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Title: Interesting Atari fact... Post by: wildbil52 on August 27, 2012, 02:22:19 PM Just read this on an Atari forum:
The only Atari console to generate a profit from the late 1980s onward was the 2600jr, a sub-$50 bargain version of the original 2600. Title: Re: Interesting Atari fact... Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on August 27, 2012, 02:24:33 PM The 7800 was overpriced and released too late, and the Lynx and Jaguar were commercial flops because of price and difficulty in development.
Title: Re: Interesting Atari fact... Post by: wildbil52 on August 27, 2012, 02:27:08 PM The 7800 was overpriced and released too late, and the Lynx and Jaguar were commercial flops because of price and difficulty in development. I knew that the later systems were flops but I thought that the 2600 did well enough to turn a profit. Just goes to show how hard it is to make money in the hardware bidness. Title: Re: Interesting Atari fact... Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on August 27, 2012, 03:06:30 PM Hardware is often sold at cost. Microsoft was making $0.10 for each console sold when my wife worked at Circuit City. They made most of their money on accessories and software.
Title: Re: Interesting Atari fact... Post by: blcklblskt on August 27, 2012, 03:09:10 PM That is pretty interesting. I wonder how Nintendo does with hardware profits...
Title: Re: Interesting Atari fact... Post by: Duke.Togo on August 27, 2012, 04:24:20 PM Not too surprising, considering the cost to manufacture. I would hope they could turn a profit on an off the shelf hardware design that was 8+ years old by that time. Then again, this was Atari after the bust...
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