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Post by GamerL on Apr 27, 2014 16:19:44 GMT -5
I hate to be a spoil-sport, but this could be a hoax, the guy responsible for this also made a "mockumentary" called Incident at Loch Ness, so it's possible that he's trying to pull a fast one
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Post by Ike on Apr 27, 2014 16:51:33 GMT -5
What to say other than "his loss"? Is there seriously people losing their shit because their beloved AVGN won't be the one with the honor of the discovery? Nobody said that, I was just asking.
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Post by nivery on Apr 27, 2014 18:14:39 GMT -5
I hate to be a spoil-sport, but this could be a hoax, the guy responsible for this also made a "mockumentary" called Incident at Loch Ness, so it's possible that he's trying to pull a fast one There were a number of news outlets that were on site for the E.T dig watching it as it happened, so we know it's not a hoax. Also, everyone in "Incident at Loch Ness" is acting. There was no deception involved. It's also pretty funny, actually.
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Post by The Great Klaid on Apr 27, 2014 18:15:56 GMT -5
I think it's fictitious however. I don't think he's actually looking for it.
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Post by nightdreamer on Apr 27, 2014 22:37:56 GMT -5
Saw this tweet from the frequently hilarious Nintendo_Legend 'I wonder if all the hipsters are upset that the Atari E.T. game is no longer underground. Too soon?'
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2014 22:46:20 GMT -5
Ha, cute.
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Post by Joseph Joestar on Apr 28, 2014 8:56:11 GMT -5
Saw this tweet from the frequently hilarious Nintendo_Legend 'I wonder if all the hipsters are upset that the Atari E.T. game is no longer underground. Too soon?' I like Eric Bailey, he's a really nice guy too. His hyperactiveness on their podcast kind of reminds me of Sotenga .
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Post by vetus on Apr 28, 2014 9:38:49 GMT -5
It's funny that many people waited for this digging to see that the Atari landfill wasn't an urban legend. It was a well-known fact that the Atari landfill was real.
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Post by deadguy2322 on Apr 28, 2014 10:59:58 GMT -5
So it looks like they manufactured around 4 million copies of E.T.? 1.5 million is still a very successful title back in those days (even now too), so if they weren't completely boneheaded, they could've done very well with those sales figures. Those figures for Asteroids and Pac-Man are great, most publishers would kill for sales like those (to put it into perspective, only two PS3 games have outsold 2600 Pac-Man), yet look at how much more they manufactured on top of what they sold. Close to 50% got trashed. They really expected to sell 13 million copies of Pac-Man? In the entire history of gaming, how many games have actually sold that many or more? I bet it's less than 50. And we're talking worldwide sales, at which the 2600 is at a disadvantage because it wasn't exactly a major player in every region. The whole situation just boggles the mind. The hubris and overconfidence of Atari by that time is amazing (it makes me think of Enron). And I think there's an interesting parallel to be made between Atari and Nintendo here. On the one hand, Pac-Man on the 2600 had flopped and Atari went on to repeat its mistakes with E.T. and finally thrashed all the hardware by dumping it in a landfill. On the other hand, when Nintendo was facing the failure of its Radar Scope arcade game in North America, they didn't just throw away the hardware but recycled it by making conversion kits turning it into Donkey Kong. This difference in mentality is probably what caused Nintendo to end up on top by the late 1980s. And they are on the trash heap now, so don't go handing out rimjobs to them just yet.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2014 11:28:17 GMT -5
The hubris and overconfidence of Atari by that time is amazing (it makes me think of Enron). And I think there's an interesting parallel to be made between Atari and Nintendo here. On the one hand, Pac-Man on the 2600 had flopped and Atari went on to repeat its mistakes with E.T. and finally thrashed all the hardware by dumping it in a landfill. On the other hand, when Nintendo was facing the failure of its Radar Scope arcade game in North America, they didn't just throw away the hardware but recycled it by making conversion kits turning it into Donkey Kong. This difference in mentality is probably what caused Nintendo to end up on top by the late 1980s. And they are on the trash heap now, so don't go handing out rimjobs to them just yet. It'll be a long time yet before Nintendo let themselves go under and seriously - could you be a little more civil in tone when responding to people or is your brain permanently set to Troll?
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Post by alphex on Apr 28, 2014 11:28:49 GMT -5
This difference in mentality is probably what caused Nintendo to end up on top by the late 1980s. And they are on the trash heap now, so don't go handing out rimjobs to them just yet.[/quote] 30 years after the fact, yeah. I guess it's safe to say that both Nintendo's strategies, upper-level management and the market situation have changed quite a bit ever since.
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Post by Joseph Joestar on Apr 28, 2014 13:40:25 GMT -5
And they are on the trash heap now, so don't go handing out rimjobs to them just yet. It'll be a long time yet before Nintendo let themselves go under and seriously - could you be a little more civil in tone when responding to people or is your brain permanently set to Troll? Nah, it's just set to French Canadian. No offense, but based on my experience (not the least of which my friend/mentor at work) you guys don't mince words .
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2014 14:12:57 GMT -5
It'll be a long time yet before Nintendo let themselves go under and seriously - could you be a little more civil in tone when responding to people or is your brain permanently set to Troll? Nah, it's just set to French Canadian. No offense, but based on my experience (not the least of which my friend/mentor at work) you guys don't mince words . I just think it comes across a little aggressive but I guess I could do with taking my head out of my ass too.
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Post by The Great Klaid on Apr 28, 2014 14:15:24 GMT -5
Nah, it's just set to French Canadian. No offense, but based on my experience (not the least of which my friend/mentor at work) you guys don't mince words . I just think it comes across a little aggressive but I guess I could do with taking my head out of my ass too. Then you sir are no true Irishman. That or my grandmother had a really short opinion of her Husband's family....
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Post by Joseph Joestar on Apr 28, 2014 14:31:54 GMT -5
Nah, it's just set to French Canadian. No offense, but based on my experience (not the least of which my friend/mentor at work) you guys don't mince words . I just think it comes across a little aggressive but I guess I could do with taking my head out of my ass too. Oops, that was intended for deadguy. I don't know what actual Irish people are like IRL just "filtered" ones ;p.
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