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"It was just a case of them paying themselves large salaries and nursing the brand"
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Outspoken Atari founder Nolan Bushnell has accused the company's shareholders of milking the brand for financial gain, and ignoring the content side of the business.
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Shareholders being mindless idiots and Atari being used for its name only? COLOR ME SURPRISED!
[quote]“It turns out a brand like Atari … it’s going to be hard to totally kill it.”[/quote]
Bushnell must find it strange that a brand he created 40 years ago is still going strong.
[QUOTE=Billy2600;41301672]Bushnell must find it strange that a brand he created 40 years ago is still going strong.[/QUOTE]
I would hardly say its still going strong, its still here, but its hardly prominent.
my mother worked for atari 23 years ago, she's sad now :(
[QUOTE=omggrass;41301899]my mother worked for atari 23 years ago, she's sad now :([/QUOTE]
Out of curiosity, was she there for the crash of 83?
So this is what holds Enhanced Edition back...
Has Atari made anything worth noting recently?
[QUOTE=Disgruntled;41304183]Out of curiosity, was she there for the crash of 83?[/QUOTE]
2013
[U]- 23[/U]
1990
No.
[QUOTE=omggrass;41301899]my mother worked for atari 23 years ago, she's sad now :([/QUOTE]
Was you mum the jaguar woman?
[video=youtube;nxuna944dls]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxuna944dls[/video]
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