware they need to put something prety crappy under the hood.

unlike sony and microsoft they cant sell a console at a loss and gain money on games becuase atari doesnt make games anymore and no one will pay that much for ancient atari emulated games download code, specialy if like they say its open linux, which means why pay when you can simply download an atari emulator and urun it on their own console? lol

imagine if nintendo was selling nes and snes games on an open OS wich already has emulators made for them why would you buy them anyway?

sloppycrap · May 1, 2018

No Alone In The Dark Remastered no buy. Have they announced anything that isn't running on a 2600 emulator?

pedro702 · May 1, 2018

sloppycrap said:
No Alone In The Dark Remastered no buy. Have they announced anything that isn't running on a 2600 emulator?

as off they showed some old arcade atari games too, but the graphics are like 8bit max since those were old arcade machines, so far not even a 16bit game they showed.

the_randomizer · May 1, 2018

TotalInsanity4 said:
Ok I can understand being sceptical when preordering, but otherwise I don't get the people saying "just you wait! It'll be shit! Bwahaha!"

I mean, what can this do that other capable machines can? Play Atari games? People can do that on any number of devices for much less. The whole vagueness of what it can and can't do is just a douche move. Yes, I want to wait and see, but I ain't holding my breath.

kublai · May 1, 2018

Anunnymous said:
Everyone saying it will flop, forgets that nostalgia sells. NES Classic and SNES Classic sold like hot cakes and all they "technically" play is 30 of their generation of games. Sure, they were a little more affordable but the NES Classic didn't have a problem selling at $200 scalping prices either. We obviously don't know what all this will play but they've stated current gen. There are a lot of people that grew up in that era that would love to buy one, if not only for nostalgic purposes. Will they sell as well as other current gen consoles? Most presumable not. But I feel like they'll do ok.

I think people grew up with Nintendo and liked Nintendo quality games with it's superior graphics and gameplay over Atari 2600 games. If this is what Atari has to offer are a bunch of old stick figures games on their VCS than it's gonna flop.

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pedro702 said:
yeah how the hell will they open preorders without telling you anything we dont know the list of games it has, we have no idea what the specs are or what they mean by "modern" games, how can you put something up for preorder without exactly telling what you are selling?

They figure if it came from Atari, they can sell anything. Give them a tank with an Atari logo on it and they will sell it like hot cakes.

TotalInsanity4 · May 1, 2018

the_randomizer said:
I mean, what can this do that other capable machines can? Play Atari games? People can do that on any number of devices for much less. The whole vagueness of what it can and can't do is just a douche move. Yes, I want to wait and see, but I ain't holding my breath.

It looks pretty, and I think that's really what they're going for to differentiate it in the end. Plus, it would seem as though it will natively play PC games (though probably at potato quality) so it has that going for it, too

I'm not expecting it to be much better than a Shield TV, but in my opinion it really doesn't have to be

the_randomizer · May 1, 2018

TotalInsanity4 said:
It looks pretty, and I think that's really what they're going for to differentiate it in the end. Plus, it would seem as though it will natively play PC games (though probably at potato quality) so it has that going for it, too

I'm not expecting it to be much better than a Shield TV, but in my opinion it really doesn't have to be

I'd personally rather get a shield TV, at least I know what to expect.

DarthDub · May 1, 2018

Is Atari still trying to be relevant with garbage prices? I can emulate Atari games on a Sega Dreamcast and any other system after it. Hell, even a cheap android-based phone/tablet can emulate with ease thanks to RetroArch. Obviously, this console is not for me.

Deleted User · May 1, 2018

zeveroth said:
Why can't Sega come out with another console? Glad to see Atari is still trying to be relevant even though they haven't had a system with new games since the Jaguar. I just hope the "modern games" are going to be unique and not just random ports .

Probably because SEGA is involved in all sorts of deals and agreements with console manufacturers and first party developers, and creating a console in the middle of it all would betray the trust of said manufacturers.

As much as I'd love a Dreamcast 2 or some sort of successor, I don't think it'd be very financially viable thing for SEGA to doat this point in time.

Atari doesn't seem to have that problem as much, so they can get away with releasing a new console. I could be wrong but I haven't seen that many releases from Atari in recent years.

DarthDub said:
Is Atari still trying to be relevant with garbage prices? I can emulate Atari games on a Sega Dreamcast and any other system after it. Hell, even a cheap android-based phone/tablet can emulate with ease thanks to RetroArch. Obviously, this console is not for me.

There will be some modern games on the console, though. While there haven't been any names released, I'm willing to bet that it includes mainly cross-platform games like Fortnite.

TotalInsanity4 said:
Ok I can understand being sceptical when preordering, but otherwise I don't get the people saying "just you wait! It'll be shit! Bwahaha!"

Hey, blind skepticism is an excellent way to make yourself look intelligent without forming any substantial opinions of your own. Didn't you get the memo?

DarthDub · May 1, 2018

B_E_P_I_S_M_A_N said:
Probably because SEGA is involved in all sorts of deals and agreements with console manufacturers and first party developers, and creating a console in the middle of it all would betray the trust of said manufacturers.

As much as I'd love a Dreamcast 2 or some sort of successor, I don't think it'd be very financially viable thing for SEGA to doat this point in time.

Atari doesn't seem to have that problem as much, so they can get away with releasing a new console. I could be wrong but I haven't seen that many releases from Atari in recent years.

There will be some modern games on the console, though. While there haven't been any names released, I'm willing to bet that it includes mainly cross-platform games like Fortnite.

Hey, blind skepticism is an excellent way to make yourself look intelligent without forming any substantial opinions of your own. Didn't you get the memo?

That's what a PC is for.

Tony_93 · May 2, 2018

pedro702 said:
becuase they wont be selling media(well 6$ for 100 games wont earn them any money tbh) so they need to make money on the hardware they cant sell it at a loss, and with 200$ price and selling for profit what they have under the hood will be probably a slightly better shield tv running linux at best.

since for 200$ for a console and a controller to even be profitable hardware they need to put something prety crappy under the hood.

unlike sony and microsoft they cant sell a console at a loss and gain money on games becuase atari doesnt make games anymore and no one will pay that much for ancient atari emulated games download code, specialy if like they say its open linux, which means why pay when you can simply download an atari emulator and urun it on their own console? lol

imagine if nintendo was selling nes and snes games on an open OS wich already has emulators made for them why would you buy them anyway?

Finally someone with common sense

All the people talking about how the VCS will be at least as powerfull as a switch because it doesn't need to be portable, and that PS4 power can easily be achieved with cheap PC parts under $200, etc... Fail to realize these basic facts :rolleyes:

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Anunnymous · May 2, 2018

kublai said:
I think people grew up with Nintendo and liked Nintendo quality games with it's superior graphics and gameplay over Atari 2600 games. If this is what Atari has to offer are a bunch of old stick figures games on their VCS than it's gonna flop.

Then you didn't grow up with Atari. That's all I'm saying. Nintendo graphics were superior to Atari sure, but Atari's graphics were superior for their time. With that mindset, the Nintendo classics shouldn't sell because PS4 and XBox One's graphics are superior.

Not to mention, the Atari Flashback consoles by AT Games (which are garbage) sell quite well for what they are.

pedro702 · May 2, 2018

Tony_93 said:
Finally someone with common sense

All the people talking about how the VCS will be at least as powerfull as a switch because it doesn't need to be portable, and that PS4 power can easily be achieved with cheap PC parts under $200, etc... Fail to realize these basic facts ...

Yeah people got in their head they will release hardware at a loss when they dont make media for whatever reason lol

MasterControl90 · May 2, 2018

Tom Bombadildo said:
If it were using one of these, it wouldn't be $200, it'd be more like $600+. Intel+AMD priced these things super high, Intel's new NUC that has one is selling for $800, not including RAM or a HDD. So it's most definitely an AMD APU of some kind.

Oh yes definitely it is not the exact same one but since we are talking about a 2019 release it could be a lower end one on the same line that has yet to be released. Although a classic amd apu is the most probable one.

calagan · May 2, 2018

Prans said:
In a previous interview, Atari VCS creator and general manager Feargal Mac said that the console "is an open system, and while our user interface will be easy to use, people will also be free to access and customize the underlying OS." So it'll probably run a customized version of Android OS.

My understanding from this quote is that we can expect an actual Linux customized distribution, not Android.

In any case, it should be able to run RetroArch and allow to watch videos at a decent quality, so, it has its spot reserved under my TV.

matthi321 · May 2, 2018

all they need is to make this emulate ps2 games well and it will sell like hotcakes

pedro702 · May 2, 2018

matthi321 said:
all they need is to make this emulate ps2 games well and it will sell like hotcakes

200$ for a ps2 emulator? damn lol your better off getting an hacked ps3 for under 100$ and it can play ps1,ps2,ps3 specialy the fat models wich run much better ps2 games.

VitaType · May 2, 2018

A new console with a joystick that is supposed to be hold in your hands? That's for some reason really charming.
I doub it will be the successful begining of a 4th competitor in the traditional console market (Sony, MS, Nintendo beeing the other three of course).
These almost neon red combined with that dark black looks really cool. Wonder if that looks only on this render that way and they go with there traditional red or if it really will look like that.
I don't buy it, but I wish them good luck.

matthi321 · May 2, 2018

pedro702 said:
200$ for a ps2 emulator? damn lol your better off getting an hacked ps3 for under 100$ and it can play ps1,ps2,ps3 specialy the fat models wich run much better ps2 games.

could be possible i think even a last gen apu would problaly be enough

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